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Publishing and Scholarly Communication

Publishing and Scholarly Communication is a research topic within History and Philosophy of Science. Science Explorer counts 7.1k research works in it since 1950. 18.1% of them reached the world's top 10% most cited for their field and year.

This cluster of papers explores the evolution, challenges, and impact of scholarly publishing practices, including academic writing, university presses, open access, research dissemination, book publishing, editorial practices, digital monographs, publication ethics, and peer review.

  • Scholarly Publishing
  • Academic Writing
  • University Presses
  • Open Access
  • Research Dissemination
  • Book Publishing
  • Editorial Practices
  • Digital Monographs
  • Publication Ethics
  • Peer Review
Research works
7.1k
fractional, since 1950
In the world top 10%
1.3k
per year above
Top-10% rate
18.1%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2013–17 → 2018–22
-10%
the tick is no change

Which countries lead Publishing and Scholarly Communication research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (253 and 83 works in 2022–2025).

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 United States 253 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 83 works
  3. 3 India 55 works
  4. 4 Germany 37 works
  5. 5 Canada 37 works
  6. 6 Australia 31 works
  7. 7 South Africa 25 works
  8. 8 Netherlands 22 works
  9. 9 China 21 works
  10. 10 Nigeria 20 works

How concentrated that is

The same countries as shares of everything the list above accounts for. A node where two countries do two thirds of the work and one spread evenly across twelve read alike as a ranking and not at all alike here.

United States: 43.3%United Kingdom: 14.2%India: 9.5%Germany: 6.4%6 others listed: 26.6%43%largest
United States253 · 43.3%United Kingdom83 · 14.2%India55 · 9.5%Germany37 · 6.4%6 others listed156 · 26.6%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

Which institutions lead Publishing and Scholarly Communication research?

By volume in 2022–2025, Index Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre publishes the most Publishing and Scholarly Communication research, followed by Access to Medicine Index and University of KwaZulu-Natal.

By volume, 2022–2025

  1. 1 Index Medical College, Hospital & Research CentreIndia 15 works
  2. 2 Access to Medicine IndexNetherlands 9 works
  3. 3 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 7 works
  4. 4 Fordham UniversityUnited States 5 works
  5. 5 University of PretoriaSouth Africa 5 works
  6. 6 American Society of Civil EngineersUnited States 4 works
  7. 7 Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom 4 works
  8. 8 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 4 works
  9. 9 Swami Vivekanand College of PharmacyIndia 4 works
  10. 10 InDex Pharmaceuticals (Sweden)Sweden 4 works

Who are the leading researchers in Publishing and Scholarly Communication?

The most-cited researchers publishing on Publishing and Scholarly Communication include Ken Hyland.

  1. 1 Ken Hyland United Kingdom 1.7k citations

Ranked by citations received across their whole record, among researchers with at least three works on this topic.

Where is Publishing and Scholarly Communication research done?

The largest centres of Publishing and Scholarly Communication research in 2022–2025 are New York (United States), London (United Kingdom), Indore (India) and Haarlem (Netherlands). Among places with at least 20 works in it, it is an unusually large share of all research in New York.

Largest cities, 2022–2025

  1. 1 New York United States 21 works
  2. 2 London United Kingdom 19 works
  3. 3 Indore India 15 works
  4. 4 Haarlem Netherlands 9 works
  5. 5 Moscow Russia 9 works
  6. 6 Melbourne Australia 8 works
  7. 7 Durban South Africa 7 works
  8. 8 Oxford United Kingdom 7 works
  9. 9 Pretoria South Africa 6 works
  10. 10 Washington D.C. United States 6 works

Where it is the local speciality

  1. New YorkUS · 20.6 works3.7×
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Location quotient: how much more of its research is in Publishing and Scholarly Communication than the world average.

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Is Publishing and Scholarly Communication research growing?

Output in 2018–2022 was 10% lower than in 2013–2017, peaking in 2026. The fastest-growing topics are Publishing and Scholarly Communication.

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

Which topics inside it are moving

Growth and decline on one axis around a shared zero. Two lists side by side hide the thing that matters: whether the growth dwarfs the decline, or the other way round.