Contribution of G7 Countries to the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): An Analytical Study

Authors

Shivanand D. Kamble, Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka , India 580003Follow
Rohit R. Patil, Senior Research Fellow, Dept of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka , India 580003
B D. Kumbar, Professor, Dept of Library and Information Science, Karnatak University Dharwad, Karnataka , India 580003

Date of this Version

Fall 7-28-2018

Abstract

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) provide list of high quality open access journals. In this paper, the authors consolidates the e-journals originated from G7 member countries and analyses them based on country, trend, subject, language and top level domain. It assesses the current scenario of open access publishing trend in G7 member countries during 2002-2017. The data has been tabulated and analyzed as per the defined objectives of study.