Why do journals discontinue? A study of Australian ceased journals

Jamali, Hamid R.; Wakeling, Simon; Abbasi, Alireza

doi:10.1002/leap.1448

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“…The results presented here form part of a larger project which also identified journals that had ceased publishing (Jamali et al, 2022), and the large number we discovered ( 158) is alarming, especially as our study of 140 of these journals and a survey of their editors showed that funding was a key factor in their discontinuation. The survey also found that not all journals had a plan for the conservation of their content, some discontinued journals' content might not be accessible and some discontinued journals are only available through services such as web archiving services that are not optimal for use of scholarly content.…”

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Scholarly journal publishing in Australia

2022

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This article describes the nature and extent of scholarly journal publishing in Australia. Australian journals are defined as journals that belong to or are affiliated with an Australian entity. There are currently 651 active Australian journals. The oldest started in the 19th century, and the 1990s was the top decade in terms of starting new journals. Australian journals mostly belong to or are affiliated with non-profit organizations (e.g., learned societies) (364, 55.9%), or educational institutions (168, 25.8%). While most of the journals (426, 65.4%) are published by their owners (self-publish), the publication of 162 journals has been outsourced to international commercial publishers, with most of these linked to non-profit organizations. About 39.8% of Australian journals are open access and most of them do not charge author-processing charges. Half of the Australian journals (326) are indexed in Scopus and slightly less than half (301) are included in Web of Science (WoS). Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences are well represented in the disciplinary focus of journals, although journals indexed in Scopus and WoS are more likely to be in health, life and physical science disciplines.

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2022

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“…A study on Australian journals reported that funding issues represented a major cause of journal discontinuation. 22 More important is that paying reviewers, combined with the widespread and relatively heavy reliance on specific reviewer committees, could affect the quality of peer review. Moreover, as the reviewer committees are associated with the journals, they are members of the journal, and it can be argued that they are internal and not external reviewers.…”

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Deficient editorial practices, perceived quality, and expedient scholarly publishing in a developing nation

Bredan,

Tashani,

Bakoush

2024

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Background There is increasing concern about the quality, integrity, and accessibility to research published in the developing world. This study explores the editorial practices and editors’ perspectives to gain insight into the standard of scholarly publishing in Libya. Methods Between 21st January and 12th February, 2022, the editors-in-chief (EC) of Libyan academic journals were invited to complete a questionnaire on editorial practices, degree of satisfaction with submitted and published manuscripts, review processes, and journal performance, as well as challenges facing the journals. Journal websites were examined for quality, and indexation coverage and citations were assessed. We examined the number of citations in Google Scholar for all 2019 articles published in each journal. Descriptive statistics were used to quantitatively summarize the data and thematic analysis was used for the narrative text. Results 48 EC completed the questionnaire. The EC was affiliated with the institution that owns the journal in 92% of cases. Most EC (83%) were satisfied with the peer-review quality, 69% believed that most of their published papers add new ideas or findings, and 96% were satisfied with their journal’s performance. However, despite the high degree of satisfaction, only one journal was indexed in Web of Science or Scopus and only 17% of the journals were indexed in Google Scholar. A qualitative assessment of journal websites revealed shortcomings in publishing practices in a large proportion of the journals. Conclusions The discordance between the satisfaction of the journal editors and the journal quality indicators points to a break in the quality system of Libyan academic publishing. Similar expedient publishing practices might exist in other countries as well. A comprehensive action plan led by academic institutions to enforce high standards for scholarly publishing is needed to advance research and high-quality scholarly publications in developing countries.

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“…A recent bibliometric study (Jaradat) 21 based on the Scopus database for Libya's scientific output from 1948 to 2022 revealed a total number of 10,475 articles in the Scopus database, 10361 of them in English (99%). On the other hand, another study (Mahmood) 22 , based on the Directory and Book of Abstracts of Libya's National Centre for Scientific Research for 2001-2004, revealed that 45% of the research output was reported in English, and the rest was in Arabic.…”

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Editorial practices, perceived quality, and expedient scholarly publishing in a developing nation: a mixed methods study

Bredan,

Tashani,

Bakoush

2023

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Background: Scholarly literature from the developing world is low and the scientific impact in some countries, including Libya, is much lower compared with their peers. This study explores the editorial practices and editors’ perspectives to gain insight into the standard of scholarly publishing in Libya. Methods: Between 21st January and 12th February, 2022, the editors-in-chief (EC) of Libyan academic journals were invited to complete a questionnaire on editorial practices, degree of satisfaction with submitted and published manuscripts, review processes, and journal performance, as well as challenges facing the journals. Journal websites were examined for quality, and indexation coverage and citations were assessed. We examined the number of citations in Google Scholar for all 2019 articles published in each journal. Descriptive statistics were used to quantitatively summarize the data and thematic analysis was used for the narrative text. Results: 48 ECs completed the questionnaire. The EC was affiliated with the institution that owns the journal in 92% of cases. Most EC (83%) were satisfied with the peer-review quality, 69% believed that most of their published papers add new ideas or findings, and 96% were satisfied with their journal performance. However, despite the high degree of satisfaction, only one journal was indexed in Web of Science or Scopus and only 17% of the journals were indexed in Google Scholar. A qualitative assessment of journal websites revealed shortcomings in publishing practices in a large proportion of the journals. Conclusions: The discordance between the satisfaction of the journal editors and the journal quality indicators points to a break in the quality system of Libyan academic publishing. Similar expedient publishing practices might exist in other countries as well. A comprehensive action plan led by academic institutions to enforce high standards for scholarly publishing is needed to advance research and high-quality scholarly publications in developing countries.

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Why do journals discontinue? A study of Australian ceased journals

Cited by 9 publications

References 13 publications

Scholarly journal publishing in Australia

Scholarly journal publishing in Australia

Deficient editorial practices, perceived quality, and expedient scholarly publishing in a developing nation

Editorial practices, perceived quality, and expedient scholarly publishing in a developing nation: a mixed methods study

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