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Sorry, we’re open: Golden open-access and inequality in non-human biological sciences
Scientometrics ( IF 3.9 ) Pub Date : 2020-06-09 , DOI: 10.1007/s11192-020-03540-3
Russell J. Gray

Golden Open-access (GOA) journals make research more accessible and therefore more citable; however, the publication fees associated with GOA journals can be costly and therefore not a viable option for many researchers seeking high-impact publication outlets. In this study, metadata was collected from 174 open-access, non-human biological science journals and analyzed to determine relationships between Article Processing Charges (APC), Impact Factor (IF), Eigen Factor (EF), citability, h-index, journal rank, and potential contributing factors to publishing preference, such as years of available open access, publication frequency, and average review process time. Further, the aforementioned bibliometrics were examined in relation to country of publisher, as well as their national income threshold. The results of this study provide evidence that bibliometric values such as IF, EF, citability, h-index, and journal rank all increase as APC increases, and each of these metrics are higher in publishers from high-income countries in comparison to upper-middle and lower-middle income countries. Implications of these trends are discussed in regards to non-human biological sciences, and potential consequences of inequality within the global scientific community overall.

中文翻译:

抱歉,我们是开放的:非人类生物科学中的黄金开放获取和不平等

Golden Open-access (GOA) 期刊使研究更容易获得,因此更容易被引用;然而,与 GOA 期刊相关的出版费用可能很昂贵,因此对于许多寻求高影响力出版渠道的研究人员来说,这不是一个可行的选择。在这项研究中,元数据从 174 种开放获取的非人类生物科学期刊中收集并进行分析,以确定文章处理费用 (APC)、影响因子 (IF)、特征因子 (EF)、可引性、h 指数、期刊排名,以及影响出版偏好的潜在因素,例如可用开放获取的年数、出版频率和平均审查过程时间。此外,还根据出版商所在的国家/地区及其国民收入门槛对上述文献计量学进行了检查。本研究的结果提供证据表明,IF、EF、可引性、h 指数和期刊排名等文献计量值都随着 APC 的增加而增加,并且与高收入国家的出版商相比,这些指标中的每一个在高收入国家的出版商中都更高。中等收入和中低收入国家。讨论了这些趋势对非人类生物科学的影响,以及全球科学界整体不平等的潜在后果。
更新日期:2020-06-09
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