2013/09/18 by Marcin Kozak, James Hartley · 1 citation
Decision Sciences · #scientometrics and bibliometrics research #Directory #Publishing #Library science #Scholarly communication #Open access journal #Computer science #Political science #Scopus #MEDLINE #Law
paper · doi:10.1002/asi.22972
openalex publication_date 2013/09/18 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Many authors appear to think that most open access ( OA ) journals charge authors for their publications. This brief communication examines the basis for such beliefs and finds it wanting. Indeed, in this study of over 9,000 OA journals included in the Directory of Open Access Journals, only 28% charged authors for publishing in their journals. This figure, however, was highest in various disciplines in medicine (47%) and the sciences (43%) and lowest in the humanities (4%) and the arts (0%).