Features of top-rated gold open access journals: An analysis of the scopus database

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Highlights：

• A journal's ranking raises with an increase of its permanence in the DOAJ repository.

• Only publishers located in the USA and the UK are positively related to the ranking.

• Only journals publishing in English are positively related to high rankings.

• Top-ranking journals tend to require a fee to publish.

• We identify the fields of study where gold OA has reached high ranking.

摘要

•A journal's ranking raises with an increase of its permanence in the DOAJ repository.•Only publishers located in the USA and the UK are positively related to the ranking.•Only journals publishing in English are positively related to high rankings.•Top-ranking journals tend to require a fee to publish.•We identify the fields of study where gold OA has reached high ranking.

论文关键词：Gold open access ranking,Open access impact analysis,SJR,Open access journals

论文评审过程：Received 5 July 2014, Revised 3 October 2014, Accepted 17 November 2014, Available online 15 December 2014.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2014.11.007