Quality Attributes of Open Access Journal: A Case Study of Selected Open Access LIS Journals from India

Serials Librarian Pub Date : 2021-11-17 DOI:10.1080/0361526X.2021.2009957

Mallikarjun Dora, Manoj Kumar Sa, T. Kumar

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Abstract

ABSTRACT The paper aims to analyze the quality characteristics of Open Access Journals (OAJs) in Library and Information Science (LIS) published in India. The study assesses three OA journals, namely. International Journal of Information Dissemination and Technology (IJIDT), International Journal of Library and Information Studies (IJLIS), and International Research: Journal of Library and Information Science (IRJLIS). The analysis is performed in two parts. The first part is qualitative. The researchers measured parameters like basic information pertaining to the selected journals, publication trends, composition of the editorial board, and quality measures such as peer review and indexing. The second part of the analysis deals with citing journal sources, where the researchers evaluates the quality of citations received by the selected journals. The finding of the study reveals that all three OAJs established themselves as preferred sources to publish LIS research articles. The analysis of citing sources reveals that 73% of the citing journals are OAJs only. The results also show that only 50% of journals are from the core LIS subject, and the majority of the citing journals are from India. The study also revealed that there are many citing OA journals in the domain of LIS, which is not indexed in leading indexing and abstracting databases.

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开放获取期刊的质量属性——以印度开放获取LIS期刊为例

摘要本文旨在分析印度出版的图书情报学开放获取期刊的质量特征。该研究评估了三种OA期刊，即。《国际信息传播与技术杂志》、《国际图书馆与信息研究杂志》和《国际研究：图书馆与信息科学杂志》。分析分为两部分。第一部分是定性的。研究人员测量了一些参数，如与所选期刊有关的基本信息、出版趋势、编委会的组成，以及同行评审和索引等质量指标。分析的第二部分涉及引用期刊来源，研究人员在其中评估所选期刊收到的引用质量。研究结果表明，所有三个OAJ都已成为发表LIS研究文章的首选来源。对引文来源的分析表明，73%的引文期刊仅为OAJ。结果还显示，只有50%的期刊来自LIS核心学科，大多数引用期刊来自印度。研究还表明，在LIS领域有许多引用OA期刊，而这些期刊在领先的索引和摘要数据库中没有被索引。

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Serials Librarian Social Sciences-Library and Information Sciences

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期刊介绍： The Serials Librarian is an international journal covering all aspects of the management of serials and other continuing resources in any format—print, electronic, etc.—ranging from their publication, to their abstracting and indexing by commercial services, and their collection and processing by libraries. The journal provides a forum for discussion and innovation for all those involved in the serials information chain, but especially for librarians and other library staff, be they in a single (continuing resources) department or in collection development, acquisitions, cataloging/metadata, or information technology departments.