Table 2 Journal demographics
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Is your journal fully open access (e.g., all articles are immediately published in a format that makes them free to use and free to build upon to all readers, for example, through Creative Commons licensing)? (N = 111) | |
Yes | 63 (56.76) |
No | 48 (43.24) |
Unsure | 0 (0) |
What is the current impact factor of your journal? | |
Less than 2.0 | 50 (45.05) |
2.0–4.0 | 29 (26.13) |
5.0–8.0 | 5 (4.50) |
8.0–15.0 | 1 (0.90) |
More than 15.0 | 1 (0.90) |
The journal does not have an impact factor | 21 (18.92) |
Unsure | 4 (3.60) |
What type of research does your journal publish? (N = 111) | |
Primarily clinical research | 39 (35.14) |
Primarily basic or pre-clinical research | 10 (9.01) |
A combination of both clinical research and pre-clinical research | 38 (34.23) |
Other | 24 (21.62) |
What area best describes the type of research your journal publishes? (N = 111) | |
General medical journal | 13 (11.71) |
A research methods medical journal (e.g., systematic reviews journal) | 5 (4.50) |
A clinical specialty journal (e.g., Cancer research) | 56 (50.45) |
Other | 37 (33.33) |
Top 3 countries where journals were based (N = 106) | |
United States of America | 34 (32.1) |
United Kingdom | 22 (20.8) |
India | 6 (5.7) |
Other | 44 (41.51) |