Evaluation Method for Highly Cited Scholars based on CNKI data

Wu Junhong, Zheng Xinyu, Sun Jun, Xiao Hong, Tang Liyun

Knowledge Management Forum ›› 2025, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (3) : 232-240.

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Knowledge Management Forum ›› 2025, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (3) : 232-240. DOI: 10.13266/j.issn.2095-5472.2025.015  CSTR: 32306.14.CN11-6036.2025.015

Evaluation Method for Highly Cited Scholars based on CNKI data

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[Purpose/Significance] This study aims to measure the influence of scholars objectively and scientifically, identify a group of scholars with rich scientific research achievements and outstanding academic influence in China in the past 10 years, and guide Chinese scholars to publish more outstanding achievements in domestic journals. [Method/Process] The selection and evaluation process primarily employed bibliometric methods. For assessing individual paper impact, we utilized the Paper Citation Standardized Index (PCSI) as the evaluation metric. Author contribution weights were allocated using an optimized harmonic allocation method. The final selection of highly cited scholars was based on calculating the 'Total Author PCSI' derived from each researcher's complete publication record. [Result/Conclusion] Approximately 30,000 individuals were selected as "Top 1% Highly Cited Scholars", and around 89,000 individuals were selected as "Top 5% Highly Cited Scholars". This research achievement has achieved a comprehensive quantitative evaluation of Chinese scholars for the first time, providing a new perspective for the academic community to identify high-end talent teams, which is conducive to stimulating scholars' continuous innovation and encouraging the return of excellent domestic scientific research achievements. The selection results show that in terms of disciplinary distribution, applied economics, education, business administration, public management, and agricultural and forestry economic management have the highest number of highly cited scholars selected in the fields of humanities and social sciences. In the field of technology, disciplines such as clinical medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, electrical engineering, nursing, and civil engineering have the highest number of highly cited scholars selected. In terms of regional distribution, the regions with the highest number of highly cited scholars are Beijing, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guangdong, and Hubei, which are developed in education and scientific research. In terms of institutional distribution, Tsinghua University, Peking University, Wuhan University, Renmin University of China and Beijing Normal University are the five institutions with the largest number of selected scholars.

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highly cited scholars / author's total PCSI / PCSI / talent evaluation / scholar evaluation

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Wu Junhong , Zheng Xinyu , Sun Jun , et al . Evaluation Method for Highly Cited Scholars based on CNKI data[J]. Knowledge Management Forum. 2025, 10(3): 232-240 https://doi.org/10.13266/j.issn.2095-5472.2025.015

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