Scientific journals are currently the primary medium used by researchers to report their research findings. The transformation of print journals into e-journals has simplified the process of submissions to journals and also their access has become wider. Journals are usually published by commercial publishers, learned societies as well as Universities. There are different number of journals published from different countries. This paper attempts to explore whether the number of journals published from a country influences its research output. Scopus master journal list is analysed to identify journals published from 50 selected countries with significant volume of research output. The following relationship are analysed: (a) number of journals from a country and its research output, (b) growth rate of journals and research output for different countries, (c) global share of journals and research output for different countries, and (d) subject area-wise number of journals and research output in that subject area for different countries. Factors like journal packing density are also analysed. The results obtained show that for majority of the countries, the number of journals is positively correlated to their research output volume, though some other factors also play a role in growth of research output. The study at the end presents a discussion of the analytical outcomes and provides useful suggestions on policy perspectives for different countries.
翻译:目前,科学期刊是研究人员用来报告其研究成果的主要媒介,将印刷期刊转变为电子期刊简化了向期刊提交材料的过程,并扩大了其查阅范围。期刊通常由商业出版商、学会和大学出版。不同国家出版的期刊数量不同。本文试图探讨一个国家出版的期刊数量是否影响其研究成果。Scopus主期刊清单进行分析,以查明50个选定国家出版的期刊数量,其研究产出量很大。以下关系得到了分析:(a) 一个国家的期刊数量及其研究成果;(b) 不同国家的期刊和研究成果增长率;(c) 不同国家的期刊和研究成果的全球份额;(d) 不同国家在该主题领域出版的期刊和研究成果的主题领域数量。还分析了诸如期刊包装密度等因素。获得的结果显示,大多数国家的期刊数量与它们的研究成果数量呈正相关,尽管其他一些因素也在研究产出的增长中起到作用。最后的研究报告介绍了分析结果的讨论情况,并就不同国家的政策观点提出了有益的建议。