Journal of Data and Information Science ›› 2022, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (2): 57-83.doi: 10.2478/jdis-2022-0007
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Pablo Dorta-González1,†(), María Isabel Dorta-González2
Received:
2021-11-16
Revised:
2022-01-23
Accepted:
2022-02-18
Online:
2022-05-20
Published:
2022-04-19
Contact:
Pablo Dorta-González
E-mail:pablo.dorta@ulpgc.es
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Table 1.
Description of the subject areas in the study.
Subject Area | Research Articles in 2017 | ||||
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OA Hybrid | % | Other modalities* | % | Total | |
Arts & Humanities | 2,821 | 3.7% | 74,458 | 96.3% | 77,279 |
Economics, Econometrics & Finance | 1,097 | 2.5% | 43,376 | 97.5% | 44,473 |
Medicine | 23,243 | 4.6% | 485,260 | 95.4% | 508,503 |
Physics & Astronomy | 6,635 | 2.7% | 237,666 | 97.3% | 244,301 |
Aggregate Areas | 33,796 | 3.9% | 840,760 | 96.1% | 874,556 |
Scopus database | 69,093 | 3.4% | 1,951,700 | 96.6% | 2,020,793 |
% | 48.9% | 43.1% | 43.3% |
Table 2.
Representativeness of the sample.
Subject Area | Research Articles in Hybrid Journals in 2017 | |||
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Sample | Population | Sample % | ||
OA Hybrid | Paywalled | OA Hybrid | OA Hybrid | |
Arts & Humanities | 1,151 | 5,759 | 2,821 | 40.8% |
Economics, Econometrics & Finance | 541 | 5,411 | 1,097 | 49.3% |
Medicine | 4,381 | 15,772 | 23,243 | 18.8% |
Physics & Astronomy | 1,970 | 27,623 | 6,635 | 29.7% |
Total | 8,043 | 54,565 | 33,796 | 23.8% |
Table 3.
Pearson's linear correlation coefficient.
Best CiteScore Percentile 2017 | Research Articles 2017 | OA Prevalence | OA Cites per Article | Paywalled Cites per Article | |
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Arts & Humanities | |||||
Best CiteScore Percentile 2017 | 1.00 | 0.03 | -0.69 | 0.50 | 0.57 |
Research Articles 2017 | 0.03 | 1.00 | -0.21 | 0.30 | 0.42 |
OA Prevalence | -0.69 | -0.21 | 1.00 | -0.39 | -0.40 |
OA Cites per Article | 0.50 | 0.30 | -0.39 | 1.00 | 0.81 |
Paywalled Cites per Article | 0.57 | 0.42 | -0.40 | 0.81 | 1.00 |
Economics, Econometrics & Finance | |||||
Best CiteScore Percentile 2017 | 1.00 | -0.16 | 0.07 | 0.60 | 0.57 |
Research Articles 2017 | -0.16 | 1.00 | -0.52 | 0.13 | 0.11 |
OA Prevalence | 0.07 | -0.52 | 1.00 | -0.14 | -0.12 |
OA Cites per Article | 0.60 | 0.13 | -0.14 | 1.00 | 0.85 |
Paywalled Cites per Article | 0.57 | 0.11 | -0.12 | 0.85 | 1.00 |
Medicine | |||||
Best CiteScore Percentile 2017 | 1.00 | -0.48 | -0.22 | 0.29 | 0.34 |
Research Articles 2017 | -0.48 | 1.00 | -0.14 | -0.18 | -0.20 |
OA Prevalence | -0.22 | -0.14 | 1.00 | 0.01 | -0.02 |
OA Cites per Article | 0.29 | -0.18 | 0.01 | 1.00 | 0.97 |
Paywalled Cites per Article | 0.34 | -0.20 | -0.02 | 0.97 | 1.00 |
Physics & Astronomy | |||||
Best CiteScore Percentile 2017 | 1.00 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.52 |
Research Articles 2017 | 0.12 | 1.00 | -0.35 | 0.03 | 0.15 |
OA Prevalence | 0.00 | -0.35 | 1.00 | -0.17 | -0.17 |
OA Cites per Article | 0.33 | 0.03 | -0.17 | 1.00 | 0.49 |
Paywalled Cites per Article | 0.52 | 0.15 | -0.17 | 0.49 | 1.00 |
Table 4.
Number of journals with OA citation advantage.
Subject Area | Number of Journals with OA Citation Advantage | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2017-2020 | ||||||
Arts & Humanities | 33 | 66% | 41 | 82% | 40 | 80% | 39 | 78% | 41 | 82% |
Economics, Econometrics & Finance | 35 | 70% | 38 | 76% | 34 | 68% | 40 | 80% | 37 | 74% |
Medicine | 39 | 78% | 43 | 86% | 44 | 88% | 40 | 80% | 44 | 88% |
Physics & Astronomy | 38 | 76% | 38 | 76% | 35 | 70% | 36 | 72% | 37 | 74% |
Aggregate areas | 145 | 73% | 160 | 80% | 153 | 77% | 155 | 78% | 159 | 80% |
Table 5.
Mean of the OA citation advantage.
Subject Area | Mean OA Citation Advantage | ||||
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2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2017-2020 | |
Arts & Humanities | 110.6% | 102.8% | 34.4% | 82.5% | 62.4% |
Economics, Econometrics & Finance | 83.9% | 28.4% | 28.8% | 64.1% | 41.4% |
Medicine | 41.7% | 43.5% | 44.7% | 47.4% | 44.3% |
Physics & Astronomy | 41.4% | 48.6% | 57.0% | 56.3% | 53.1% |
Aggregate areas | 50.3% |
Table 6.
Median of the OA citation advantage.
Subject Area | Median OA Citation Advantage | ||||
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2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2017-2020 | |
Arts & Humanities | 38.9% | 62.9% | 31.8% | 44.1% | 49.4% |
Economics, Econometrics & Finance | 41.8% | 37.9% | 24.2% | 45.8% | 39.0% |
Medicine | 29.2% | 32.1% | 31.5% | 28.0% | 26.9% |
Physics & Astronomy | 30.5% | 30.0% | 30.7% | 24.8% | 27.9% |
Aggregate areas | 36.8% |
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