Publishing trends of journals and articles in Journal Citation Reports during the COVID-19 pandemic: a descriptive study

IF 1.6 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Science Editing Pub Date : 2023-02-16 DOI:10.6087/kcse.300

Sang-Jun Kim, K. Park

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Abstract

Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the changes that occurred in journal and article publishing during the noncontact period that started in 2020 due to COVID-19.Methods: The integrated journal list in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) 2017–2021 and the search results of Web of Science were analyzed using pivot tables in Microsoft Excel. The articles, citations, impact factor (IF), publishers, open access (OA) status, and compound annual growth rate (CAGR) were investigated using the data.Results: The CAGRs of articles, citations, and IFs in JCR journals increased throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the increase in OA articles was accompanied by a decreasing share of subscription articles. The top 20 journals in JCR-SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded), based on the number of articles, accepted OA policies and showed a strong influence, accounting for 7% to 9% of all articles. MDPI and Frontiers were OA publishers included among the top 10 publishers. Large publishers maintained their competitiveness through mergers and acquisitions with OA publishers. Due to the rapid distribution of OA and early access articles as part of the international response to overcome COVID-19, the CAGRs of citations and IFs increased more than that of articles, and the publication and use of journal articles have become more active.Conclusion: The publication and use trends in JCR journals analyzed herein will provide useful information for researchers’ selection of journals for article submission, analyses of research performance, and libraries’ journal subscription contracts.

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COVID-19大流行期间期刊和期刊引文报告中的期刊和文章的出版趋势:一项描述性研究

目的:本研究旨在调查自2020年开始的COVID-19非接触期间期刊和文章发表的变化。方法:采用Microsoft Excel中的数据透视表对2017-2021年《journal Citation Reports》(JCR)中的综合期刊列表和Web of Science的检索结果进行分析。文章、引用、影响因子(IF)、出版商、开放获取(OA)状态和复合年增长率(CAGR)进行了调查。结果:在COVID-19大流行期间，JCR期刊的文章、引用和影响因子的复合年增长率增加。此外，OA文章的增加伴随着订阅文章的减少。JCR-SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded)中按文章数排名前20位的期刊均接受OA政策，影响力较强，占全部文章的7% ~ 9%。MDPI和Frontiers是进入前10名的OA发行商。大型出版商通过与OA出版商的合并和收购来保持竞争力。作为国际抗击COVID-19行动的一部分，由于开放获取和早期获取文章的快速分发，引文和影响因子的复合年增长率超过了文章的复合年增长率，期刊文章的发表和使用更加活跃。结论:本文分析的JCR期刊的发表和使用趋势将为研究人员选择论文投稿期刊、研究绩效分析以及图书馆的期刊订阅合同提供有用的信息。

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来源期刊

Science Editing COMMUNICATION-

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

20.00%

发文量

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.