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Citation and economic impact of Citation and economic impact of open access publishing: open access publishing:
Examples from the developing worldExamples from the developing world
D. K. Sahu, MD (Peds)D. K. Sahu, MD (Peds)Managing Director, Medknow Publications Pvt LtdManaging Director, Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd
Editor, Indian Journal of Medical SciencesEditor, Indian Journal of Medical SciencesExecutive Editor, Neurology IndiaExecutive Editor, Neurology India
Managing Editor, Journal of Postgraduate MedicineManaging Editor, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Journals from DC are important
• Flow of knowledge– South to North
• “International” journals are not international– Content / Readers / Editorial board
• Local importance– Local knowledge / local evidence– Policy making
Limited visibility = lost impactLimited circulation
Poor visibility and readership
Limited recognitionFewer citations
Fewer authors and subscriptions
Circle oflimited
accessibility
Fee-less immediate free access
Medknow’s Publishing model
• Online submission and review system– Saves time and resources
• Immediate free access– Increases visibility
– Attracts authors and citations
• Sources of revenue– Print subscriptions
– Advertisements – print and online
– Membership fee
– Reprints
• No author / author institution fee
The OA impact
• Visibility
• Journals’ performances
• On subscriptions and economics
• Research Impact
Visibility
Journals’ performances
Impact on article submissions
More international submissions
Other impacts
• International recognition– 13 journals in SCI in 2 years
• More articles per issue– 40 articles in 2005 vs. 160+ articles in 2008 in IJU
– Higher no. of original research papers• More issues per year– Increase in frequency for 6 journals
• Regularity of publication– 9 journals published ahead of schedule
The economics and subscriptions
Are we losing print subscriptions?
Additional revenue
Research Impact
Is it due to OA?
• 558 authors who cited articles• 68% from PubMed, 10% from web• 63% used an OA source for full text• If not OA– 35% would not have quoted article– 26% would have quoted on basis of abstract – <5% would pay for access
Conclusions
• For a journal, open access– helps to improve visibility
– helps to attract authors– helps to improve quality
– helps to increase research impact
– does not affect subscriptions
Thank you
www.medknow.com dksahu@medknow.com