Document Type : Original Article
Authors
1 Associated professor, Operation research, Isfahan University & member of Health Management & Economic Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2 Instructor, Management, Islamic Azad University , Branch of Lenjan, & PhD Student , Department of Management, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Introduction: The evaluation and ranking of scientific journals is according to differences between them, a single indicator of assessment, despite its high importance can not exactly reflect the quality of the articles. The analysis not only on differences between the journals, but they also occur on the background reasons. In addition, it is useful to improve the academic standards of the journals that rank lower are considered a pattern or a measure from the floor up magazines. For this purpose, in this paper, the model of DEA provides Multi Criteria model will be used.Methods: This research is applied research, which was conducted in 2014, and data required by referring to the site of “Web of Knowledge” and obtaining characteristics of 174 scientific journal in the management field Was extracted. Among this number, 115 of them have had Journal Impact Factor 5-year-old Showing that it is at least 5 years. Then, 22 Journal Impact Factor 5-year average was between 0.5 to 2, Which was used as a model to study, The input-oriented and output-oriented CCR model and the collective model SBM in both cases constant returns to scale and variable returns to scale, by Using QSB software, for a efficiency measure used magazines and efficient units were ranked according to the AP.Results: According to the evaluating of defined inputs and outputs, 11 Journals was non-efficient And other 11 Journals was efficient. The Journals those entries from a lower side and the output side of the high Located in a higher position, in ranking efficient units. Journals that their efficiency was evaluated under an one, Improvement patterns were determined for each individual.Conclusion: Despite widespread use of impact factors in evaluating the journals, the tool also has obvious shortcomings and limitations. According to the DEA technique is able to consider several performance indicators or dimensions simultaneously for calculate magazines efficiency, it can reduce take many limitations and drawbacks of using only one factor to assessment is caused, and a more reliable criteria to rank journals provide.
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