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size=2 face=Arial>I find this figure very surprising. What appears to be
the same search, carried out this past March, came up with a (to me) much more
credible figure of 27,566.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2 face=Arial>Sally</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> goal-bounces@eprints.org
[mailto:goal-bounces@eprints.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Stevan
Harnad<BR><B>Sent:</B> 03 August 2012 20:08<BR><B>To:</B> Global Open Access
List (Successor of AmSci)<BR><B>Cc:</B> LibLicense-L Discussion
Forum<BR><B>Subject:</B> [GOAL] Update on Ulrichs estimate of total number of
active peer-reviewed journals: 55, 311<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>For years now, I've just been re-using an old <A
href="http://ulrichsweb.serialssolutions.com">Ulrich</A>'s estimate of about
<B>25,000</B> for the total number of active peer-reviewed journals.
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<DIV>Prompted by a recent query from someone, I've checked again, and -- unless
I've made a mistake in my search -- the number now seems to have doubled to
<B>55,311</B>.</DIV>
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<DIV>The parameters I used to get this figure were (1) Active, (2) Journal, (3)
Academic/Scholarly, (4) Refereed/Peer-reviewed, </DIV>
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<DIV>A further breakdown shows that of these <B>55,311</B> active peer reviewed
journals,</DIV>
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<DIV><B>23,527</B> (<I><U>43%</U></I>) are available online</DIV>
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<DIV><B>9,354</B> (<I><U>17%</U></I>) are indexed in Thomson-Reuters-ISI's
Journal Citation reports</DIV>
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<DIV><B>6,962</B> (<I><U>13%</U></I>) are open access journals (freely available
online) (Gold OA, presumably not including Hybrid Gold).</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><B>769</B> (<I><U>11%</U></I>) of the
9,354 Thomson-Reuters-ISI-indexed journals are open access journals</DIV>
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<DIV>--</DIV>
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<DIV>According to the last estimate of journals indexed by SHERPA/ROMEO (which
does not include all the journals indexed by Ulrichs, but does include most of
the top journals indexed by Thomson-Reuters-ISI):</DIV>
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<DIV><I><U>60%</U></I> of journals recognize the author's right to provide
immediate, un-embargoed open access upon self-archiving their final drafts in
their institutional repositories.</DIV>
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<DIV>--</DIV>
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<DIV>It would be helpful if others could check and confirm these figures.</DIV>
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<DIV>Stevan Harnad</DIV></BODY></HTML>