Publications, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 13(2), P. 17 - 17
Published: April 1, 2025
The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between publisher volume—the number journals a produces—and journal publishing patterns in Scopus, including various metrics such as h-index, SCImago Journal Rank (SJR), and quartiles. database, which derived from Scopus data, serves proxy for impact influence. analysis also considered factors Open Access (OA) status, geographical location, subject areas. Using 2023 SJR dataset, publishers were classified into four categories: V1 (single journal), V2 (2–9 journals), V3 (10–99 V4 (100+ journals). findings showed that accounted 44.5% Scopus-indexed despite comprising only 0.3% all publishers, whereas represented 78.6% but contributed 21.3% journals. High-volume had more ranked Q1 Q2, while lower-volume concentrated Q3 Q4. Results linear mixed-effects model indicated volume was associated with metrics, higher-volume generally achieving higher h-index scores. Western Europe North America highest China, Spain, Italy exhibited strong production fewer highest-volume category. These results illustrate dominance small group high-volume (V4) challenges smaller face gaining visibility impact. They underscore need consider policies foster balanced equitable scholarly environment, particularly underrepresented regions
Language: Английский