Study on the Essence of Objective Weighting Method and Its Application in Scientific and Technological Evaluation—Taking academic journals as an example

Journal of Measurement and Evaluation

JME, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2026, pp.55-73.

Print ISSN: 3106-0463; Online ISSN: 3106-0471

Journal homepage: https://www.jmeacta.com

DOI：Https://doi.org/10.64058/JME.26.1.04

Study on the Essence of Objective Weighting Method and Its Application in Scientific and Technological Evaluation—Taking academic journals as an example

Yu Liping, Liu Zihang(translator)

Abstract: The objective weighting methods mainly include entropy method, principal component analysis, factor analysis, discrete coefficient method, complex correlation coefficient method, CRITIC, etc., which are widely used in scientific and technological evaluation. Because different evaluation methods affect evaluation results, it is of great significance to analyze the essence of objective weighting method Based on the analysis of the essence of different objective weighting methods, this paper conducts an empirical study based on JCR2017 economic journal, and compares the evaluation results of different objective weighting methods. The results show that there is a great difference the weights of between different objective weighting methods and evaluation results. The selection of objective weighting evaluation methods should be prudent. Principal component analysis and factor analysis should be carefully selected because of the information loss. Complex correlation coefficient, CRITIC evaluation results have a low correlation with other evaluation methods, which should be carefully selected. Entropy weight method and discrete coefficient method can be used to evaluate similar indexes.

Keywords: objective weighting method; scientific and technological evaluation; academic journal; evaluation method selection; application study

Author Biographies: Yu Liping, Ph.D., Professor at the School of Statistics and Mathematics, Zhejiang Gongshang University, Ph.D. Supervisor. Research interests: technology economics, science and technology evaluation. E-mail: yvliping@126.com. Liu Zihang (translator), corresponding author, a Master's student at the School of Statistics and Data Science, Zhejiang Gongshang University, mainly researches policy and technology evaluation.

Received: 25 Jan 2026 / Revised: 20 Feb 2026 / Accepted: 06 Mar 2026 / Published online: 30 Apr 2026 / Print published: 30 May 2026.

This article is an English translation of the following Chinese article: Yu, L. (2021). Study on the Essence of Objective Weighting Method and Its Application in Scientific and Technological Evaluation — Taking Academic Journals as an Example. Information Studies: Theory & Application, 44(2), 50-56. https://doi.org/10.16353/j.cnki.1000-7490.2021.02.007