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1 | The many dimensions of choosing a journal - summary for ecology | |||||||||||||||||||||
2 | This spreadsheet is assembled by Brian McGill (2013). Sources and metadata found below the table. | |||||||||||||||||||||
3 | For more details see: http://dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2013/09/18/follow-the-money-what-really-matters-when-choosing-a-journal | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Last 10 journals courtesy of Tobias Jeppsson (ISI impact factor reported instead of rank) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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6 | Libraries | Author Charge | PersSubsc | Non-Cost Factors | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Journal Title | ISI rank | Society | Publisher | Profit status | $/article | PriceIdx | PriceRating | $/page | $OpenAcc | Annual | Self-archiving | JSTOR | Open access | ||||||||
8 | Nature | 1 | N/A | Nature Publishing Group | For profit | $18.49 | 0.69 | Good | $- | N/A | $199 | Yellow | No | No | ||||||||
9 | Science | 2 | AAAS | AAAS | Not-for-profit | $20.03 | 0.78 | Good | $- | N/A | $99 | Green | 5 years | No | ||||||||
10 | Ecology Letters | 3 | N/A | Wiley-Blackwell | For profit | $20.84 | 1.81 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | |||||||||
11 | Trends in Ecology and Evolution | 4 | N/A | Elsevier | For profit | $25.56 | 1.92 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | $270 | Blue | No | $ add-on | ||||||||
12 | Nature Climate Change | 5 | N/A | Nature Publishing Group | For profit | $- | N/A | $290 | Yellow | No | No | |||||||||||
13 | PLOS Biology | 6 | Public Library of Science | Public Library of Science | Not-for-profit | $- | 0 | Good | N/A | $2,900 | N/A | Green | N/A | Entirely | ||||||||
14 | Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics | 7 | N/A | Annual Reviews | Not-for-profit | $7.79 | 0.59 | Good | $- | N/A | $86 | Yellow | 5 years | No | ||||||||
15 | Proceedings National Academy Sciences | 8 | National Academy | National Academy | Not-for-profit | $0.94 | 0.06 | Good | $75 | $1,350 | $230 | Green | 2 years | $ add-on (open after 6??? Months) | ||||||||
16 | ISME J(Intl Society Microbial Ecology Journal) | 9 | ISME | Nature Publishing Group | Mixed | $23.29 | 2.84 | Bad | $- | $3,600 | $523 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | ||||||||
17 | Ecological Monographs | 10 | Ecological Society America | Ecological Society of America | Not-for-profit | $5.88 | 0.62 | Good | $75 | N/A | $45 | Green | 2 years | No | ||||||||
18 | Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | 11 | Ecological Society America | Ecological Society of America | Not-for-profit | $5.11 | 0.32 | Good | $75 | N/A | $- | Green | 2 years | No | ||||||||
19 | Molecular Ecology Resources | 12 | N/A | Wiley-Blackwell | For profit | $57.18 | 13.69 | Bad | $3,000 | $375 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | |||||||||
20 | Global Ecology and Biogeography | 13 | ~International Biogeography Society* | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $27.32 | 1.94 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | $625 | Yellow | 10 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
21 | Global Change Biology | 14 | N/A | Wiley-Blackwell | For profit | $24.22 | 1.58 | Medium | $433 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | ||||||||||
22 | Molecular Ecology | 15 | N/A | Wiley-Blackwell | For profit | $57.18 | 13.69 | Bad | $375 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | ||||||||||
23 | Diversity and Distributions | 16 | ~International Biogeography Society* | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | see Global Ecology Biogeog | $625 | Yellow | 10 years | $ add-on | ||||||||||||
24 | Methods in Ecology and Evolution | 17 | British Ecological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | ???? | N/A | Yellow | $ add-on | |||||||||||||
25 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B | 18 | Royal Society | Royal Society | Not-for-profit | $7.65 | 1.02 | Good | $- | $3,645 | Yellow | 3 years | $ add-on (open after 1 year) | |||||||||
26 | Journal of Ecology | 19 | British Ecological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $12.26 | 1.63 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | $45 | Yellow | 5 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
27 | Ecology | 20 | Ecological Society America | Ecological Society of America | Not-for-profit | $2.39 | 0.3 | Good | $75 | N/A | $90 | Green | 2 years | No | ||||||||
28 | Ecography | 21 | Nordic Ecological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $6.36 | 0.87 | Good | $- | $3,000 | $121 | Yellow | 7 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
29 | Evolution | 22 | Society for Study of Evolution | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $3.76 | 0.49 | Good | $55 | $3,000 | $40 | Yellow | 3 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
30 | Journal of Biogeography | 23 | ~International Biogeography Society* | Wiley-Blackwell | For profit | see Global Ecology Biogeog | $- | $3,000 | $625 | Yellow | 10 years | $ add-on | ||||||||||
31 | Functional Ecology | 24 | British Ecological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $11.46 | 1.69 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | $45 | Yellow | 5 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
32 | Journal of Animal Ecology | 25 | British Ecological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $10.53 | 1.54 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | $45 | Yellow | 5 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
33 | Journal of Applied Ecology | 26 | British Ecological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $10.19 | 1.34 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | $45 | Yellow | 5 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
34 | American Naturalist | 27 | American Society of Naturalists | U of Chicago Press | Not-for-profit | $5.02 | 0.68 | Good | $60 | $1,400 | $80 | Green | 5 years/0 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
35 | Conservation Biology | 28 | Society for Conservation Biology | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $5.39 | 0.39 | Good | $150 | $3,000 | $90 | Yellow | 10 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
36 | Perspectives in Plant Ecology | 29 | N/A | Elsevier | For profit | $13.37 | 1.79 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | N/A | Green | No | $ add-on | ||||||||
37 | Heredity | 30 | Genetics Society | Nature Publishing Group | Mixed | $8.66 | 1.3 | Medium | $3,200 | $288 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | |||||||||
38 | Ecological Applications | 31 | Ecological Society America | Ecological Society of America | Not-for-profit | $1.84 | 0.14 | Good | $75 | N/A | $70 | Green | 2 years | No | ||||||||
39 | Biological Conservation | 32 | N/A | Elsevier | For profit | $10.65 | 0.94 | Good | N/A | Green | No | $ add-on | ||||||||||
40 | Biogeosciences | 33 | European Geosciences Union | Copernicus | Not-for-profit | $- | 0 | Good | $400 | $3,271 | Green | N/A | Entirely | |||||||||
41 | Bulletin American Museum of Natural History | 34 | Amer Museum Natural History | Amer Museum Natural History | Not-for-profit | $- | 0 | Good | $85 | $- | N/A | N/A | Entirely | |||||||||
42 | Journal of Evolutionary Biology | 35 | European Society for Evolutionary Biology | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $14.12 | 2.22 | Bad | $- | $3,000 | $187 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | ||||||||
43 | Biology Letters | 36 | Royal Society | Royal Society | Not-for-profit | $10.28 | 1.67 | Medium | $- | $2,380 | $2,832 | Yellow | No | $ add-on (open after 1 year)) | ||||||||
44 | Oikos | 37 | Nordic Ecological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $6.50 | 1.03 | Good | $- | $3,000 | $195 | Yellow | 7 years | No | ||||||||
45 | Microbial Ecology | 38 | N/A | Springer | For profit | $16.00 | 2.31 | Bad | $3,000 | $1,860 | Green | No | $ add-on | |||||||||
46 | Behavioral Ecology | 39 | International Society for Behavioral Biology | Oxford Univ Press | Not-for-profit | $15.09 | 0.64 | Good | $- | $2,800 | $144 | Yellow | No | $ add-on | ||||||||
47 | Ecosystems | 40 | N/A | Springer | For profit | $9.26 | 1.35 | Medium | $3,000 | $911 | Green | No | $ add-on | |||||||||
48 | Advances in Ecological Research | 41 | N/A | Elsevier | Mixed | $17.45 | 3.23 | Bad | $131 | Green | No | $ add-on | ||||||||||
49 | Oecologia | 42 | International Association for Ecology | Springer | For profit | $22.32 | 3.47 | Bad | $- | $3,000 | $7,426 | Green | 3 years | $ add-on | ||||||||
50 | Landscape Ecology | 45 | N/A | Springer | For profit | $12.83 | 1.33 | Medium | $1,397 | Green | No | $ add-on | ||||||||||
51 | Wildlife Monographs | 49 | Wildlife Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $4.28 | 1.05 | Good | $1,000 | $60 | Blue | 2 years | No | |||||||||
52 | Paleobiology | 54 | Paleontological Society | Allen Press | Not-for-profit | $11.44 | 2.12 | Bad | $100 | $55 | Yellow | 4 years | No | |||||||||
53 | Marine Ecology Progress Series | 58 | N/A | Inter-Research | For profit | $11.44 | 2.12 | Bad | $1,560 | $6,500 | Blue | No | $ add-on | |||||||||
54 | Evolutionary Ecology | 61 | N/A | Springer | For profit | $18.10 | 3.22 | Bad | $- | $3,000 | $991 | Green | No | $ add-on | ||||||||
55 | Theoretical Ecology | 69 | N/A | Springer | For profit | $71.56 | 19.1 | Bad | $3,000 | $569 | Green | No | $ add-on | |||||||||
56 | Journal of Wildlife Management | 83 | Wildlife Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | see Wildlife Monographs | $150 | $3,000 | $60 | White | 2 years | No | ||||||||||
57 | Evolutionary Ecology Research | 114 | N/A | Evolutionary Ecology Ltd | Not-for-profit | $4.60 | 1.06 | Good | $- | N/A | $77 | No (unrestricted after 12 months) | N/A | No | ||||||||
58 | Animal conservation | 2.7 | The Zoological Society of London | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $11.76 | 2.21 | Bad | $- | $3,000 | $171 | Yellow | No | $ add on | ||||||||
59 | Biological reviews | 10.3 | Cambridge Philosophical Society | Wiley-Blackwell | For profit | $16.41 | 1.61 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | $529 | Yellow | No | $ add on | ||||||||
60 | Theoretical population biology | 1.2 | N/A | Elsevier | For profit | $19.13 | 4.22 | Bad | $- | $2,200 | $551 | Green | No | $ add on | ||||||||
61 | Forest ecology & management | 2.8 | N/A | Elsevier | For profit | $9.24 | 1.61 | Medium | $- | $3,300 | N/A | Green | No | $ add on | ||||||||
62 | Basic & applied ecology | 2.7 | Gesellschaft für Ökologie | Elsevier | Mixed | $10.83 | 2 | Medium | $81.00 | $3,000 | $225 | Green | No | $ add on | ||||||||
63 | Agriculture, ecosystems & environment | 2.9 | N/A | Elsevier | For profit | $15.23 | 1.59 | Medium | $- | $3,300 | N/A | Green | No | $ add on | ||||||||
64 | Ecological entomology | 2 | Royal Entomological Society | Wiley-Blackwell | Mixed | $19.80 | 4.25 | Bad | $- | $3,000 | N/A | Yellow | No | $ add on | ||||||||
65 | Fish and Fisheries | 5.9 | N/A | Wiley-Blackwell | For profit | $47.72 | 4.96 | Bad | $- | $3,000 | $211 | Yellow | No | $ add on | ||||||||
66 | Biodiversity & conservation | 2.3 | N/A | Springer | For profit | $14.53 | 1.69 | Medium | $- | $3,000 | N/A | Green | No | $ add on | ||||||||
67 | BMC ecology | N/A | N/A | BMC | For profit | $- | 0 | Good | N/A | $2,000 | N/A | Green | N/A | Entirely | ||||||||
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73 | Journal Title - self explanatory | |||||||||||||||||||||
74 | ISI Rank - a loose ranking based on my subjective merging of general science journals with ecology journals - of very limited value! (note last 10 are impact factor rather than rank) | |||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Society - the society that launched and directs the journal (I use a ~ on GEB/J Biogeography/Div & Distr because these have a post hoc weak affiliation with the International Biogeography Society) | |||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Profit status - my Folllow the Money dimension - one of not-for-profit, society sponsored but for profit publisher (called here "mixed"), and pure for-profit (as discussed in article, most factors especially price & price increase follow this dimension) | |||||||||||||||||||||
77 | $/article, price index and price category - all from http://www.journalprices.com/ by Ted Bergstrom and Preston McAfee (index and rating compare price to citation rate)(note how strongly good/medium/bad correlate with not-for-profit/mixed/for-profit) | |||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Author charge and open access fees - taken by me from publisher websites (note open access fees are the hybrid model if the open access column says "$ add-on" and gold-standard fee if it says "Entirely" (NB full price, non-member OA fees reported but some journals give discounts to members or students) | |||||||||||||||||||||
79 | PersSubsc - personal subcription fees (per year) taken by me from publisher web sites (note that journals vary widely in number of issues and pages which would need to be considered in a full analysis of this dimension) (NB: full price paper subscription reported - some but not all journals have discounts) | |||||||||||||||||||||
80 | NB - if you wan to assess total cost - look at the Library charge (as this is the dominant revenue source) except for the gold-standard open access journals in which case look at the OA fee | |||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Self-Archiving (aka Green OA) - taken from Sherpa/Romeo (http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/) which has an extensive database of self-archiving policies (NB: several errors have been found in this data so do look up your journal of interest directly on the journal website) (green=author can place polished PDF on own website, yellow means you can only archive the Word file that was accepted, Blue is between green and yellow and allows you to archive a Word file that has copyeditor changes - i.e. matches final word-for-word, and White means no archiving allowed | |||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Jstor - taken from JSTOR websites ("No" means publishers retain all access to and charge for historical archives), "x years" means there is a moving wall where issues older than x years are placed in Jstor (smaller is better) | |||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Open Access - taken from publisher websites ($ add-on=hybrid, Entirely=gold standard, NO = no open access option, but often JSTOR or free availability after 6-12 months provides a similar effect) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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