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Relationships among cost, citation, and access in journal publishing by an ecology and evolutionary biology department at a U.S. university.

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العنوان: Relationships among cost, citation, and access in journal publishing by an ecology and evolutionary biology department at a U.S. university.
المؤلفون: Peterson AT; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA., Cobos ME; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA., Sikes B; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA., Soberon J; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA., Osorio-Olvera L; Departamento de Ecología de la Biodiversidad, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, CDMX, Mexico., Bolick J; KU Libraries, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA., Emmett A; KU Libraries, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
المصدر: PeerJ [PeerJ] 2024 Jan 04; Vol. 12, pp. e16514. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 04 (Print Publication: 2024).
نوع المنشور: Journal Article
اللغة: English
بيانات الدورية: Publisher: PeerJ Inc Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101603425 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2167-8359 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 21678359 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PeerJ Subsets: MEDLINE
أسماء مطبوعة: Original Publication: Corte Madera, CA : PeerJ Inc.
مواضيع طبية MeSH: Ecology* , Biological Evolution*, Humans ; Universities ; Commerce ; Publishing
مستخلص: Background: Optimizing access to high-quality scientific journals has become an important priority for academic departments, including the ability to read the scientific literature and the ability to afford to publish papers in those journals. In this contribution, we assess the question of whether institutional investment in scientific journals aligns with the journals where researchers send their papers for publication, and where they serve as unpaid reviewers and editors.
Methods: We assembled a unique suite of information about the publishing habits of our Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, including summaries of 3,540 journal publications by 35 faculty members. These data include economic costs of journals to institutions and to authors, benefits to authors in terms of journal prestige and citation rates, and considerations of ease of reading access for individuals both inside and outside the university. This dataset included data on institutional costs, including subscription pricing (rarely visible to scholars), and "investment" by scholars in supporting journals, such as time spent as editors and reviewers.
Results: Our results highlighted the complex set of relationships between these factors, and showed that institutional costs often do not match well with payoffs in terms of benefits to researchers ( e.g. , citation rate, prestige of journal, ease of access). Overall, we advocate for greater cost-benefit transparency to help compare different journals and different journal business models; such transparency would help both researchers and their institutions in investing wisely the limited resources available to academics.
Competing Interests: The authors declare there are no competing interests.
(©2024 Peterson et al.)
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فهرسة مساهمة: Keywords: Article processing charges; Journals; Open access; Publication; Subscription
تواريخ الأحداث: Date Created: 20240108 Date Completed: 20240109 Latest Revision: 20240109
رمز التحديث: 20240109
مُعرف محوري في PubMed: PMC10771770
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.16514
PMID: 38188154
قاعدة البيانات: MEDLINE
الوصف
تدمد:2167-8359
DOI:10.7717/peerj.16514