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Which domains do open†access journals do best in? A 5†year longitudinal study

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  • Erjia Yan
  • Kai Li

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Although researchers have begun to investigate the difference in scientific impact between closed†access and open†access journals, studies that focus specifically on dynamic and disciplinary differences remain scarce. This study serves to fill this gap by using a large longitudinal dataset to examine these differences. Using CiteScore as a proxy for journal scientific impact, we employ a series of statistical tests to identify the quartile categories and disciplinary areas in which impact trends differ notably between closed†and open†access journals. We find that closed†access journals have a noticeable advantage in social sciences (for example, business and economics), whereas open†access journals perform well in medical and healthcare domains (for example, health profession and nursing). Moreover, we find that after controlling for a journal's rank and disciplinary differences, there are statistically more closed†access journals in the top 10%, Quartile 1, and Quartile 2 categories as measured by CiteScore; in contrast, more open†access journals in Quartile 4 gained scientific impact from 2011 to 2015. Considering dynamic and disciplinary trends in tandem, we find that more closed†access journals in Social Sciences gained in impact, whereas in biochemistry and medicine, more open†access journals experienced such gains.

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  • Erjia Yan & Kai Li, 2018. "Which domains do open†access journals do best in? A 5†year longitudinal study," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 69(6), pages 844-856, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jinfst:v:69:y:2018:i:6:p:844-856
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.24002
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    1. Guangyao Zhang & Yuqi Wang & Weixi Xie & Han Du & Chunlin Jiang & Xianwen Wang, 2021. "The open access usage advantage: a temporal and spatial analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(7), pages 6187-6199, July.
    2. Mark J. McCabe & Christopher M. Snyder, 2021. "Cite unseen: Theory and evidence on the effect of open access on cites to academic articles across the quality spectrum," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(8), pages 1960-1979, December.
    3. Rongying Zhao & Xu Wang, 2019. "Evaluation and comparison of influence in international Open Access journals between China and USA," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 120(3), pages 1091-1110, September.

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