Abstract
Introduction: Herein, we aimed to compare the scientometric data of hematology journals, and compare the publication models, especially the scientometric data of journals with all-open access (OA) and hybrid-OA publication models.Methods: Data were obtained from Scimago Journal & Country Rank and Clarivate Analytics InCites websites. Fifty-four journals indexed in Science Citation Index (SCI) and SCI-Expanded were evaluated. Bibliometric data and impact factor (IF), scientific journal rank (SJR), eigenfactor score (ES), and Hirsch (h)-index of the journals were obtained. United States dollar (USD) was used as the requested article publishing charge (APC). Statistics Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS, IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) version 23.0 was used for data analysis.Results: As a publication model, Hybrid-OA was the most common. One journal had subscription-only, and two journals had a free-OA model. Nine journals had a mandatory OA with the APC model and 42 journals used a hybrid model. The Median OA fee was 3400 USD. Hybrid-OA journals had a significantly higher median h-index (72 vs. 40, p=0.03) compared to all-OA journals. Other scientometric indexes were similar. When APCs were compared, all-OA journals were median 900 USD lower than hybrid-OA journals (2490 vs. 3400 USD, p=0.019).Conclusion: There is a widespread use of the OA publication model in hematology journals. Although hybrid OA journals have higher h-index, other scientometric indexes are similar. All-OA journals are more economically feasible considering a lower median APC. Further scientometric studies for journals in the field of hematology, randomized to follow citation per publication according to the OA model would better shed light on the data in this area.
Highlights
We aimed to compare the scientometric data of hematology journals, and compare the publication models, especially the scientometric data of journals with all-open access (OA) and hybrid-OA publication models
There is a widespread use of the OA publication model in hematology journals
To provide a robust analysis of journals publishing in the field of hematology, and to take into account the lack of reference studies in the literature, the following journals were excluded from the analysis: (i) journals that published fewer than 30 citable documents in the last three years or fewer than 10 in the last year (n = 4), (ii) multidisciplinary journals that publish fewer than 25% of their original studies in the field of hematology, and (iii) invite-only journals (n = 4)
Summary
We aimed to compare the scientometric data of hematology journals, and compare the publication models, especially the scientometric data of journals with all-open access (OA) and hybrid-OA publication models. Medical journals are traditionally compared using quality indicators, such as scientometric indexes. These indexes apply varying methods to measure the number of citations published by articles in journals. The h-index of a researcher or journal is defined as the h number of articles that have each been cited at least h times. Eigenfactor score (ES) and Scientific Journal Ranking scores (SJR) are computational models for measuring average prestige per paper, taking into account the formation of inter-citation networks like Google PageRank (i.e., considering the source of the citations) [5,6,7]
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