| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 523917 | Journal of Informetrics | 2015 | 11 Pages |
•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.
PurposeThe goal is to identify the features of top-rated gold open access (OA) journals by testing seven main variables: languages, countries, years of activity and years in the DOAJ repository, publication fee, the field of study, whether the journal has been launched as OA or converted, and the type of publisher.SampleA sample of 1910 gold OA journals has been obtained by combining Scopus SJR 2012, the DOAJ, and data provided by previous studies (Solomon, 2013).MethodWe have divided the SJR index into quartiles for all journals’ subject areas. First, we show descriptive statistics by combining quartiles based on their features. Then, after having converted the quartiles into a dummy variable, we test it as a dependent variable in a binary logistic regression.ContributeThis work contributes empirically to better understanding the gold OA efficacy of data analysis, which may be helpful in improving journals’ rankings in the areas where this is still a struggle.FindingsSignificant results have been found for all variables, except for the types of publishers, and for born or converted journals.
