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Subsequent to preparation of an article, authors start to look for a suitable journal to submit. Authors are assumed to select the journals by considering their future expectations regarding the maximization of prospective impact of the study, increasing the probability of acceptance and minimizing the total time consumed until the paper is published. Furthermore, the scope of a candidate journal should be in line with paper’s content. Currently, it is possible to find these journal related facts (such as average waiting times, acceptance rates, impact factor and etc.) on the web pages of the journals. However, the exact effect of these factors, and how to incorporate them into modeling, are yet unclear; further research is required to explore them. On the other hand, we know that Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) can be a useful approach to rank the journal alternatives. We require corresponding weights of factors to obtain a complete decision making model. If the correct weights of these factors for such a TOPSIS model can be estimated, we can understand the magnitude of their corresponding effects. Thereby, we can explain the journal selection decision by using an analytical approach. Therefore, the main purpose of this paper is to find appropriate weights of these factors that can explain why already published papers were submitted to their current journals. To the authors’ knowledge, this paper is the first to search for weight of factors in TOPSIS, where the actual decisions are known a priori. For testing purposes, we create our data set by collecting the already published papers (in year 2019) which has the “environmental risk” term at the title/abstract or keywords. We test different TOPSIS models (with different random weights) for each of the papers and the rank the journal alternatives. If the first, second and the third journal alternative is the actual journal that published the paper, we assume that the model predicts accurately. As a conclusion, the TOPSIS model which predicts the journal for the published papers much more accurately is accepted as the valid decision making model. Inevitably, we have certain assumptions regarding to this model. We assume that the authors are informed about the journal facts and make rational decisions about journal selection.
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Appendix 1
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Article No: | Sci. Total Environ | Chemosphere | Environ. Pollut | Ecotoxicol. Environ. Saf | J. Hazard. Mater | J. Clean. Prod | J. Environ. Manag | Environ. Int | EnvironSci. Pollut. Res |
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Paper 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paper 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Paper 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Paper 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 7 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Paper 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 11 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 14 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 15 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Paper 16 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Paper 17 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 19 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 20 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Paper 22 | 22 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Paper 23 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Paper 24 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Paper 27 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Paper 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 29 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Paper 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 32 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Paper 33 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Paper 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 35 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 36 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 37 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 38 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Paper 39 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 40 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Paper 41 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 42 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paper 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Paper 44 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Paper 45 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Paper 46 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 47 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Paper 48 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Paper 49 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paper 50 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Paper 51 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Paper 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 54 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Paper 55 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Paper 56 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Paper 57 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 58 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 59 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 60 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Paper 61 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 62 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Paper 63 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 64 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 65 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Paper 66 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Paper 67 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 68 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paper 69 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 70 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Paper 71 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 72 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Paper 73 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Paper 74 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Paper 75 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Paper 76 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Paper 77 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 78 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 79 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Paper 80 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 81 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 82 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 83 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Paper 84 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Paper 85 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paper 86 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 87 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 88 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 89 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 90 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Paper 95 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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Paper 101 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Paper 105 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
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Paper 107 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Paper 110 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Paper 111 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Paper 112 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 113 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Paper 114 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Paper 115 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paper 116 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 117 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Paper 120 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 121 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 122 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Paper 123 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
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Paper 128 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Paper 133 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Paper 134 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Paper 152 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Paper 153 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Unutmaz Durmuşoğlu, Z.D., Durmuşoğlu, A. A TOPSIS model for understanding the authors choice of journal selection. Scientometrics 126, 521–543 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03770-5
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