Agriculture Journals Covered by Directory of Open Access Journals: An Analytical Study

  • Muruli Acharya National Power Training Institute, Power Systems Training Institute, Bengaluru- 560 070, Karnataka, India
Keywords: Open access journals-agriculture, Agriculture, DOAJ, Open access journals-impact factor, Open access licenses, Plagiarism

Abstract

With the advent of open access movement, open access journals (OAJs) being the prodigious source of academic and research information have been gaining significant magnitude. The electronic age has made it easier and more convenient than ever to break barriers to research information. The present study aims to study and analyse the status of 497 OAJs in Agriculture indexed in Directory of Open Access Journals. Specified traits such as Geographic and language wise distribution, coverage of Indexing/Abstracting databases, ranking of journals according to Impact Factor (IF), OA licensing model adopted, policy of plagiarism, visibility on social media and related issues of the OAJs in Agriculture are evaluated in the paper. Results indicated the dominance of De Gruyter Open as a publisher with highest number of OAJs, English as a content language, Indonesia with highest number of OAJs, Google scholar with highest journals indexed. The study observes the increasing migration of journals from commercial practice to OA. Frontiers in Plant Science found with highest Impact Factor among OAJs in Agriculture.

Author Biography

Muruli Acharya, National Power Training Institute, Power Systems Training Institute, Bengaluru- 560 070, Karnataka, India

Mr. Muruli Acharya is an MLISc graduate and has been working in NPTI, PSTI, Bengaluru as Librarian since 2011. He has a total professional experience of about 12 year. He has published papers in national and international journals and presented papers in national and international conferences. His area of interest includes library automation, Social media & Web 2.0 applications, Open Access Licenses, ICT skills for library professionals.

Published
2018-09-05
How to Cite
Acharya, M. (2018). Agriculture Journals Covered by Directory of Open Access Journals: An Analytical Study. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 38(5), 354-360. https://doi.org/10.14429/djlit.38.5.13114
Section
Research Paper