Have the "mega-journals" reached the limits to growth?
Have the "mega-journals" reached the limits to growth?
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DOI：
10.7717/peerj.981
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发表时间：
2015-05-26
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影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Bjork, Bo-Christer
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作者：
Bjork, Bo-Christer
“巨型期刊”是一种新型的科学期刊，它发表可免费获取的文章，这些文章经过同行评审以确保科学可信度，但由读者自行决定哪些文章对他们感兴趣和重要。继 PLOS ONE 取得巨大成功之后，其他几家出版商最近也创办了大型期刊。本文介绍了 2010 年以来大型期刊在文章发表率方面的演变。 14 种期刊每年发表的文章总数约为 35,000 篇，增长速度似乎已经放缓。录用率在50-70%之间，发表速度在3-5个月左右。大型期刊的共同特征是替代影响力指标、图形和数据的轻松重用性、出版后讨论以及来自其他期刊的可移植评论。
A "mega-journal" is a new type of scientific journal that publishes freely accessible articles, which have been peer reviewed for scientific trustworthiness, but leaves it to the readers to decide which articles are of interest and importance to them. In the wake of the phenomenal success of PLOS ONE, several other publishers have recently started mega-journals. This article presents the evolution of mega-journals since 2010 in terms of article publication rates. The fastest growth seems to have ebbed out at around 35,000 annual articles for the 14 journals combined. Acceptance rates are in the range of 50-70%, and speed of publication is around 3-5 months. Common features in mega-journals are alternative impact metrics, easy reusability of figures and data, post-publication discussions and portable reviews from other journals.