Influence of open access journals on the research community in Journal Citation Reports

김상준,박계숙 한국과학학술지편집인협의회 2021 Science Editing Vol.8 No.1

Purpose The number of open access (OA) journals is rapidly increasing, and it is very important for librarians to understand the influence of OA journals on the research community. This study investigated the influence of the OA journals listed in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) based on various indicators. Methods The data for this study were prepared by combining the JCR 2014 to 2019 journal list with the number of hybrid OA articles obtained by searching the Web of Science. Each journal’s JCR indicators and article processing charge were added. The influence of OA journals was compared according to OA type, whether they were published by large publishers, and whether they were top gold OA journals. Results Gold OA journals remained weaker in terms of JCR indicators than hybrid journals. However, the top 20 gold OA journals, accounting for 27.0% of all OA articles in JCR 2014 to 2019, were superior in all JCR indicators. The top three OA publishers (MDPI, BioMed Central, and Public Library of Science) showed potential for development despite concerns regarding poor journals. The top three subscription publishers were very active in OA publishing, but their actual share of hybrid OA articles (Elsevier, 5.1%; Springer, 10.1%; and Wiley, 12.4% in JCR 2019) was still insufficient. Conclusion Some gold OA journals showed high competitiveness and even the possibility for development beyond traditional journals. The transition of subscription journals to hybrid journals was found to be at the early stage. In light of these findings, librarians should continue monitoring the influence of OA journals.

PLoS ONE 학술지 게재 국내 기관 소속 연구자 논문의 계량적 분석

심원식,안병군,박성은,김현수 한국정보관리학회 2020 정보관리학회지 Vol.37 No.2

This research provides a quantitative analysis on research articles published in PLoS ONE, a multidisciplinary open access journal, by authors affiliated with Korean institutions. Korean authors published more than 6,500 research ariticles in the mega journal between 2006 and 2019. Korea is ranked the top 11th place in terms of article publishing in the journal. Most articles by Korean authors are concentrated in the biomedical fields. In recent years, the overall production of PLoS ONE has decreased as authors migrated to competing mega journals such as Scientific Reports and BMJ Open. The change might have been affected in part by the delay in the review period and the dropping impact factor score. The open access share of the Korean PLoS ONE authors of more than 10 articles hovers around 30%. However, there is a significant variation among researchers reaching up to 50% discrepancies. Among altmetrics provided by PLoS ONE, the saves are highly correlated with the views and the citations. On the contrary, the shares show low correlation with other use metrics. A follow up, survey questionnarie based research involving researchers who have published in PLoS ONE is planned in order to investigate author motivation and experience in the review process. 본 연구는 대표적인 오픈액세스 학술지 중에서 범학문적인 성격을 가진 PLoS ONE에 게재된 국내 기관 소속 연구자들의 출판 활동에 대한 계량적인 분석을 제시하고 있다. 대표적인 메가학술지인 PLoS ONE에 국내 연구자들은 2006년부터 2019년의 기간 동안 약 6,500여 개의 연구논문을 게재하였고 이는 국가 기준으로는 전세계 11위에 해당하는 수준이다. 국내 기관 소속 저자들의 PLoS ONE 논문은 대부분 의생명 공학에 집중되어 있다. 최근에는 PLoS ONE에 대한 논문 게재가 감소하고 Scientific Reports, BMJ Open 등과 같은 경쟁 메가학술지로의 이동이 감지된다. 이러한 변화는 논문심사 기간의 지연, 영향력 지수 감소에 영향을 받은 것으로 보인다. PLoS ONE에 10건 이상의 논문을 게재한 국내 교신저자의 전반적인 연구 업적을 보면 오픈액세스 출판 비중이 약 30% 수준으로 나타나 오픈액세스에 대한 수용이 상당한 것으로 분석된다. 하지만 연구자별로 최대 50% 이상의 편차가 있는 것으로 조사된다. PLoS ONE에서 제공하는 이용지표 중에서 저장수는 열람수, 인용수와의 상관계수가 높은 것으로 나오는 반면 공유수는 열람수, 인용수 그리고 저장수와 상관계수가 상대적으로 높지 않은 것으로 조사되었다. 이상의 분석결과는 국내 연구자들의 오픈액세스 출판에 대한 구체적인 데이터에 기반하고 있다는 점에서 의의가 있으며, 논문을 게재한 연구자를 대상으로 한 설문조사 형식의 후속연구를 통해 오픈액세스 출판 배경, 심사과정 등에 대한 구체적인 데이터를 수집, 분석할 예정이다.

Changes in article share and growth by publisher and access type in Journal Citation Reports 2016, 2018, and 2020

Sang-Jun Kim,박계숙 한국과학학술지편집인협의회 2022 Science Editing Vol.9 No.1

Purpose: This study explored changes in the journal publishing market by publisher and access type using the major journals that publish about 95% of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) articles. Methods: From JCR 2016, 2018, and 2020, a unique journal list by publisher was created in Excel and used to analyze the compound annual growth rate by pivot tables. In total, 10,953 major JCR journals were analyzed, focusing on publisher type, open access (OA) status, and mega journals (publishing over 1,000 articles per year). Results: Among the 19 publishers that published over 10,000 articles per year, in JCR 2020, six large publishers published 59.6% of the articles and 13 publishers 22.5%. The other publishers published 17.9%. Large and OA publishers increased their article share through leading mega journals, but the remaining publishers showed the opposite tendency. In JCR 2020, mega journals had a 26.5% article share and an excellent distribution in terms of the Journal Impact Factor quartile. Despite the high growth (22.6%) and share (26.0%) of OA articles, the natural growth of non-OA articles (7.3%) and total articles (10.7%) caused a rise in journal subscription fees. Articles, citations, the impact factor, and the immediacy index all increased gradually, and the compound annual growth rate of the average immediacy index was almost double than that of the average impact factor in JCR 2020. Conclusion: The influence of OA publishers has grown under the dominance of large publishers, and mega journals may substantially change the journal market. Journal stakeholders should pay attention to these changes.

서울·평양 공동 올림픽과 스포츠 저널리즘의 역할

조지현 ( Cho Ji Hyun ),유상건 ( Yoo Sang Keon ),김동학 ( Kim Dong Hak ) 한국체육학회 2021 한국체육학회지 Vol.60 No.5

본 연구는 서울·평양 공동 올림픽 개최와 스포츠 저널리즘의 역할에 대해 분석하는데 목적이 있다. 연구방법은 질적연구 방법으로 스포츠를 담당하는 국내 신문기자와 방송 기자, PD에 대한 심층 인터뷰(in-depth interview)를 통해 공동 올림픽에 대한 기자들의 인식을 파악 했다. 첫 번째, ‘한국 스포츠 저널리스트의 남북 공동 올림픽 개최에 대한 인식’에 대한 연구결과는 1) 공동 올림픽 개최에 대한 긍정적인 면을 정치, 경제, 사회적인 측면에서 나타내고 있다. 2) 남북 스포츠 단일팀 사례를 제시하며 전 세계에 알렸던 남북 화합과 공동 올림픽 개최에 대한 효과를 매우 긍정적으로 바라보고 있다. 3) 변화 무상한 북한의 분의기를 경험해 볼 수 있고 남북 공동 올림픽 개회가 가져올 평화의 분위기를 예측하고 있다. 두 번째, ‘편집국(보도본부)내 남북 공동 올림픽 개최 취재보도와 관련 의사결정 과정’ 연구결과는 1)편집국내 의사결정 과정에서 부정적인 판단 없이 적극적인 사전준비와 취재진의 판단으로 프로그램 기획 및 개발 할 수 있는 분위기가 잡혀 있음을 알 수 있다. 2) 공동 올림픽의 의제 설정은 진보나 보수의 입장에서 벗어났으며, 남북 엘리트 선수 육성시스템에 대한 보완점을 제시하였다. 3) 의제설정 과정에서 보다 객관적인 자세로 취재에 임하고, 북한 스포츠에 대한 궁금증을 풀어갈 저널리스트로서의 역할도 제시했다. The purpose of this research was to analyze the role of sports journalism in Seoul and Pyeongyang co-hosting the Olympic Games. This research was done qualitatively as sports journalists, broadcast reporters and television producers were interviewed in depth in order to investigate the preception and awareness of co-hosting the Olympic Games among the media personnel. First of all, the results regarding ‘the perception among the South Korean sports journalists concerning the South and the North Korea co-hosting the Olympic Games’ were as following: 1) positive opinions in regard to the co-hosting are being shown in political, social and economical aspects. 2) showing the harmony between the South and the North with the case of a unified team in the past, the effects of co-hosting the Olympic Games are being viewed very positively. 3) could be an opportunity to experience the ever-changing atmosphere of North Korea, and it is also being anticipated that the co-hosting would bring peace mood to the Korean peninsula. Secondly, researching the ‘decision making process in the editorial department (or the newsroom) regarding reporting of co-hosting the Olympic Games’ yielded the following responses: 1) along the decision making process within the editorial department, the tone is set so the reporters can actively prepare and use their discretion to plan and develop a program without any negative perception. 2) the agenda setting in regards to the co-hosting has become independent of any political views, and suggested the ways to improve the elite athlete development system both in the South and North Korea as well. 3) the role of journalist which could satisfy the curiosity about the athletics in North Korea was suggested during the agenda setting process, as well as the importance of taking more objective views in reporting.