South West Neurosurgery Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
South West Neurosurgery Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, United Kingdom.
J Surg Educ. 2019 Jan-Feb;76(1):107-119. doi: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2018.06.029. Epub 2018 Aug 10.
As open-access journals have become increasingly common, it has provided more options for researchers to publish their work and improved access of information to the public. However, some open-access journals charge the authors processing fee on submission. In certain cases, this can be rather expensive. This study is the first study to specifically assess the cost of publishing in exclusively open-access, peer-reviewed surgical journals, and their correlation with journal impact, in the form of 6 bibliometrics.
This is a cross-sectional study. A list of journals is compiled using the SCImago Journal & Country Rank and Directory of Open Access Journals. 6 indices are measured - impact factor, SCOPUS h-index, SCImago journal rank indicator (SJR), Eigenfactor, Article Influence Score and Google h5 index. The cost of publication (in USD$) of a research article (maximum of 6 pages) is used as a baseline.
89 research journals are included. The median cost of publication is USD$100 (range [0-2580]). 47% are free of charge. 13% can cost more than USD$2000 per article. SJR and Google h5 index appear to be the only indices that correlate linearly with the cost (p = 0.015 and 0.041, respectively), although the correlations are weak. 3 indices, namely impact factor, SJR and Article Influence Score appear to have very strong correlations with each other (Pearson coefficient > 0.90).
From this study, the cost of publishing in open-access journals bears little correlation to their impact; this poses a dilemma for researchers without significant funding. Therefore, authors and funders must consider cautiously when submitting to these journals.
随着开放获取期刊的日益普及，为研究人员提供了更多发表作品的选择，并提高了公众对信息的获取。然而，一些开放获取期刊在提交时向作者收取处理费。在某些情况下，这可能相当昂贵。本研究首次专门评估了仅开放获取同行评审的外科期刊的出版成本，并以 6 项文献计量学的形式评估了其与期刊影响的相关性。
这是一项横断面研究。使用 SCImago 期刊和国家排名以及开放获取期刊目录编制期刊列表。测量了 6 个指数 - 影响因子、SCOPUS h 指数、SCImago 期刊排名指标（SJR）、Eigenfactor、文章影响评分和 Google h5 指数。将研究文章（最多 6 页）的出版成本（以美元计）用作基线。
共纳入 89 种研究期刊。出版费用中位数为 100 美元（范围 [0-2580]）。47%是免费的。13%的文章每篇费用超过 2000 美元。SJR 和 Google h5 指数似乎是仅与成本呈线性相关的指数（p=0.015 和 0.041），尽管相关性较弱。3 个指数，即影响因子、SJR 和文章影响评分，彼此之间似乎具有很强的相关性（Pearson 系数>0.90）。
从本研究来看，开放获取期刊的出版成本与其影响相关性不大；这对没有大量资金的研究人员来说是一个困境。因此，作者和资助者在提交这些期刊时必须谨慎考虑。
