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| Korean Citation Index | |
|---|---|
| Name | Korean Citation Index |
| Established | 2002 |
| Provider | National Research Foundation of Korea |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean, English |
| Discipline | Scholarly communication, Bibliometrics |
Korean Citation Index.
The Korean Citation Index is a national bibliographic and citation database maintained by the National Research Foundation of Korea that indexes scholarly journals and tracks citation relationships among articles, with connections to Seoul National University, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Yonsei University, Korea University, and POSTECH research outputs; it interoperates conceptually with Web of Science, Scopus, Google Scholar, PubMed, and CrossRef while serving institutions such as the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Korean Studies Advancement Center; the platform influences evaluation practices at universities like Sungkyunkwan University and research institutes including the Korea Institute of Science and Technology and the Korea Institute for Advanced Study.
The database emerged from initiatives by the Korean Federation of Science and Technology Societies, the Ministry of Education (South Korea), and the Korean Research Foundation in the early 2000s, following precedents set by Institute for Scientific Information and national systems like China National Knowledge Infrastructure and SciELO; milestones include institutionalization under the National Research Foundation of Korea and integration efforts involving Korean Studies, Biomedical Research Center, Korean Academy of Science and Technology, and collaborations with publishers such as Elsevier, Springer Nature, Wiley, Taylor & Francis, and IEEE.
The index selects journals and proceedings across humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, engineering, and medicine, applying standards influenced by Clarivate Analytics policies and peer review norms from societies like the Korean Society of Microbiology and the Korean Medical Association; selection panels draw experts from institutions including Sejong University, Hanyang University, Chung-Ang University, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, and professional organizations such as Korean Economic Association and Korean Society of Chemical Engineers to assess editorial quality, peer review, and ethical compliance in line with practices at American Psychological Association and Committee on Publication Ethics.
The system computes citation counts, impact factors, h-index variants, and journal-level indicators analogous to metrics from Journal Citation Reports and researcher evaluation systems used by Korean Institute of Science and Technology Information; metrics inform promotion decisions at institutions like Ewha Womans University, Chonnam National University, Inha University, and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology and intersect with tenure policies influenced by National Institute for International Education frameworks and benchmarking against Science Citation Index standards.
Administration is overseen by the National Research Foundation of Korea with advisory input from academe representatives from Korea Development Institute, Korean Academy of Sciences and Technology, and nonprofit stakeholders such as the Korean Federation of Press, employing editorial boards drawn from scholars at Seoul National University Hospital, Konkuk University, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, and professional societies including the Korean Association for Public Administration and Korean Society of Law and Society.
Scholars have critiqued national citation indexing for potential language bias affecting Korean-language journals published by houses like Korean Publishing Service and university presses at Kyung Hee University and Pusan National University, and for methodological opacity compared with OpenCitations and open metrics initiatives such as Plan S; concerns mirror debates involving Clarivate Analytics and Elsevier about metric-driven research assessment and have prompted calls from bodies like the Korean Council for University Education and Korean Association of Higher Education Institutions for transparency and alternative indicators.
The index significantly shapes funding allocations by agencies such as the Korea Research Foundation and the Korea Health Industry Development Institute, influences hiring and promotion at institutions like Sejong University, Catholic University of Korea, Daegu University, and Sungshin Women’s University, and underpins bibliometric studies by centers including the Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation and the Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning; its role in national science policy dialogues connects to ministries such as the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and international benchmarking with organizations like the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and UNESCO.
Category:Bibliographic databases Category:Academic publishing in South Korea