Department of Surgery, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Department of Surgery, Wisconsin Surgical Outcomes Research Program (WiSOR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin; William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Administration Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin.
J Surg Res. 2023 Nov;291:742-748. doi: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.04.008. Epub 2023 Jun 7.
Open access publishing has exhibited rapid growth in recent years. However, there is uncertainty surrounding the quality of open access journals and their ability to reach target audiences. This study reviews and characterizes open access surgical journals.
The directory of open access journals was used to search for open access surgical journals. PubMed indexing status, impact factor, article processing charge (APC), initial year of open access publishing, average weeks from manuscript submission to publication, publisher, and peer-review processes were evaluated.
Ninety-two open access surgical journals were identified. Most (n = 49, 53.3%) were indexed in PubMed. Journals established >10 y were more likely to be indexed in PubMed compared to journals established <5 y (28 of 41 [68.3%] versus 4 of 20 [20%], P < 0.001). 44 journals (47.8%) used a double-blind review method. 49 (53.2%) journals received an impact factor for 2021, ranging from <0.1 to 10.2 (median 1.4). The median APC was $362 United States dollar [interquartile range $0 - 1802 United States dollar]. 35 journals (38%) did not charge a processing fee. There was a significant positive correlation between the APC and impact factor (r = 0.61, P < 0.001). If accepted, the median time from manuscript submission to publication was 12 wk.
Open access surgical journals are largely indexed on PubMed, have transparent review processes, employ variable APCs (including no publication fees), and proceed efficiently from submission to publication. These results should increase readers' confidence in the quality of surgical literature published in open access journals.
近年来，开放获取出版呈现出快速增长的趋势。然而，开放获取期刊的质量及其能否覆盖目标受众仍然存在不确定性。本研究对开放获取的外科期刊进行了回顾和特征描述。
使用开放获取期刊目录搜索开放获取的外科期刊。评估了 PubMed 索引状态、影响因子、文章处理费（APC）、开放获取出版的初始年份、从投稿到出版的平均时间、出版商和同行评审过程。
共确定了 92 种开放获取的外科期刊。其中大多数（n=49，53.3%）被 PubMed 索引。与 5 年内成立的期刊相比，成立超过 10 年的期刊更有可能被 PubMed 索引（28 个中有 41 个[68.3%]，而 4 个中有 20 个[20%]，P<0.001）。44 种期刊（47.8%）采用双盲评审方法。2021 年有 49 种（53.2%）期刊获得了影响因子，范围从<0.1 到 10.2（中位数为 1.4）。APC 的中位数为 362 美元（四分位距 0-1802 美元）。35 种（38%）期刊不收取处理费。APC 和影响因子之间呈显著正相关（r=0.61，P<0.001）。如果被接受，从投稿到出版的中位数时间为 12 周。
开放获取的外科期刊在很大程度上被 PubMed 索引，具有透明的评审流程，采用可变的 APC（包括不收取出版费），并且从投稿到出版的过程效率很高。这些结果应该提高读者对开放获取期刊发表的外科文献质量的信心。
