Title |
Support Science by Publishing in Scientific Society Journals
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Published in |
mBio, September 2017
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DOI | 10.1128/mbio.01633-17 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Patrick D. Schloss, Mark Johnston, Arturo Casadevall |
Abstract |
Scientific societies provide numerous services to the scientific enterprise, including convening meetings, publishing journals, developing scientific programs, advocating for science, promoting education, providing cohesion and direction for the discipline, and more. For most scientific societies, publishing provides revenues that support these important activities. In recent decades, the proportion of papers on microbiology published in scientific society journals has declined. This is largely due to two competing pressures: authors' drive to publish in "glam journals"-those with high journal impact factors-and the availability of "mega journals," which offer speedy publication of articles regardless of their potential impact. The decline in submissions to scientific society journals and the lack of enthusiasm on the part of many scientists to publish in them should be matters of serious concern to all scientists because they impact the service that scientific societies can provide to their members and to science. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United States | 128 | 32% |
United Kingdom | 47 | 12% |
Canada | 12 | 3% |
France | 10 | 2% |
Australia | 7 | 2% |
Ireland | 5 | 1% |
India | 4 | <1% |
Netherlands | 4 | <1% |
Germany | 4 | <1% |
Other | 35 | 9% |
Unknown | 147 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 181 | 45% |
Scientists | 177 | 44% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 33 | 8% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 10 | 2% |
Unknown | 2 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 28 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 36% |
Researcher | 5 | 18% |
Student > Master | 3 | 11% |
Professor | 2 | 7% |
Librarian | 2 | 7% |
Other | 3 | 11% |
Unknown | 3 | 11% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 21% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 14% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 7% |
Social Sciences | 2 | 7% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 7% |
Other | 9 | 32% |
Unknown | 3 | 11% |