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http://dx.doi.org/10.14699/kbiblia.2021.32.1.115

Recent Academic Publishing Trends through Bibliometric Analysis of COVID-19 Articles: Focused on Medicine and Life Science  

Shin, Eun-Ja (세종대학교 미디어커뮤니케이션학과)
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Journal of the Korean BIBLIA Society for library and Information Science / v.32, no.1, 2021 , pp. 115-132 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study collected data on COVID-19 research papers published in international journals by Korean authors from WoS. Bibliographical analysis was performed on subject categories, institutions, funder distribution and so on. In addition, open access and journal review speed were also analyzed, which play an important role in facilitating academic publishing and distribution. The results showed that COVID-19-related papers published in international journals by Korean authors in 2020 included more papers on some specific fields, such as medicine, biology, and multidisciplinary. These researchers have published lots of papers not only in foreign journals but also in domestic English journals. 94% of papers were open access, and gold open access, which is available immediately after publication, was about 70% of the total. The COVID-19 orthopedic papers produced by Korean researchers were collected from PubMed and analyzed, and the average of review days was about 24 days. The analysis, including open access and review speed, showed that there has been an atmosphere of cooperation in the academic publishing ecosystem after the COVID-19 crisis. It would be desirable to continue this cooperation and address chronic problems in academic publishing system, such as promoting the publication of gold open access and reviewing efficiency.
Keywords
COVID-19; Academic Publishing; Journal; Article; Open Access; Review Speed; Bibliometrics;
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