Changes in article share and growth by publisher and access type in Journal Citation Reports 2016, 2018, and 2020

IF 1.6 Q2 COMMUNICATION Science Editing Pub Date : 2022-02-20 DOI:10.6087/kcse.260

Sang-Jun Kim, K. Park

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Abstract

Purpose: This study explored changes in the journal publishing market by publisher and access type using the major journals that publish about 95% of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) articles.Methods: From JCR 2016, 2018, and 2020, a unique journal list by publisher was created in Excel and used to analyze the compound annual growth rate by pivot tables. In total, 10,953 major JCR journals were analyzed, focusing on publisher type, open access (OA) status, and mega journals (publishing over 1,000 articles per year).Results: Among the 19 publishers that published over 10,000 articles per year, in JCR 2020, six large publishers published 59.6% of the articles and 13 publishers 22.5%. The other publishers published 17.9%. Large and OA publishers increased their article share through leading mega journals, but the remaining publishers showed the opposite tendency. In JCR 2020, mega journals had a 26.5% article share and an excellent distribution in terms of the Journal Impact Factor quartile. Despite the high growth (22.6%) and share (26.0%) of OA articles, the natural growth of non-OA articles (7.3%) and total articles (10.7%) caused a rise in journal subscription fees. Articles, citations, the impact factor, and the immediacy index all increased gradually, and the compound annual growth rate of the average immediacy index was almost double than that of the average impact factor in JCR 2020.Conclusion: The influence of OA publishers has grown under the dominance of large publishers, and mega journals may substantially change the journal market. Journal stakeholders should pay attention to these changes.

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2016、2018和2020年期刊引文报告中按出版商和访问类型划分的文章份额和增长的变化

目的：本研究使用发表约95%期刊引文报告（JCR）文章的主要期刊，按出版商和访问类型探讨期刊出版市场的变化。方法：从2016年、2018年和2020年的JCR开始，在Excel中创建一个由出版商创建的独特期刊列表，并通过数据透视表分析复合年增长率。总共分析了10953种主要的JCR期刊，重点关注出版商类型、开放获取（OA）状态和大型期刊（每年发表1000多篇文章）。结果：在JCR 2020年每年发表10000多篇文章的19家出版商中，6家大型出版商发表了59.6%的文章，13家出版商发表了22.5%的文章。其他出版商发表了17.9%。大型和OA出版商通过领先的大型期刊增加了文章份额，但其余出版商则表现出相反的趋势。在2020年JCR中，大型期刊的文章份额为26.5%，在期刊影响因子四分位数方面分布良好。尽管OA文章的增长率（22.6%）和份额（26.0%）很高，但非OA文章（7.3%）和总文章（10.7%）的自然增长导致了期刊订阅费的上涨。文章、引文、影响因子和即时性指数都在逐渐增加，在JCR 2020中，平均即时性指数的复合年增长率几乎是平均影响因子的两倍。期刊利益相关者应注意这些变化。

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Science Editing COMMUNICATION-

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2.90

自引率

20.00%

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审稿时长

10 weeks

期刊介绍： Science Editing (Sci Ed) is the official journal of the Korean Council of Science Editors (https://kcse.org) and Council of Asian Science Editors (https://asianeditor.org). It aims to improve the culture and health of human being by promoting the quality of editing and publishing scientific, technical, and medical journals. Expected readers are editors, publishers, reviewers, and authors of the journals around the world; however, specially focused to those in Asia. Since scholarly journals in Asia are mostly published by the academic societies, universities, or non-profit organizations, Sci Ed is sought to play a role in journal development. The number of publications from Asia is increasing rapidly and overpass that of other continents; meanwhile, the number of international journals and highly appreciated journals is yet to be coming forward. It is task of Asian editors to pledge the journal quality and broaden the visibility and accessibility. Therefore, its scope includes the followings in the field of science, technology, and medicine.