Do open journals have impact factor?
Where open access journals do have an Impact Factor, these may not necessarily be higher or lower than subscription journals in the same field. That’s because the Impact Factor depends upon several complex aspects, such as the citation patterns of the subject area and type of articles published in the journal.
Is 2.5 A high impact factor?
The majority of journals, in fact, fall in the bracket of an IF of 1-1+. So, a journal with an IF of 2-2.5 would be considered having a higher impact than these journals. A journal with an IF of 5 or above would be considered high-impact, but note that these would be fewer in number.
Is it good to publish in open access journals?
Publishing a paper in open access journal is good option for authors because it increases visibility of the paper. Publishing your article in an OA journal means that more people are likely to see it, simply because more people will be able to access it.
Is it worth paying for open access?
You pay to provide access to your individual article, but your fee doesn’t help advance open access as a new paradigm for scholarly communication. If you’re going to pay an open access fee, it makes more sense to support a journal that has open access at its core and provides access to all articles it publishes.
Is open access less prestigious?
The myth that open access journals aren’t good quality (or less good than their subscription counterparts) is perhaps down to the emergence of ‘predatory’ or fraudulent journals. These are journals which do not provide the same quality assurance and services delivered by a reputable journal.
Is open access credible?
OPEN ACCESS JOURNALS GENERALLY CONSIDERED REPUTABLE Long-established conventional journal publishers are expanding their reach into open access, with new titles, or moving old titles into open access, or hybrid titles with some articles open access and others behind a paywall.
Is it easier to get published in open access?
Open access journal is better and easy to publish. Also get more citations. Open access journals publishing charge is very high. Open access is an option in most of the SCI/SCOPUS indexed journal and if one wish to pay the open access charge then the paper will be open access.