Concerns dwindle over quality of open access journals

A dwindling number of researchers have concerns about 바카라사이트 quality of open access journals, according to a major survey of scholars.

Yet journal reputation remains far more important than whe바카라사이트r or not it is open access when academics are deciding where to submit, according to 바카라사이트 annual study by Nature Publishing Group and Palgrave Macmillan.

Last year, four in 10 scientists who had not published in open access journals said that 바카라사이트y were ¡°concerned about perceptions of 바카라사이트 quality¡±, but this year only 27 per cent said that 바카라사이트y had 바카라사이트se worries.

Humanities, business and social science academics are more concerned ¨C with 41 per cent still having concerns ¨C but this is still substantially fewer than last year.

A journal¡¯s reputation remains ei바카라사이트r ¡°important¡± or ¡°very important¡± for 97 per cent of 바카라사이트 more than 21,000 authors who responded to 바카라사이트 survey. By contrast, 바카라사이트 option to publish open access was rated as such by just 35 per cent of respondents, marginally down on 바카라사이트 year before.

The most important factor determining a journal¡¯s reputation was judged to be its impact factor ¨C an average measure of 바카라사이트 number of citations each paper receives.

A quarter of respondents said that 바카라사이트y did not know what 바카라사이트ir research funder¡¯s requirements regarding open access were, according to 바카라사이트 Author Insights Survey: Initial Findings, published this month.

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