Evaluating the Impact of LIS Open Access Journals

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shun-bo Yuan ◽  
Wen-yuan Dong
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Incentives to Open Access: Perspectives of Health Science Researchers

Publications ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Carmen López-Vergara ◽  
Pilar Flores Asenjo ◽  
Alfonso Rosa-García
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Technological Development ◽  
Scientific Publication ◽  
Economic Incentive ◽  
Health Sciences ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Open Access Publication ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Impact

Technological development has transformed academic publication over the past two decades and new publication models, especially Open Access, have captured an important part of the publishing market, traditionally dominated by the Subscription publication model. Although Health Sciences have been one of the leading fields promoting Open Access, the perspectives of Health Science researchers on the benefits and possibilities of Open Access remain an open question. The present study sought to unveil the perspective of researchers on scientific publication decisions, in terms of the Subscription and Open Access publication model, Gold Road. With this aim, we surveyed Spanish researchers in Health Sciences. Our findings show that the value of publishing in Open Access journals increases as the experience of the researcher increases and the less she/he values the impact factor. Moreover, visibility and dissemination of the results are the main determinants of publication when choosing an Open Access journal as the first option. According to the response of the researchers, the reduction of fees and the increase in financing are important economic incentive measures to promote the Open Access publication model. It is widely accepted that the volume of Open Access publications will increase in the future.

scholarly journals Open access and document supply

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joachim Schöpfel
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Future Development ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Legal Compliance ◽  
Interlibrary Loan ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – This paper aims to provide an overview and update of what one actually knows about the impact of open access on inter-lending and document supply. Design/methodology/approach – A review of recent papers, published after the Berlin Declaration on Open Access in 2003. Findings – Everything seems to oppose document supply and open access. Open access has contributed to the recent decline of interlibrary loan (ILL) and document supply requests but is not the only reason and probably not the most important. Open repositories and open-access journals have the potential to substitute ILL and document supply; yet for different reasons, including legal compliance, this substitution remains of limited interest. ILL and document supply institutions have started to integrate open access into their workflow and service provision in different ways, and the paper provides a conceptual framework with some perspectives for further service development. Originality/value – Paradoxically, relatively few papers make the link between open access and document supply, with empirical and/or conceptual elements. This paper proposes a synthesis and opens perspectives for future development and research.

The Impact of Open-Access Status on Journal Indices: Respiratory and Pulmonology Journals

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-31
Author(s):  
Saif Aldeen AlRyalat ◽  
Anas Abu Nassar ◽  
Faris Tamimi ◽  
Esraa Al-Fraihat ◽  
Lama Assaf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Variable Intensity ◽  
Data Repositories ◽  
Scholarly Output ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Impact

Background: Open access (OA) publishing is rapidly emerging in almost all disciplines, with variable intensity and effect on the discipline itself. The move toward OA is also observed in the field of respiratory and pulmonology, where both OA data repositories and OA journals are rapidly emerging. Objective: we aim to study the open-access status of respiratory and pulmonology journals and the impact of the open-access status on journal indices. Methods: We collected journal’s data from Scopus Source List on 1st of November 2018. We filtered the list for respiratory and pulmonology journals. Open Access Journals covered by Scopus are recognized as Open Access if the journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and/or the Directory of Open Access Scholarly Resources (ROAD). For each journal, we used several metrics to measure its strength, and then we compared these metrics between OA and non- OA journals. Results: There were 125 respiratory and pulmonology journals, a number that has increased by 12.6% since 2011. Moreover, the percentage of OA journals has increased from 21.6% to 26.4% during the same period. Non-OA journals have significantly higher scholarly output (p= 0.033), but OA journals have significantly higher percentage of citation (p= 0.05). Conclusion: Publishing in OA journals will yield a higher citation percentage compared to non-OA journals. Although this should not be the only reason to publish in an OA journal, it is still an important factor to decide where to publish.

scholarly journals Computational Semantics in Clinical Text Supplement

2013 ◽  
Vol 6s1 ◽  
pp. BII.S11868
Author(s):  
John P. Pestian
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Biomedical Informatics ◽  
Peer Review Process ◽  
Scientific Productivity ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Computational Semantics ◽  
Clinical Text ◽  
Knowledge Resources ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Impact

As scientists, we create and disseminate knowledge. Resources from various benefactors open the doors of discovery. Likewise, we are obliged to disseminate our finding where they will have an impact. We want our thoughts and words to be heard. Yet, neither creation nor dissemination of newfound knowledge is easy. Some facts are more stubborn than others; prying them loose and describing them takes effort and discipline. In the 1980's some of challenges to dissemination were reduced when open-access journals emerged. While the hallowed peer-review process remained, these journals provided access to knowledge without financial, legal or technical constraints to the reader. They provided an innovative venue to disseminate findings by using the world wide web as the main source of distribution. 1 The impact of these journals is growing. In 2000 there were 740 open-access journals that produced 19,500 articles. In 2009, this grew to 4769 journals and 191,850 articles; this represents 20% of scholarly publications. 2 In the open access world, the journal increasingly assumes the distribution role formerly undertaken by institutional libraries, while maintaining essential editorial quality. Intuitively, the increased accessibility of open access journals ought to lead to a greater number of citations. Numerous studies have verified this. 3 Multiple studies have shown that articles published in an open access journal are referenced more frequently than those published elsewhere. 3 , 4 I acknowledge that other factors influence whether a paper is cited aside from its publication in an open access journal: it must be widely accessible through the channels that researchers employ and–-at the risk of making a trite argument–-the paper must have sufficient merit to justify being cited. All of this supports the emerging importance of Biomedical Informatics Insights as a vehicle for disseminating scientific findings. In this special issue we present a second series of conference proceedings. The first, Sentiment Analysis of Suicide Notes: A Shared Task, 5 produced over 20 manuscripts and was published soon after the conference. This issue reviews the scientific productivity of the first Computational Semantics in Clinical Text conference. This conference, chaired by Drs. Stephen Wu, Nigam Shah, and Kevin Bretonnel Cohen is described elsewhere, but it is an honor for Biomedical Informatics Insights to be the repository of the proceedings.

What are the variables associated with Altmetric scores? – An overview of methodological reviews (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda Costa Araujo Sr ◽  
Adriane Aver Vanin Sr ◽  
Dafne Port Nascimento Sr ◽  
Gabrielle Zoldan Gonzalez Sr ◽  
Leonardo Oliveira Pena Costa Sr
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Impact Factor ◽  
Journal Impact Factor ◽  
Cochrane Library ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Citation Counts ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Journal Impact ◽  
Publishing Journal

BACKGROUND The most common way to assess the impact of an article is based upon the number of citations. However, the number of citations do not precisely reflect if the message of the paper is reaching a wider audience. Currently, social media has been used to disseminate contents of scientific articles. In order to measure this type of impact a new tool named Altmetric was created. Altmetric aims to quantify the impact of each article through the media online. OBJECTIVE This overview of methodological reviews aims to describe the associations between the publishing journal and the publishing articles variables with Altmetric scores. METHODS Search strategies on MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, CENTRAL and Cochrane Library including publications since the inception until July 2018 were conducted. We extracted data related to the publishing trial and the publishing journal associated with Altmetric scores. RESULTS A total of 11 studies were considered eligible. These studies summarized a total of 565,352 articles. The variables citation counts, journal impact factor, access counts (i.e. considered as the sum of HTML views and PDF downloads), papers published as open access and press release generated by the publishing journal were associated with Altmetric scores. The magnitudes of these correlations ranged from weak to moderate. CONCLUSIONS Citation counts and journal impact factor are the most common associators of high Altmetric scores. Other variables such as access counts, papers published in open access journals and the use of press releases are also likely to influence online media attention. CLINICALTRIAL N/A

scholarly journals On the impact of Gold Open Access journals

2012 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Gumpenberger ◽  
María-Antonia Ovalle-Perandones ◽  
Juan Gorraiz
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Gold Open Access

scholarly journals Open access journals are as likely to be referenced by the Orthopaedic literature, despite having a lower impact factor than subscription-based journals

SICOT-J ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 64
Author(s):  
Robert Cooke ◽  
Neil Jain
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Impact Factor ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Orthopaedic Literature ◽  
Top 40 ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Number Of Citations ◽  
The Impact

Background: The internet has changed the way we access and publish Orthopaedic literature. Traditional subscription journals have been challenged by the open access method of publication which permits the author to make their article available to all readers for free, often at a cost to the author. This has also been adopted in part by traditional subscription journals forming hybrid journals. One of the criticisms of open access publications is that it provides the author with a “pay to publish” opportunity. We aimed to determine if access to the journals impacts their influence. Methods: We selected the top 40 Trauma and Orthopaedic Journals as ranked by the SCImago Rank. Each journal was reviewed and assessed for the journal quality, defined by reviewing the journal impact factor and SCImago rank; influence, defined by reviewing the top 10 articles provided by the journal for the number of citations; and cost of open access publication. Results: Of the top 40 journals, 10 were subscription, 10 were open access, and 20 were hybrid journals. Subscription journals had the highest mean impact factor, and SCImago rank with a significant difference in the impact factor (p = 0.001) and SCImago rank (p = 0.021) observed between subscription and open access journals. No significant difference was seen between citation numbers of articles published in subscription and open access journals (p = 0.168). There was a positive correlation between the cost of publishing in an open access journal and the impact factor (r = 0.404) but a negative correlation between cost and the number of citations (r = 0.319). Conclusion: Open access journals have significantly lower quality measures in comparison to subscription journals. Despite this, we found no difference between the number of citations, suggestive of there being no difference in the influence of these journals in spite of the observed difference in quality.

Emerging Web 2.0 applications in open access scholarly journals in the field of agriculture and food sciences

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (8/9) ◽  
pp. 670-683 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumeer Gul ◽  
Tariq Ahmad Shah ◽  
Nahida Tun Nisa
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Web 2.0 ◽  
Data Gathering ◽  
Open Access Journal ◽  
Web 2.0 Tools ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Research Activities ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Agriculture And Food ◽  
The Impact

Purpose – The study aims to focus on the application of Web 2.0 tools in Agriculture and Food Sciences open access journals. The changing trends in scholarly publishing processes have revolutionised the academic world. The shifting of academic journals to open access mode has been on the rise because of the numerous benefits associated with it. The high level of profitability reaped from open access titles has forced them to experiment with new and innovative technologies, including Web 2.0. The new shift in the form of Web 2.0 has sifted in to the open access journal world. Open access journals in the field of Agriculture and Food Sciences are growing and so are the features and functionalities within them. Because of these new innovative tools there is an urgent need to focus on their adoption. Design/methodology/approach – Directory of Open Access Journals, being one of the growing open access journal directories, was selected for the purpose of data gathering. The journals selected for the study included those titles which were currently active. Findings – The open access journal landscape in the field of Agriculture and Food Sciences is influenced by the Web 2.0 revolution. The degree of experimenting with Web 2.0 in open access journals in Agriculture and Food Sciences is evident and can prove an excellent platform for the dissemination of agricultural information in a more advanced mode. Researchlimitations/implications – The study will be helpful for journal administrators who belong to the field of Agriculture and Food Sciences to know the actual status of Web 2.0 adoption by the journals in their field. The study can also be helpful for journal administrators for the adoption of Web 2.0 tools to achieve a better, more innovative and interactive scholarly platform. It will also enable us to know how the new pioneering technology – Web 2.0 – can help to explore new innovative ways of managing information in the scholarly world in general and the Agriculture and Food Sciences discipline in particular. Originality/value – The study can be extended to harness the effects of Web 2.0 on the research activities of the scholars associated with various disciplines of Agriculture and Food Sciences. How Agricultural scientists make use of Web 2.0 for sharing and exchange of information for their academic development can also be researched. The impact of Web 2.0 tools on the citation counts of open access journals can also be studied.

scholarly journals Periódicos em acesso aberto na área do direito

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Kelly Ayanna Peters Barros Duarte ◽  
Rosângela Schwarz Rodrigues
Keyword(s):  
Open Access ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Communication Technologies ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Open Access Journals ◽  
Unrestricted Access ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
On Line ◽  
Online Format ◽  
The Impact

A repercussão das Tecnologias de Informação e Comunicação (TICs) viabiliza mudanças nos periódicos digitais. O Movimento de Acesso Aberto promove a socialização do conhecimento científico ao permitir o acesso irrestrito aos conteúdos disponíveis em formato on-line. Uma avaliação dos periódicos surge da necessidade de se refletir a qualidade da informação registrada. Este artigo analisa os periódicos científicos de acesso aberto na área do Direito, classificados nos estratos A2, B1, B2 e B3 pelo Qualis/CAPES (Ano-Base 2007) quanto ao atendimento aos padrões da normalização. O método caracteriza-se pela pesquisa exploratória, descritiva, documental e por análise quanti-qualitativa. Dos sessenta e três periódicos identificados nos estratos mencionados, onze são em acesso aberto. Foi elaborada uma Lista de Verificação para Periódicos em Acesso Aberto com base na literatura e identificou-se que apenas os indicadores título e subtítulo do periódico, ferramenta de busca, instituição, título e subtítulo do artigo e autores apresentaram cem por cento de atendimento aos critérios. Conclui que a ausência de padrões, normas e critérios em publicações periódicas de acesso aberto interferem na disseminação da produção científica, e afetam diretamente na recuperação da informação. Abstract The impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) enables periodic changes in fingerprints. The Movement for Free Access to Information (ALi) promotes the socialization of knowledge to allow unrestricted access to content available in online format. A periodic assessment arises from the need to reflect the quality of information recorded. This article discusses the open-access journals in the fi eld of law falling within strata A2, B1, B2 and B3 for Qualis/CAPES (Base Year 2007) with regard to meeting the standards of normalization. The method is characterized by exploratory, descriptive, document and quantitative and qualitative analysis. Of the sixty-three journals identified in the strata mentioned, eleven are freely available. It was drawn up a checklist for Open Access Journals based on the literature and identified himself only as indicators title and subtitle of the journal, search engine, institution, title and subtitle of the article and authors presented one hundred percent of meeting the criteria Checklist. Concludes that the absence of standards, guidelines and criteria in open access journals negative interference in the dissemination of scientific production, which directly affects the 

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