Revistas Open Access sobre comunicación. Un mapa mundial

Abstract

Open access publishing has proven to be a very profitable area for all stakeholders in the academic community. However, there are still conflicting views on whether in fact there are differences in their position versus fee-paying journals. This research has been proposed to analyze the configuration of academic journals using the Scimago Journal Rank (SJR) data from the Scopus database. Specifically, we have attempted to find differences or similarities between journals that are open access and those that are not. The results obtained showed that open access journals on communication have lower citation rates and lower results in the quality indicators. On the other hand, the results have allowed us to relativise the statement that countries with lower economic incomes are more committed to the open access publication model.