Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics Journals
Modern science has been transformed by open access (OA) publishing levied a significant economic burden on the authors. This article analyzes the discrepancies among OA publication fees in pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics. The observations comprise 160 OA journals and their corresponding...
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Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
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| author | Rana M.F. Sammour Aliasgar Shahiwala |
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| description | Modern science has been transformed by open access (OA) publishing levied a significant economic burden on the authors. This article analyzes the discrepancies among OA publication fees in pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics. The observations comprise 160 OA journals and their corresponding Q ranking, SJR, H index, impact factor, country, and cost of publication. The OA fees were found to depend on the quality matrices, which was unexpected. Differences in OA fees raise ethical questions as OA fees are meant to cover the publication charges by the publishers or generate more revenues by taking advantage of the authors’ temptation to publish in high-impact journals. Despite our findings being based on limited sample size and belonging to a particular field (pharmacy), it will shed considerable light on the issue of discrepancies among APCs charged by OA journals. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f03b863c552b493d8cb0f301ed2964e62023-12-10T07:16:27ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesAdvanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin2228-58812251-73082023-11-0113463563810.34172/apb.2023.076apb-39541Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics JournalsRana M.F. Sammour0Aliasgar Shahiwala1Pharmaceutics Department, Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls, Dubai, UAE.Pharmaceutics Department, Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls, Dubai, UAE.Modern science has been transformed by open access (OA) publishing levied a significant economic burden on the authors. This article analyzes the discrepancies among OA publication fees in pharmacology, toxicology, and pharmaceutics. The observations comprise 160 OA journals and their corresponding Q ranking, SJR, H index, impact factor, country, and cost of publication. The OA fees were found to depend on the quality matrices, which was unexpected. Differences in OA fees raise ethical questions as OA fees are meant to cover the publication charges by the publishers or generate more revenues by taking advantage of the authors’ temptation to publish in high-impact journals. Despite our findings being based on limited sample size and belonging to a particular field (pharmacy), it will shed considerable light on the issue of discrepancies among APCs charged by OA journals.https://apb.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/apb-13-635.pdfopen accessq rankingimpact factorpublication fees |
| spellingShingle | Rana M.F. Sammour Aliasgar Shahiwala Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics Journals Advanced Pharmaceutical Bulletin open access q ranking impact factor publication fees |
| title | Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics Journals |
| title_full | Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics Journals |
| title_fullStr | Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics Journals |
| title_full_unstemmed | Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics Journals |
| title_short | Discrepancies in Open Access Fees within Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Pharmaceutics Journals |
| title_sort | discrepancies in open access fees within pharmacology toxicology and pharmaceutics journals |
| topic | open access q ranking impact factor publication fees |
| url | https://apb.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/apb-13-635.pdf |
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