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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. 9.8% 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%
700
per year above
Top-10% rate
9.8%
share of its works in the world top 10%
Growth, 2018-21 → 2022-25
+0%
the tick is no change
Largest producer
United States
42% of the 10 largest, 2022-now
Publishing and Scholarly Communication

Which countries lead Publishing and Scholarly Communication research?

By volume, the United States and the United Kingdom publish the most (368 and 137 works in 2022-now).

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 United States 368 works
  2. 2 United Kingdom 137 works
  3. 3 India 77 works
  4. 4 Germany 68 works
  5. 5 Canada 49 works
  6. 6 Australia 41 works
  7. 7 China 37 works
  8. 8 Nigeria 35 works
  9. 9 Netherlands 33 works
  10. 10 South Africa 31 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: 42.0%United Kingdom: 15.7%India: 8.8%Germany: 7.8%6 others listed: 25.7%42%largest
United States368 · 42.0%United Kingdom137 · 15.7%India77 · 8.8%Germany68 · 7.8%6 others listed225 · 25.7%

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

Which institutions lead Publishing and Scholarly Communication research?

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

By volume, 2022-now

  1. 1 Index Medical College, Hospital & Research CentreIndia 16 works
  2. 2 Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom 11 works
  3. 3 Access to Medicine IndexNetherlands 10 works
  4. 4 Birkbeck, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 9 works
  5. 5 University of OxfordUnited Kingdom 8 works
  6. 6 Fordham UniversityUnited States 8 works
  7. 7 University of KwaZulu-NatalSouth Africa 7 works
  8. 8 University of CambridgeUnited Kingdom 7 works
  9. 9 Coventry UniversityUnited Kingdom 7 works
  10. 10 Iowa State UniversityUnited States 7 works

What are the most cited papers in Publishing and Scholarly Communication?

The most cited paper in Publishing and Scholarly Communication is "Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade" (Bart N. Green, Claire D. Johnson, Alan Adams, 2006), with 2,181 citations. Next come "The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution" (1,479) and "‘Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics" (833).

Most cited papers
#PaperReleasedCitations
1 Writing narrative literature reviews for peer-reviewed journals: secrets of the trade Bart N. Green, Claire D. Johnson, Alan Adams · Journal of Chiropractic Medicine Open access Sep 2006 2,181
2 The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution C. P. Snow, R. Smoluchowski · Physics Today Sep 1961 1,479
3 ‘Predatory’ open access: a longitudinal study of article volumes and market characteristics Cenyu Shen, Bo‐Christer Björk · BMC Medicine Open access Oct 2015 833
4 The Development of Open Access Journal Publishing from 1993 to 2009 Mikael Laakso, Patrik Welling, Helena Bukvova et al. · PLoS ONE Open access 13 Jun 2011 774
5 Google Scholar as a new source for citation analysis AWK Harzing, René van der Wal · Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics Open access 13 Nov 2007 688
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Where is Publishing and Scholarly Communication research done?

The largest centres of Publishing and Scholarly Communication research in 2022-now are London (United Kingdom), New York (United States), Indore (India) and Lancaster (United Kingdom).

Largest cities, 2022-now

  1. 1 LondonUnited Kingdom 37 works
  2. 2 New YorkUnited States 28 works
  3. 3 IndoreIndia 16 works
  4. 4 LancasterUnited Kingdom 11 works
  5. 5 Washington D.C.United States 11 works
  6. 6 MelbourneAustralia 11 works
  7. 7 MoscowRussia 10 works
  8. 8 CoventryUnited Kingdom 10 works
  9. 9 MadridSpain 10 works
  10. 10 HaarlemNetherlands 10 works
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Where is the best place to study Publishing and Scholarly Communication?

Among universities, judged by research, Lancaster University and Birkbeck, University of London score highest, combining excellence, specialisation, size, growth and international reach. Research strength is one signal when choosing where to study; it does not measure teaching.

Excellenceshare of its work in the world top 10%, 2022-now and all time averaged
40%
Specialisationhow much of its work is in this field, counted up to 10× the world share
10%
Sizeits output in this field, on a log scale
30%
Growthoutput growth, counted from -20% to +20%
10%
Internationalshare of its work with a co-author abroad
10%
Each slider sets a weight; the share it gets of the score is beside it.
#UniversityScoreTop 10%SpecialisationWorksGrowth
1Lancaster UniversityUnited Kingdom 85.014.6%39.3×11 -
2Birkbeck, University of LondonUnited Kingdom 10.04.1%108.4×9 +20.0%

Universities only. The score blends excellence (40%), size (30%), specialisation (10%), growth (10%), international reach (10%), 2022-now; growth compares 2018-21 with 2022-25 and counts up to +20%, since a jump from a small base is mostly noise.

Every institution in Publishing and Scholarly Communication, country by country

Is Publishing and Scholarly Communication research growing?

Output in 2022-2025 was 0% higher than in 2018-2021, 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.

Its share of all research

Growing output can still be a shrinking share: all of science grows. This is Publishing and Scholarly Communication as a percentage of every work published that year, 0.0038% in 2024.

still counting0.0050%0.010%0.015%Publishing and Scholarly Communication0.0052% in 202519801990200020102020

Fractional works of Publishing and Scholarly Communication over all fractional works that year. How the balance of science has shifted.

How much of it reaches the world top 10%

Year by year.

still counting5%10%15%Publishing and Scholarly Communication10.3% in 2025200020102020

Of each year's works in it, the share that reached the world's 10% most cited for their field and year. A field is the world for its own topics, so there is no other line to hold it against.

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.

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