constant across an author's publications and that the citation profile of a set of papers follows a Zipfian distribution, and …

/quantity aspect and the citedness of publications as a proxy for quality. Originality/value – The paper illustrates that there are …/methodology/approach – The paper argues that the Royal Society's report gives too much emphasis to the growth rate of the publications of Chinese … ahead of even the USA in terms of the number of publications. Findings – In an era when the “publish or perish” slogan is …

: creating savings in publishing costs, increasing incomes, adoption of innovative technologies and controlling the quality of … journals. The open access publishing model makes the research permanently visible and accessible, with sustainable development …. Research limitations/implications – While the findings may be applicable to open access journals for reasons other than impact …

/methodology/approach – Discusses the quality control of refereed scholarly journals. Findings – A key finding of this research was that editors … discussion on the quality control of scholarly journals.  …

most important functionality. The focus is on an exploratory study which investigates the coverage of scientific serials in … providers. Research limitations/implications – Five different journal lists were analysed, including approximately 9,500 single …