Impact of Open Access Publication from the view of journal of Mechanical Sciences

Motivation Unique characteristic Information Statistic/ Time Contract issues Remarks

Impact of Open Access Publication

from the view of

journal of Mechanical Sciences

Motivation

Motivations

•Education

 Gain experience

 Build up a portfolio for young Researchers PhD students as well as young Editors

•Idealism

 Opportunity to publish in a journal in English

 Fast time to publication and

 Great citation opportunity

• Forethought

 Free for authors

 Free for readers

 Fast

 Complements established journals in the field

 Now a days, capital is time and knowledge!

• Geographic

 Netherlands, and TUDelft are world wide

well known for science but haven't had a journal with OA materials in Mechanics

Motivation

Unique characteristic

Open access

one of the few OA journals in mechanical engineering

Audience

- young researchers who should make their

future academic career

Motivation

Unique characteristic

Editorial

Mechanical Sciences has been supported by

several Editors in Chief and Editors of well

established journals, and president of reputable

scientific organization IFToMM

Authors

We have already achieved great results from

contribution of young editors mentored by

experienced editors (e.g. 2012 special issues)

Young Editors

Mechanical Sciences has received enthusiasm

support from some of most cited authors

Motivation

Unique characteristic

Financial Support

• Library of Delft University of Technology

• Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research

(NOW)

• Copernicus Publication

• International Federation for the Promotion of

Mechanism and Machine Science (IFToMM)

Scientific Support

Publication statistics

Since Dec 22

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(6 articles)

(6 articles)

(10 articles)

(16 articles)

(4 articles)

(17 articles)

(9 articles)

Since Dec 22

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Page per issue

Rejection rate ~

60%

Host some of

most cited authors

Publication statistics

Motivation

Citations

Publication statistics

Motivation

May 2012 Sep 2012 Dec 2012 Citations

Citation of issues

May 2012 Sep 2012 Dec 2012

Citation of issues

normalized to number of articles per issue

Citations

Publication statistics

Motivation

International distribution of articles

Citations

Publication statistics

Motivation

Unique characteristic

Citations

Publication statistics

Motivation



Cited in

Science



High visibility

Indexing:

•Scopus and Science Citation Index Expanded indexings (ISI) have been

received in 2014 which is exceptionally fast.

Citations

Publication statistics

Motivation

Unique characteristic

Expected IF (in 2012 published in 2010+2011) Based on Google Scholar

Expected IF (in 2012 published in 2010+2011) Based on Thomson Reuters

1.83

1.29

Expected IF

Expected IF (in 2012 published in 2011+2012) Based on Thomson Reuters

2.8

1.5



Expected IF in 2013 =

3.05

!

Citations

Publication statistics

Motivation

Unique characteristic

Conclusions

Indexing and IF

 OA publications has shows a significant number of

download and citations;

 Several name universities, research groups and number

of most cited researchers shown interest in OA

publication in MS (couple of times);

 It shows a relatively new OA journal with a solid activity

can achieve a noticeable IF → high citation.