New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access models
Introduction. An international analysis of academic journals newly created in the period from 2011 to 2020 according to type of publisher, place of publication, their relationship with open access, and their indexing in databases. Studies of the issues of concentration of journal publisher ownership...
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| author | Rosangela Rodrigues Cristóbal Urbano Patrícia Neubert José Miguel Rodríguez-Gairín Marta Somoza-Fernández |
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| description | Introduction. An international analysis of academic journals newly created in the period from 2011 to 2020 according to type of publisher, place of publication, their relationship with open access, and their indexing in databases. Studies of the issues of concentration of journal publisher ownership, uses of metrics, and access to titles reveal a changing landscape that is nevertheless still dominated by large commercial oligopolies. One notable trend is the creation of new titles in various configurations.
Method. To assess the global scenario, we analyse titles created from 2011 to 2020, focusing on indexing and access models. The methodology is multidimensional, predominantly bibliometric and quantitative. The data were collected from Crossref and other databases and processed with the resources of the Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals.
Results. The findings confirm the expansion of the periodical publishing market, of which the academic journal market represents a small fraction (7.29%). Of thdatabases may be considered academic based on indexing in some database, most are open access, indicated by their presence in the Directory of Open Access Journals (55.21%). The analysis of publisher type confirmed the predominance of commercial publishers (44.57%), followed by universities (30.08%). The largest proportion of the titles are in the health field, compatible with the existing distribution of fields, followed by journals in the multidisciplinary and education fields.
Conclusion. In the expansion of the publishing market, academic journals represent a small fraction of the total. The main sources of new titles in open access with no processing charges for authors are universities in countries that are not home to large commercial publishers (Indonesia, Brazil, and Spain), all with government subsidies. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0fcaaea6abca48e898791c97321be7932025-02-03T10:10:34ZengUniversity of BoråsInformation Research: An International Electronic Journal1368-16132024-01-0128411613110.47989/ir284466463New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access modelsRosangela Rodrigues0Cristóbal Urbano1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0935-6436Patrícia Neubert2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8909-1898José Miguel Rodríguez-Gairín3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8375-7911Marta Somoza-Fernández4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4769-9010Federal University of Santa CatarinaUniversitat de BarcelonaFederal University of Santa CatatinaUniversidad de BarcelonaUniversitat de BarcelonaIntroduction. An international analysis of academic journals newly created in the period from 2011 to 2020 according to type of publisher, place of publication, their relationship with open access, and their indexing in databases. Studies of the issues of concentration of journal publisher ownership, uses of metrics, and access to titles reveal a changing landscape that is nevertheless still dominated by large commercial oligopolies. One notable trend is the creation of new titles in various configurations. Method. To assess the global scenario, we analyse titles created from 2011 to 2020, focusing on indexing and access models. The methodology is multidimensional, predominantly bibliometric and quantitative. The data were collected from Crossref and other databases and processed with the resources of the Information Matrix for the Analysis of Journals. Results. The findings confirm the expansion of the periodical publishing market, of which the academic journal market represents a small fraction (7.29%). Of thdatabases may be considered academic based on indexing in some database, most are open access, indicated by their presence in the Directory of Open Access Journals (55.21%). The analysis of publisher type confirmed the predominance of commercial publishers (44.57%), followed by universities (30.08%). The largest proportion of the titles are in the health field, compatible with the existing distribution of fields, followed by journals in the multidisciplinary and education fields. Conclusion. In the expansion of the publishing market, academic journals represent a small fraction of the total. The main sources of new titles in open access with no processing charges for authors are universities in countries that are not home to large commercial publishers (Indonesia, Brazil, and Spain), all with government subsidies.https://informationr.net/infres/article/view/466open accessscientific publishers |
| spellingShingle | Rosangela Rodrigues Cristóbal Urbano Patrícia Neubert José Miguel Rodríguez-Gairín Marta Somoza-Fernández New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access models Information Research: An International Electronic Journal open access scientific publishers |
| title | New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access models |
| title_full | New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access models |
| title_fullStr | New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access models |
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| title_short | New academic journals: an international overview of indexing and access models |
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| topic | open access scientific publishers |
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