引文？引文―大學學術發表影響力之初探：以成功大學為例

Citation, Citation, Citation: A First Look at the Publication Effect of National Cheng Kung University Faculty

引文常被視為學術發表影響力的評估指標，受到學術界的重視，也是近年來重要的研究議題。本研究以成功大學九個學院為例，抽取50 個系所，798 名教師為樣本。從「學術成大」網頁取得教師之h 指數，做為學術發表影響力之評估指標，同時收集性別、職等、博士學位（國內、國外）、第一篇發表論文著作之年份，所屬學院與系所資料。再從「臺灣博碩士論文知識加值系統」擷取教師指導之論文，為指導研究生之畢業人數。透過R 軟體進行資料串聯與整理，再以視覺化功能，展現學術發表影響力之不同特性。研究發現：（一）各學院、不同學科領域的學術發表影響力各有所異，不宜一概論之；（二）正教授的學術發表影響力領先於副教授與助理教授；（三）研究生對大學教師的學術發表影響力有所助益；（四）國內博士與國外博士的學術發表影響力，因性別而有所不同。最後針對研究結果提出研究與實務面的建議。

Citation metrics are widely recognized as a measure of the effect of an academic publication and are highly regarded in academia. They have also become a prominent topic in research. The present study took a sample of 798 faculty members from 50 departments and institutes of the nine colleges of National Cheng Kung University (NCKU). Each faculty member’s publication effect, as characterized by the h index, was obtained from their “Research NCKU” web page. We also collected data from the same source on gender, academic rank, doctoral degree (local or foreign), year of first paper publication, and college and department affiliation for each faculty member in the sample. The number of graduate students supervised by each faculty member was extracted from a search entered into the web page hosted by the “National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan.” The key findings are: (1) citation patterns vary between disciplines and cannot be generalized, (2) the academic publication effect of full professors is greater than that of associate and assistant professors, (3) graduate students are more of a help than a hindrance, and (4) the effect of research by domestic and foreign degree holders differs with gender. Finally, recommendations for research and practical applications are presented.