The visibility of papers written by authors from European post-socialist countries as an indicator of integration into the EU legal system

Zgrabljić Rotar, Dora and Jokić, Maja and Mateljan, Stjepan (2018) The visibility of papers written by authors from European post-socialist countries as an indicator of integration into the EU legal system. Croatian yearbook of european law and policy, 14. pp. 135-160. ISSN 1845-5662

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Abstract

IN ENGLISH: The equality of the European Union (EU) Member States is one of the principles that the European Union is based on. However, in terms of the economy, culture and influence, a hierarchy of EU Members States is evident. The European post-socialist or Central and East European (CEE) countries are often perceived as being at the lower end of the scale or on the ‘periphery’ of the EU. The aim of this paper is to gain insights into the specificities of the CEE countries’ legal scientific communication and the visibility of legal scholars’ work within the EU. Bibliometric analysis results show that scientific productivity has been significantly contributed to by papers published in domestic journals indexed in Scopus, with a share of 70%, and that the largest contributions are from Croatian, Romanian, Slovenian and Hungarian law journals. The Baltic States and EU candidate countries, representing nine out of 15 CEE countries, did not have their law journals indexed by Scopus in the period 1996-2013, which influenced their potential accessibility and visibility. The remaining 30% of papers were scattered over 112 international law journals, predominantly from the EU15 countries. On the other hand, the research shows that the recognition of papers measured in terms of the average number of citations speaks in favour of publication in international journals, with 2.9 citations per paper compared to 1.2 in domestic journals. It also shows that the citation of a paper is influenced by the language of the text and whether the paper has more than one author. Thus, although the vast majority of papers are published in domestic journals, the ones published in international journals are distinctly more visible in the academic community. In order to accomplish the integration of CEE countries into EU academic legal communication, the visibility of CEE countries’ legal scholars’ work is crucial. According to the analysis of this research, to achieve visibility, CEE countries’ legal scholars should publish more in a lingua franca, which nowadays means English. The other possible way is to enhance the visibility and strengthen the position of scientific journals published in CEE countries by accepting professional journal standards. Needless to say, the aspect of the content and issues explored and published is also crucial. --------------- IN CROATIAN: Jednakost država članica Europske unije (EU) jedno je od temeljnih načela Europske unije. Međutim gospodarski, ekonomski i kulturni utjecaj među državama članica EU-a nije jednak i pokazuje hijerarhijsku strukturu. Europske postsocijalističke zemlje ili zemlje srednje i istočne Europe (CEE) često se doživljavaju kao da su na donjem kraju ljestvice ili na 'periferiji' EU-a. Cilj ovoga rada je steći uvide u specifičnosti znanstvene komunikacije u području pravnih znanosti u zemljama srednje i istočne Europe te istražiti vidljivost radova znanstvenika iz ovoga područja unutar EU-a. Rezultati bibliometrijske analize pokazuju da je potencijalnoj prepoznatljivosti radova značajno pridonijela indeksiranost domaćih pravnih časopisa u bazi Scopusu. Udio radova objavljen u tim časopisima bio je 70% a najveći doprinos dali su hrvatski, rumunjski, slovenski i mađarski pravni časopisi. Baltičke države i države kandidatkinje za članstvo u EU-u, koje predstavljaju devet od 15 zemalja srednje i istočne Europe, u razdoblju od 1996. do 2013. godine nisu imale svoje pravne časopise indeksirane u Scopusu, što je utjecalo na njihovu potencijalnu dostupnost i vidljivost. Preostalih 30% radova bilo je raspršeno u 112 međunarodnih pravnih časopisa, uglavnom iz zemalja EU15. Prepoznatljivost radova mjerena prosječnim brojem citata govori u prilog objavljivanja u međunarodnim časopisima, s 2,9 citata po radu, u odnosu na 1,2 u domaćim časopisima. Na citiranost dijelom utječe jezik teksta kao i broj autora na radu. Kako bi postigli vidljivost, stručnjaci pravnih znanosti iz zemalja srednje i istočne Europe trebali bi više objavljivati na jeziku lingua franca, što danas znači engleski. Drugi mogući način je povećati vidljivost i ojačati položaj znanstvenih časopisa objavljenih u zemljama srednje i istočne Europe prihvaćanjem stručnih standarda časopisa. Nepotrebno je reći da je aspekt sadržaja i pitanja koja se istražuju i objavljuju također presudan.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Language: English. - Title in Croatian: Vidljivost radova u polju prava autora iz postsocijalistickih europskih zemalja kao indikator integracije u europski pravni sustav.
Uncontrolled Keywords: Legal science (law), Central and East European Countries, European Union, peer review journals, bibliometric analysis, citation analysis (pravne znanosti, srednja i istočna Europa, Europska unija, znanstveni časopisi, bibliometrijska analiza, citiranost)
Subjects: K Law > K Law (General)
Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z665 Library Science. Information Science
Depositing User: Karolina
Date Deposited: 15 Feb 2019 09:26
Last Modified: 15 Feb 2019 09:44
URI: http://idiprints.knjiznica.idi.hr/id/eprint/834

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