Table 1 Journals sample quantitative...

Table 1

Journals sample quantitative overview (“Avg” means average)

Subject categories	Subject areas	Total number of journals	Total number of articles	Freely available journals	Freely available articles	Avg number of authors per article	Total bibliographic references	Total number of mentions	Avg mentions per article	Total number of quotations	Avg quotations per article
Health sciences	Medicine	27	132	33%	42%	9	5,340	8,400	64	5	0.04
	Nursing	2	10	0%	50%	2	440	768	77	17	1.70
	Veterinary	2	10	0%	50%	5	336	561	56	0	0.00
	Dentistry	2	10	0%	10%	6	381	533	53	0	0.00
	Health Professions	2	10	50%	50%	4	271	446	45	1	0.10
	Health Sciences overall rates	Total 35	Total 172	Avg 16.6%	Avg 40.4%	Avg 5.2	Total 6,768	Total 10,708	Avg 59	Total 23	Avg 0.37
Social sciences	Arts and Humanities	10	45	20%	40%	3	1,752	2,556	57	614	13.64
	Business, Management and Accounting	5	25	40%	40%	2	1,642	2,719	109	73	2.92
	Decision Sciences	2	10	0%	50%	2	428	749	75	0	0.00
	Economics, Econometrics and Finance	2	10	0%	75%	2	457	610	61	1	0.10
	Psychology	4	20	0%	5%	4	1,536	2,959	148	32	1.60
	Social Sciences	17	81	35%	52%	2	4,571	6,953	86	835	10.31
	Social Sciences overall rates	Total 40	Total 191	Avg 15.8%	Avg 43.6%	Avg 2.5	Total 10,386	Total 16,546	Avg 89.33	Total 1,555	Avg 4.76
Life sciences	Agricultural and Biological Sciences	8	40	25%	40%	5	2,281	3,445	86	1	0.03
	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	8	39	25%	41%	6	2,229	3,524	90	0	0.00
	Immunology and Microbiology	2	10	0%	50%	6	521	786	79	0	0.00
	Neuroscience	2	10	50%	80%	6	606	848	85	0	0.00
	Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics	3	15	33.3%	53,3%	9	821	1,213	81	0	0.00
	Life Sciences overall rates	Total 23	Total 114	Avg 26.6%	Avg 52.8%	Avg 6.4	Total 6,458	Total 9,816	Avg 84.2	Total 1	Avg 0.01
Physical Sciences	Chemical Engineering	2	10	50%	50%	5	452	706	71	0	0.00
	Chemistry	3	15	33.3%	40%	6	682	846	56	0	0.00
	Computer Science	8	39	0%	20%	3	1,125	2,167	56	0	0.00
	Earth and Planetary Sciences	4	20	25%	50%	7	1,157	1,942	97	0	0.00
	Energy	2	10	0%	10%	3	583	924	92	0	0.00
	Engineering	10	48	30%	35.4%	4	1,470	2,148	45	13	0.27
	Environmental Science	5	25	20%	32%	4	1,547	2,147	86	43	1.72
	Materials Science	4	20	0%	5%	5	845	1,156	58	1	0.05
	Mathematics	5	25	20%	60%	3	569	900	36	0	0.00
	Physics and Astronomy	4	20	75%	50%	4	1,101	1,758	88	2	0.10
	Physical Sciences overall rates	Total 47	Total 232	Avg 25.3%	Avg 35.24%	Avg 4.4	Total 9,531	Total 14,694	Avg 68.5	Total 59	Avg 0.21
Multidisciplinary	Multidisciplinary	4	20	25%	35%	11	997	1,697	85	1	0.05
Multidisciplinary	Multidisciplinary overall rates	Total 4	Total 20	Avg 25%	Avg 35%	Avg 11	Total 997	Total 1,697	Avg 85	Total 1	Avg 0.05
Total 5 subject categories	Total sample overall rates	Total 149	Total 729	Avg 21.8%	Avg 41.4%	Avg 4.74	Total 34,140	Total 53,461	Avg 75	Total 1,639	Avg 2

Subject categories	Subject areas	Total number of journals	Total number of articles	Freely available journals	Freely available articles	Avg number of authors per article	Total bibliographic references	Total number of mentions	Avg mentions per article	Total number of quotations	Avg quotations per article
Health sciences	Medicine	27	132	33%	42%	9	5,340	8,400	64	5	0.04
	Nursing	2	10	0%	50%	2	440	768	77	17	1.70
	Veterinary	2	10	0%	50%	5	336	561	56	0	0.00
	Dentistry	2	10	0%	10%	6	381	533	53	0	0.00
	Health Professions	2	10	50%	50%	4	271	446	45	1	0.10
	Health Sciences overall rates	Total 35	Total 172	Avg 16.6%	Avg 40.4%	Avg 5.2	Total 6,768	Total 10,708	Avg 59	Total 23	Avg 0.37
Social sciences	Arts and Humanities	10	45	20%	40%	3	1,752	2,556	57	614	13.64
	Business, Management and Accounting	5	25	40%	40%	2	1,642	2,719	109	73	2.92
	Decision Sciences	2	10	0%	50%	2	428	749	75	0	0.00
	Economics, Econometrics and Finance	2	10	0%	75%	2	457	610	61	1	0.10
	Psychology	4	20	0%	5%	4	1,536	2,959	148	32	1.60
	Social Sciences	17	81	35%	52%	2	4,571	6,953	86	835	10.31
	Social Sciences overall rates	Total 40	Total 191	Avg 15.8%	Avg 43.6%	Avg 2.5	Total 10,386	Total 16,546	Avg 89.33	Total 1,555	Avg 4.76
Life sciences	Agricultural and Biological Sciences	8	40	25%	40%	5	2,281	3,445	86	1	0.03
	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology	8	39	25%	41%	6	2,229	3,524	90	0	0.00
	Immunology and Microbiology	2	10	0%	50%	6	521	786	79	0	0.00
	Neuroscience	2	10	50%	80%	6	606	848	85	0	0.00
	Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics	3	15	33.3%	53,3%	9	821	1,213	81	0	0.00
	Life Sciences overall rates	Total 23	Total 114	Avg 26.6%	Avg 52.8%	Avg 6.4	Total 6,458	Total 9,816	Avg 84.2	Total 1	Avg 0.01
Physical Sciences	Chemical Engineering	2	10	50%	50%	5	452	706	71	0	0.00
	Chemistry	3	15	33.3%	40%	6	682	846	56	0	0.00
	Computer Science	8	39	0%	20%	3	1,125	2,167	56	0	0.00
	Earth and Planetary Sciences	4	20	25%	50%	7	1,157	1,942	97	0	0.00
	Energy	2	10	0%	10%	3	583	924	92	0	0.00
	Engineering	10	48	30%	35.4%	4	1,470	2,148	45	13	0.27
	Environmental Science	5	25	20%	32%	4	1,547	2,147	86	43	1.72
	Materials Science	4	20	0%	5%	5	845	1,156	58	1	0.05
	Mathematics	5	25	20%	60%	3	569	900	36	0	0.00
	Physics and Astronomy	4	20	75%	50%	4	1,101	1,758	88	2	0.10
	Physical Sciences overall rates	Total 47	Total 232	Avg 25.3%	Avg 35.24%	Avg 4.4	Total 9,531	Total 14,694	Avg 68.5	Total 59	Avg 0.21
Multidisciplinary	Multidisciplinary	4	20	25%	35%	11	997	1,697	85	1	0.05
Multidisciplinary	Multidisciplinary overall rates	Total 4	Total 20	Avg 25%	Avg 35%	Avg 11	Total 997	Total 1,697	Avg 85	Total 1	Avg 0.05
Total 5 subject categories	Total sample overall rates	Total 149	Total 729	Avg 21.8%	Avg 41.4%	Avg 4.74	Total 34,140	Total 53,461	Avg 75	Total 1,639	Avg 2

Source(s): Table by authors

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