The Destiny of Articles When Pairing “Traditional”—With Open Access Sibling Journals

peter.suber's bookmarks 2022-09-25

Summary:

"This analysis demonstrates the choices made by authors as they seek to publish their article, as well as the tradeoffs of cost and time to publication that they experience as their articles flow to publication in both traditional and open access journals. About three quarters of authors whose articles were eventually published after declining transfer did so in conventional journals, and only a quarter published in an open access journal indexed by the Directory of Open Access Journals. Of critical relevance, this approach resulted in a substantially longer time to publication (mean additional time to publish of 181 d). The considerations that contributed to authors’ decisions are unknown. Publication in a paired open access journal through transfer is faster, more reliable and a more sustainable way to use peer-review, especially as it has become increasingly difficult to find suitable and willing expert peer reviewers. However, author publication costs are higher, and most open access journals have a lower IF. Although some universities and research institutions have established arrangements to meet article processing charges and publications costs, others, especially in emerging economies, do not, creating accessibility issues for these researchers....

Pairing traditional journals with open access sibling journals offers a reliable and time efficient opportunity for authors to publish their research while maintaining validation of the high standard and quality peer review of the traditional journal. This analysis provides an insight into editor and author decision making cascading between journals, especially with sibling journals offering a transfer option for articles of particular interest. Authors appear to opt for the highest IF journal that will accept their paper, and many opted for traditional journals perhaps to reduce publication costs. The downside of these decisions was the delay of publication by about 6 mo with many articles still being published with open access charges."

Link:

https://journals.lww.com/transplantjournal/Fulltext/9900/The_Destiny_of_Articles_When_Pairing.162.aspx

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oa.new oa.gold oa.comparisons oa.fees oa.misunderstandings oa.journals oa.journals.mirror oa.jif

Date tagged:

09/25/2022, 10:04

Date published:

09/25/2022, 06:06