Which Domains Do Open-Access Journals Do Best In? A 5-Year Longitudinal Study

被引:12
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作者
Yan, Erjia [1 ]
Li, Kai [1 ]
机构
[1] Drexel Univ, Coll Comp & Informat, 3141 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
关键词
DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE; IMPACT FACTOR; SCIENCE; INDICATORS; DIFFUSION; CITATIONS;
D O I
10.1002/asi.24002
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
Although researchers have begun to investigate the difference in scientific impact between closed-access and open-access journals, studies that focus specifically on dynamic and disciplinary differences remain scarce. This study serves to fill this gap by using a large longitudinal dataset to examine these differences. Using CiteScore as a proxy for journal scientific impact, we employ a series of statistical tests to identify the quartile categories and disciplinary areas in which impact trends differ notably between closed-and open-access journals. We find that closed-access journals have a noticeable advantage in social sciences (for example, business and economics), whereas open-access journals perform well in medical and healthcare domains (for example, health profession and nursing). Moreover, we find that after controlling for a journal's rank and disciplinary differences, there are statistically more closed-access journals in the top 10%, Quartile 1, and Quartile 2 categories asmeasured by CiteScore; in contrast, more open-access journals in Quartile 4 gained scientific impact from 2011 to 2015. Considering dynamic and disciplinary trends in tandem, we find that more closed-access journals in Social Sciences gained in impact, whereas in biochemistry and medicine, more open-access journals experienced such gains.
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页码:844 / 856
页数:13
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