Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact

For a set of 1,561 Open Access (OA) and non-OA journals in business and economics, this study evaluates the relationships between four citation metrics—five-year Impact Factor (5IF), CiteScore, Article Influence (AI) score, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)—and the journal ratings assigned by expert re...

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Main Author: Walters William H.
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Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2024-11-01
Series:Journal of Data and Information Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0002
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description For a set of 1,561 Open Access (OA) and non-OA journals in business and economics, this study evaluates the relationships between four citation metrics—five-year Impact Factor (5IF), CiteScore, Article Influence (AI) score, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)—and the journal ratings assigned by expert reviewers. We expect that the OA journals will have especially high citation impact relative to their perceived quality (reputation).
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spelling doaj-art-c8f2de46b4d14f29a585307da2e7aaa52025-08-20T02:17:47ZengSciendoJournal of Data and Information Science2543-683X2024-11-0110115116610.2478/jdis-2025-0002Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impactWalters William H.0Mary Alice & Tom O’Malley Library, Manhattan University, Riverdale, NY10471, USAFor a set of 1,561 Open Access (OA) and non-OA journals in business and economics, this study evaluates the relationships between four citation metrics—five-year Impact Factor (5IF), CiteScore, Article Influence (AI) score, and SCImago Journal Rank (SJR)—and the journal ratings assigned by expert reviewers. We expect that the OA journals will have especially high citation impact relative to their perceived quality (reputation).https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0002citationsimpactjournalsopen accessrankingsreputation
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Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact
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title Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact
title_full Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact
title_fullStr Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact
title_full_unstemmed Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact
title_short Gauging scholars’ acceptance of Open Access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact
title_sort gauging scholars acceptance of open access journals by examining the relationship between perceived quality and citation impact
topic citations
impact
journals
open access
rankings
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url https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0002
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