1Department of Library and Information Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
2Research Institute for Social Science, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
Copyright © 2019 Korean Council of Science Editors
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Conflict of Interest
No potential conflict of interest relevant to this article was reported.
Data Availability
Dataset is available from the Harvard Dataverse at: https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TY2BME.
Dataset 1. Raw data of 33 items of “Principles of transparency and best practice in scholarly publishing” from 781 society journals indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded.
Continent | Count | Percentage |
---|---|---|
North America | 435 | 55.7 |
Asia | 133 | 17.0 |
Europe | 174 | 22.3 |
South America | 26 | 3.3 |
Oceania | 7 | 0.9 |
Africa | 6 | 0.8 |
Total | 781 | 100.0 |
Specific type | Count |
---|---|
No information | 596 |
Open peer review | 3 |
Single-blind | 92 |
Double-blind | 89 |
Triple-blind | 1 |
Total | 781 |
Item | Sub-items |
---|---|
1. Website | Aims and scope |
Readership | |
Authorship criteria | |
Print ISSN | |
Electronic ISSN | |
2. Name of journal | Uniqueness of name |
3. Peer review process | Statement of review process |
Methods of peer review | |
No guarantee of manuscript acceptance | |
4. Ownership and management | |
5. Governing body | Editorial boards |
6. Editorial team/Contact information | |
8. Author fees | |
11. Publishing schedule | |
9. Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of researc misconduct | Ethical and professional standards |
Step to prevent research misconduct | |
COPE’s guideline | |
10. Publication ethics | Authorship and contributorship |
Complaints and appeal | |
Conflicts of interest | |
Data sharing and reproducibility | |
Ethical oversight | |
Intellectual property | |
Post-publication discussion | |
7. Copyright and licensing | Licensing information |
Creative Commons | |
Policies on posting of accepted articles on third party | |
12. Access | Open access |
Subscription | |
13. Archiving | |
14. Revenue sources | |
15. Advertising | |
16. Direct marketing |
Category | Item | Sub-items | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Basic journal information | Website | Aims and scope | Purpose and range of academic fields that a journal covers should be stated on the website. |
Readership | Target readers of a journal should be stated on the website. | ||
Authorship criteria | Certain criteria that authors should follow, including not considering multiple submissions, redundant publications. | ||
Print ISSN | Print ISSNs should be displayed. | ||
Electronic ISSN | Electronic ISSNs should be displayed. | ||
Name of journal | Uniqueness of name | Journal name shall be unique and not confused with another journal or mislead potential authors and readers. | |
Peer review process | Statement of the review process | Any policies related to the journal’s peer review procedures shall be clearly described on the journal website. | |
Methods of peer review | |||
No guarantee of manuscript acceptance | Journal websites should not guarantee manuscript acceptance or very short peer review times. | ||
Ownership and management | Ownership and/or management information of a journal shall be clearly indicated on the journal’s website. | ||
Governing body | Editorial boards | Full names and affiliations of the journal’s editorial board or other governing bodies whose members are recognized experts in the subject areas included within the journal’s scope shall be provided. | |
Editorial team/contact information | Journals shall provide the full names and affiliations of their editors on the website as well as contact information for the editorial office, including a full address. | ||
Author fees | Any fees or charges that are required for manuscript processing and/or publishing materials in the journal shall be clearly stated. | ||
Publishing schedule | Periodicity at which a journal publishes shall be clearly indicated on the website. | ||
Publication ethics information | Process for identification of and dealing with allegations of research misconduct | Ethical and professional standards | In no case shall a journal or its editors encourage such misconduct or knowingly allow it to take place. |
Steps to prevent research misconduct | Publishers and editors shall take reasonable steps to identify and prevent the publication of papers wherein research misconduct has occurred, including plagiarism, citation manipulation, and data falsification/fabrication, among others. | ||
COPE’s guideline | If a journal’s publisher or editors are made aware of any allegations of research misconduct relating to a published article in their journal, the publisher or editor shall follow COPE’s guidelines (or equivalent) in dealing with the allegations. | ||
Publication ethics | Authorship and contributorship | Journal publishing ethics and policies on authorship and contributorship. | |
Complaints and appeal | Journal publishing ethics and policies on how the journal will handle complaints and appeals should be indicated. | ||
Conflicts of interest | Journal publishing ethics and policies on conflicts of interest/competing interests shall be provided on the website. | ||
Data sharing and reproducibility | Journal publishing ethics and policies on data sharing and reproducibility must be clearly stated. | ||
Ethical oversight | The journal’s publishing ethics and policies on ethical oversight shall be indicated. | ||
Intellectual property | The journal’s publishing ethics and policies on intellectual property should be stated. | ||
Post-publication discussion | The journal’s options for post-publication discussions and corrections shall be provided. | ||
Copyright and archiving information | Copyright and licensing | Licensing information | Licensing information shall be clearly described in the guidelines on the website, and licensing terms shall be indicated on all published articles, in both HTML and PDF format. |
Creative Commons | If authors can publish under a Creative Commons license, then any specific license requirements shall be noted. | ||
Policies on posting accepted articles with third parties | Any policies on the posting of final accepted versions or published articles on third-party repositories shall be clearly stated. | ||
Access | Open access | The way(s) in which the journal and individual articles are available to readers and whether there is an associated subscription or pay-per-view fees shall be stated. | |
Subscription | |||
Archiving | A journal’s plan for electronic backup and preservation of access to the journal content, in the event it is no longer published, shall be clearly indicated. | ||
Profit model information | Revenue sources | Business models or revenue sources shall be clearly stated on the journal’s website. | |
Advertising | A journal shall indicate its advertising policy if relevant, including what types of adverts will be considered, who makes decisions regarding accepting adverts, and whether they are linked to content or reader behavior or are displayed at random. | ||
Direct marketing | Any direct marketing activities, including solicitation of manuscripts that are conducted on behalf of the journal, shall be appropriate, well targeted, and unobtrusive. |
Continent | Count | Percentage |
---|---|---|
North America | 435 | 55.7 |
Asia | 133 | 17.0 |
Europe | 174 | 22.3 |
South America | 26 | 3.3 |
Oceania | 7 | 0.9 |
Africa | 6 | 0.8 |
Total | 781 | 100.0 |
Specific type | Count |
---|---|
No information | 596 |
Open peer review | 3 |
Single-blind | 92 |
Double-blind | 89 |
Triple-blind | 1 |
Total | 781 |
Item | Count/percentage | Continent |
Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North America | Asia | Europe | South America | Oceania | Africa | ||||
Readership | Yes | Count | 155 | 32 | 54 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 254 |
Percentage | 36 | 24 | 31 | 31 | 57 | 17 | 33 | ||
Author fees | Yes | Count | 187 | 78 | 76 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 352 |
Percentage | 43 | 59 | 44 | 19 | 43 | 50 | 45 |
Item | Count/percentage | Continent |
Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North America | Asia | Europe | South America | Oceania | Africa | ||||
COPE’s guideline | Yes | Count | 155 | 50 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 303 |
Percentage | 36 | 38 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 39 | ||
Data sharing and reproducibility | Yes | Count | 158 | 10 | 54 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 227 |
Percentage | 36 | 8 | 31 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 29 | ||
Post-publication discussion | Yes | Count | 218 | 8 | 106 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 339 |
Percentage | 50 | 6 | 61 | 23 | 14 | 0 | 43 |
Item | Count/percentage | Continent |
Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North America | Asia | Europe | South America | Oceania | Africa | ||||
Policies on posting of accepted articles on third party | Yes | Count | 210 | 10 | 95 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 321 |
Percentage | 48 | 8 | 55 | 15 | 14 | 17 | 41 | ||
Archiving | Yes | Count | 111 | 47 | 107 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 269 |
Percentage | 26 | 35 | 61 | 4 | 29 | 17 | 34 |
Item | Count/percentage | Continent |
Total | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
North America | Asia | Europe | South America | Oceania | Africa | ||||
Revenue sources | Yes | Count | 73 | 4 | 76 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 158 |
Percentage | 17 | 3 | 44 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 20 | ||
Advertising | Yes | Count | 178 | 7 | 91 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 284 |
Percentage | 41 | 5 | 52 | 15 | 57 | 0 | 36 | ||
Direct marketing | Yes | Count | 152 | 5 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 200 |
Percentage | 35 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 26 |
ISSN, Standard Serial Number; COPE, Committee on Publication Ethics.
ISSN, Standard Serial Number; COPE, Committee on Publication Ethics.
COPE, Committee on Publication Ethics.