Which journal characteristics are crucial for scientists when selecting journals for their publications? Results tables of an online survey

As part of the BMBF-funded project "B!SON - Bibliometric and Semantic Open Access Recommender Network", an online survey was conducted among scientists using SoSci Survey (Leiner, 2019). The aim of the survey was to determine the importance of various characteristics of scientific journals in the decision for a publication venue by scientists. The characteristics were determined by analysis of other recommender systems, literature research and discussion with scientists. The data published here are based on 884 completed questionnaires (only questionnaires in which at least 90% of the questions had been answered were included in the analysis). In the questionnaire, a distinction was made between those characteristics that scientists would like to use to limit the selection of eligible journals from the outset (table "B!SON_Survey_Filter_Criteria_EN") and those that scientists need for their final decision from a list of recommended journals ("B!SON_Survey_Journal_Selection_EN"). For each journal property, the respondents could choose between the categories of a 5-point Likert scale: "not at all important - not very important - somewhat important - very important - extremely important". If the scientists were not able to evaluate a characteristic, they could also select "I can't say". In the two tables of results, the approval percentage and the rank based on it are listed for all journal properties queried in the respective part of the survey. The approval percentage is calculated from the percentage of people who rated the respective property as "very important" or "extremely important". Approval rate and rank are presented across all respondents (overall column), as well as within the 4 science disciplines by DFG (Natural Sciences, Engineering Sciences, Life Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences) and the category "Other Sciences". Both tables can be sorted by approval rate and rank per scientific discipline or across disciplines. Note on the use of the HTML files: These can be downloaded via the download button and then opened and viewed with any web browser. A German version of the results tables is available under https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5412197.

本数据集源自德国联邦教育与研究部（BMBF）资助的"B!SON——文献计量与语义开放获取推荐网络"项目，研究团队依托SoSci Survey工具（Leiner, 2019）面向科研人员开展了线上问卷调查。本调研旨在明确科研人员在遴选学术期刊作为发表渠道时，各项期刊特征的重要性权重。相关特征通过对现有推荐系统的分析、文献调研以及与科研人员座谈确定。
本次公开的数据集基于884份有效完成的问卷，分析仅纳入答题完成度≥90%的问卷。问卷将期刊特征分为两类：一类是科研人员希望从初始阶段就用于筛选合格期刊的指标（对应表"B!SON_Survey_Filter_Criteria_EN"），另一类是科研人员从推荐期刊列表中进行最终抉择时所需参考的指标（对应表"B!SON_Survey_Journal_Selection_EN"）。
针对每项期刊属性，受访者可通过5级李克特量表进行评分：「完全不重要、不太重要、一般重要、非常重要、极其重要」。若科研人员无法对某一属性进行评估，亦可选择「无法评价」。
在两份结果统计表中，列出了调研各模块所涉及的全部期刊属性的认可度占比与基于该占比的排名。此处的认可度占比指将对应属性评为「非常重要」或「极其重要」的受访者占总受访人数的比例。
认可度占比与排名的统计覆盖全体受访者（总览列），同时也按德国科学基金会（DFG）划分的4大学科领域——自然科学、工程科学、生命科学、人文与社会科学——以及「其他学科」分类进行了分群体统计。两份统计表均支持按单学科或跨学科的认可度占比与排名进行排序。
关于HTML文件的使用说明：可通过下载按钮获取此类文件，随后可使用任意网页浏览器打开查看。对应结果表的德语版本可通过https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5412197获取。