Thai Journals Quality Evaluation against Journal Selection Process Criteria of SCI-Expanded

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Wutthisit Yochai
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140
Santi Ittiritmeechai
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140
Chatree Wongkaew
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140
Nongyao Premkamolnetr
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140
Preeyanuch Rachatahirun
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140
Teerasak Markpin
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140
Narongrit Sombatsompop
King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Abstract

This study aimed to compare qualities of Thai scholarly journals with the criteria of the journalselection and evaluation process to Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-Expanded) database by ThomsonReuters Corporation. The journal evaluation criteria include basic journal standards, Thomson Reuters’seditorial content, international diversity, and the citation analysis. In this work, 45 Thai journals in a listof approved national and international journals by Office of the Higher Education Commission, were thencompared with 10 international journals indexed in the SCI-Expanded database. The comparison processfollowed the Thomson Reuters journal selection criteria mentioned earlier. It was found that most of theselected Thai journals were up to basic journal standards set by the Thomson Reuters. However, the resultshowed that issues on international diversity criteria of most Thai journals were lower diversity valuethan the journals in SCI-Expanded database. To further compare the quality of the existing journals inSCI-Expanded database with those of the Thai journals indexed in TCI database, the SCI-Expanded journalwith lowest marks was identified. This process was done by taking all SCI-Expanded journal selectioncriteria into account and made the ranking of all journals indexed in the SCI-Expanded database inaccordance with the SCI-Expanded journal selection criteria. The marks of the lowest ranked journal werethen used to evaluate and identify the Thai journals that may have the similar marks. It was found that therewere 5 Thai journals with high potential to be included in the SCI-Expanded database, namely 1) ASEANJournal on Science and Technology for Development 2) ECTI Transactions on Electrical Eng., Electronics,and Communications 3) Journal of Scientific Research Chulalongkorn University 4) Suranaree Journal ofScience and Technology and 5) The Natural History Journal of Chulalongkorn University.

Keywords : Thai Academic Journal / Journal Selection Process / TCI Database / SCI-ExpandedDatabase /Journal Quality

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Vol. 34 No. 2 (2011): April - June
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Original Articles
Author Biographies

Wutthisit Yochai, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Assistant Researcher, Thai Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre, KMUTT Library.

Santi Ittiritmeechai, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Assistant Researcher, Thai Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre, KMUTT Library.

Chatree Wongkaew, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Researcher, Thai Journal Citation Index (TCI) Centre, KMUTT Library.

Nongyao Premkamolnetr, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Researcher, Policy Innovation Center, Office of President.

Preeyanuch Rachatahirun, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Education Officer, School of Energy, Environment, and Materials.

Teerasak Markpin, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Assistant Professor, Polymer Processing and Flow (P-PROF) Group, School of Energy, Environment, and Materials.

Narongrit Sombatsompop, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Bang Mod, Thung Khru, Bangkok 10140

Professor, Polymer Processing and Flow (P-PROF) Group, School of Energy, Environment, and Materials.