The Reasons Behind the Higher Citation of Open Access Publications

Posted on July 15, 2020June 12, 2022 by Anna Ramroodi

There are evidences that show Open Access (OA) publishing is getting more popularity especially during the last 5 years. Supporters of OA believe that it is a fairer publishing model that increases accessibility to scientific findings. Here we examine some advantages of open access publishing and whether this model leads to higher citation rate? With Read more about The Reasons Behind the Higher Citation of Open Access Publications[…]

Medical Editing, Paper editing, Medical publishing

The criteria for indexing in J-Gate

Posted on February 6, 2019February 6, 2019 by Sarah

J-Gate is an electronic gateway launched by an Indian company in 2001. It provides unrivaled access to millions of articles from online journals presented by 12210 publications.

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Criteria of indexing in DOAJ

Posted on January 20, 2019February 6, 2019 by Sarah

DOAJ is one of the international databases for indexing open access journals that covers all academic and research topics and provides free access to published articles.

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Advantages and disadvantages of Impact Factor

Posted on July 25, 2018June 13, 2022 by Sarah

Since the impact factor was introduced, it was a controversial issue because many criticizers considered it as an inappropriate and non-scientific indicator. The impact factor is a general measure to assess the validity of a journal but should be cautious about its use. […]