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- Influence of open access journals on the research community in Journal Citation Reports
- Sang-Jun Kim, Kay Sook Park
- Sci Ed. 2021;8(1):32-38. Published online February 20, 2021
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.227
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Abstract
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The number of open access (OA) journals is rapidly increasing, and it is very important for librarians to understand the influence of OA journals on the research community. This study investigated the influence of the OA journals listed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) based on various indicators.
Methods
The data for this study were prepared by combining the JCR 2014 to 2019 journal list with the number of hybrid OA articles obtained by searching the Web of Science. Each journal’s JCR indicators and article processing charge were added. The influence of OA journals was compared according to OA type, whether they were published by large publishers, and whether they were top gold OA journals.
Results
Gold OA journals remained weaker in terms of JCR indicators than hybrid journals. However, the top 20 gold OA journals, accounting for 27.0% of all OA articles in JCR 2014 to 2019, were superior in all JCR indicators. The top three OA publishers (MDPI, BioMed Central, and Public Library of Science) showed potential for development despite concerns regarding poor journals. The top three subscription publishers were very active in OA publishing, but their actual share of hybrid OA articles (Elsevier, 5.1%; Springer, 10.1%; and Wiley, 12.4% in JCR 2019) was still insufficient.
Conclusion
Some gold OA journals showed high competitiveness and even the possibility for development beyond traditional journals. The transition of subscription journals to hybrid journals was found to be at the early stage. In light of these findings, librarians should continue monitoring the influence of OA journals. -
Citations
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- A decade of changes in OA and non-OA journal publication and production
Eungi Kim, Madhu Sudhan Atteraya
Journal of Librarianship and Information Science.2024; 56(4): 978. CrossRef - Publishing trends of journals and articles in Journal Citation Reports during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive study
Sang-Jun Kim, Kay Sook Park
Science Editing.2023; 10(1): 78. CrossRef - Article processing charges for open access journal publishing: A review
Ángel Borrego
Learned Publishing.2023; 36(3): 359. CrossRef - Changes in article share and growth by publisher and access type in Journal Citation Reports 2016, 2018, and 2020
Sang-Jun Kim, Kay Sook Park
Science Editing.2022; 9(1): 30. CrossRef - The Journal Citation Indicator has arrived for Emerging Sources Citation Index journals, including the Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions, in June 2021
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Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions.2021; 18: 20. CrossRef
- A decade of changes in OA and non-OA journal publication and production
- Open access status of journals and articles in Journal Citation Reports
- Sang-Jun Kim, Kay Sook Park
- Sci Ed. 2021;8(1):26-31. Published online February 20, 2021
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.6087/kcse.226
- 5,776 View
- 145 Download
- 4 Web of Science
- 5 Crossref
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Abstract
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- Purpose
There is somewhat of a difference between understanding the open access (OA) concept and practicing it by stakeholders. OA articles are mainly published by gold and hybrid OA journals, but the OA status may be confusing depending on the target databases. This study investigated the OA status of journals and articles and evaluated the extent to which OA2020 (publishing 90% of articles as OA) was achieved.
Methods
This study collected OA data by combining 2014-2019 data from Journal Citation Reports at the journal level with Web of Science at the article level. Finally, 12,449 journals were analyzed focusing on gold and hybrid OA journals, and progress towards the goal of OA2020 was evaluated.
Results
Even though 80.4% of Journal Citation Reports journals were gold and hybrid OA journals, only 20.9% of the articles were OA (gold OA journals, 16.6%; hybrid journals, 4.3%). The compound annual growth rate of the total articles was 4.7%, that of OA articles was 16.4%, and that of subscription articles was only 1.7%. Among the subscription journals, 77.4% had shifted to become hybrid journals, but only 5.2% of their articles were OA. Therefore, the hybrid journals were at the very early stage of OA publishing.
Conclusion
Considerable progress must still be made to achieve the goal of OA2020. The influence of OA publishing will eventually expand and therefore, librarians should take interest in OA publishing for the library services. -
Citations
Citations to this article as recorded by- Scientific publishing in the Republic of Macedonia analysed with artificial intelligence
Mirko Spiroski, Ivo Spiroski
Journal of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.2024; 3(1): 1. CrossRef - Publishing trends of journals and articles in Journal Citation Reports during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive study
Sang-Jun Kim, Kay Sook Park
Science Editing.2023; 10(1): 78. CrossRef - Article processing charges for open access journal publishing: A review
Ángel Borrego
Learned Publishing.2023; 36(3): 359. CrossRef - Changes in article share and growth by publisher and access type in Journal Citation Reports 2016, 2018, and 2020
Sang-Jun Kim, Kay Sook Park
Science Editing.2022; 9(1): 30. CrossRef - Influence of open access journals on the research community in Journal Citation Reports
Sang-Jun Kim, Kay Sook Park
Science Editing.2021; 8(1): 32. CrossRef
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