The Korea Citation Index (KCI, 한국학술지인용색인) is a non-commercial South Korean citation index operated by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF, 한국연구재단). Though it mainly covers researches written in Korean language, some of English language journals are also indexed in KCI. Established in 2007, KCI covers selected South Korean journals and their researches published from year 2004.[1] KCI indexed journals are reported to respond faster than SCI and SSCI indexed journals.[2]
| Producer | National Research Foundation of Korea (South Korea) |
|---|---|
| History | 2007 |
| Languages | Korean, English |
| Coverage | |
| Temporal coverage | 2004–present |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
KCI is directly linked to 'Korea Researcher Information' (한국연구자정보), an unified national database for each researcher's personal data in South Korea, since KCI was designed to more precisely evaluate research competency of each South Korean universities. Researches written in Korean language cannot be evaluated appropriately under English language oriented global indices (such as Impact factor).[3]
From year 2020, the NRF classifies KCI related journals into four categories; Not Accredited (일반), Candidate (등재후보), Accredited (등재), and Excellent Accredited (우수등재). While promotion from 'Not Accredited' to 'Candidate Journal' and 'Accredited Journal' only requires quantitative standards to be met, promotion from 'Accredited Journal' to 'Excellent Accredited Journal' should pass several strict qualitative evaluation criteria. The Excellent Accredited Journals are selected among top 10% of normal Accredited Journals.[4]
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edit- ^ Ko, Young Man; Cho, Soo-Ryun; Park, Yong Seok (2011). "A study on the optimization of KCI-based index (Kor-Factor) in evaluating Korean journals". Scientometrics. 88: 61–71. doi:10.1007/s11192-011-0384-z. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Yang, Kiduk; Lee, Hyekyung; Kim, Seonwook; Lee, Jongwook; Oh, Dong-Geun (2021). "KCI vs. WoS: Comparative Analysis of Korean and International Journal Publications in Library and Information Science". Journal of Information Science Theory and Practice. 9 (3): 76–106. doi:10.1633/JISTaP.2021.9.3.6. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Kim, Sohyeong; Choi, Taejin; Yoon, Aeran; Seol, Sung-Soo (2013). "Korea Citation Index and Its Macro Bibliometrics" (PDF). Asian Journal of Innovation and Policy. 2 (2): 194–211. doi:10.7545/ajip.2013.2.2.194. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- ^ Lee, Seung Chal (2013). "한국연구재단 우수등재학술지 내용분석 -사회과학분야를 중심으로-" [Content Analysis of Excellent Articles Registered Journal in the National Research Foundation of Korea: Focused on the Social Sciences]. Korean Journal of Local Government & Administration Studies (in Korean). 36 (1): 1–16. doi:10.18398/kjlgas.2021.35.1.1. Retrieved 10 September 2024.