A Survey of Enhanced Publication Features of China's Science and Technology Research Journals in 2018

IF 1.2 4区管理学 0 HUMANITIES, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Journal of Scholarly Publishing Pub Date : 2019-07-01 DOI:10.3138/JSP.50.4.03

Qing Fang, Lijuan Zhan, Wei Peng

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Abstract

Abstract:Enhanced publication features that extend information access, add variety to presentation formats, and improve reader comprehension have become a part of China's academic journals in science and technology (sci-tech for short) in recent years. We sought to determine the degree of their adoption. By surveying 472 Chinese sci-tech journals, we found that 102 of these journals had enhanced publication features. Thus less than a quarter of Chinese sci-tech journals in our sample had adopted enhanced publication at the time of our survey. Moreover, the enhancing features of the 102 journals were mostly simple ones, which did not depend on authors providing supplemental content. More of these 102 journals are published by scholarly associations than by other types of publishers, and the disciplinary distribution of the journals was imbalanced, with the discipline of medicine and health having the lowest percentage of journals with enhanced features among those disciplines with such journals. This finding is out of step with large international publishers, whose medical journals frequently have features of enhanced publication. These results reveal a gap between the practices of large international publishers and those of China's publishers when it comes to adopting enhanced publishing features for sci-tech journals.

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2018年中国科技研究型期刊增刊特征调查

摘要:近年来，扩大信息可及性、丰富表现形式、提高读者理解能力的增强型出版特色已成为中国科技学术期刊(简称科技)的一部分。我们试图确定它们被采纳的程度。通过对472种中国科技期刊的调查，我们发现其中102种期刊的出版特色有所增强。因此，在我们调查时，样本中只有不到四分之一的中国科技期刊采用了强化出版。此外，102种期刊的增强型特征多为简单增强型特征，不依赖于作者提供补充内容。在这102种期刊中，由学术协会出版的期刊多于由其他类型的出版商出版的期刊，并且期刊的学科分布不平衡，在拥有此类期刊的学科中，医学与卫生学科的增强型期刊所占比例最低。这一发现与大型国际出版商不一致，他们的医学期刊经常具有加强出版的特点。这些结果表明，在为科技期刊采用增强出版功能方面，大型国际出版商与中国出版商的做法存在差距。

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Journal of Scholarly Publishing Multiple-

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

15.40%

发文量

期刊介绍： For more than 40 years, the Journal of Scholarly Publishing has been the authoritative voice of academic publishing. The journal combines philosophical analysis with practical advice and aspires to explain, argue, discuss, and question the large collection of new topics that continually arise in the publishing field. JSP has also examined the future of scholarly publishing, scholarship on the web, digitization, copyright, editorial policies, computer applications, marketing, and pricing models. It is the indispensable resource for academics and publishers that addresses the new challenges resulting from changes in technology and funding and from innovations in production and publishing.