Managing Editor of PLoS One, Peter Binfield, recently published a paper entitled "PLoS One: background, future development, and article-level metrics"in which he outlines some of the recent upgrades at PLoS One and future plans for article-level metrics.
What Pete also mentioned in the article is the doubling in articles published every year:
I wonder whether this growth is just siphoning off excess publication pressure, or if some smaller journals are already seeing their submission numbers decrease. I take this growth also as a sign that people are fed up with our publishing system and embrace a publishing venue where they know they will get published if only their sience is sound.
What Pete also mentioned in the article is the doubling in articles published every year:
- 2007: 1,231 articles
- 2008: 2,722 articles
- 2009: ~4,300 articles
- 2010: ~1% of PubMed?
I wonder whether this growth is just siphoning off excess publication pressure, or if some smaller journals are already seeing their submission numbers decrease. I take this growth also as a sign that people are fed up with our publishing system and embrace a publishing venue where they know they will get published if only their sience is sound.
Posted on Friday 26 June 2009 - 15:13:42 comment: 0
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