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An examination of two Indian megajournals
Author(s) -
XIA Jingfeng
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
learned publishing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.06
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1741-4857
pISSN - 0953-1513
DOI - 10.1087/20130305a
Subject(s) - publishing , presentation (obstetrics) , quality (philosophy) , computer science , library science , political science , world wide web , law , medicine , philosophy , epistemology , radiology
ABSTRACT This study analyzes two online open access peer‐reviewed Indian journals that each published more than 2,000 articles in 2013. It examines various characteristics of these journals, including their publishing policies, author profiles, and quality of articles with regard to language and presentation. The paper recommends taking megajournal publishing in the developing world into consideration of an ecosystem of scholarly communities.