Supplementary material to the preprint "Why Electronic Open Access Matters. Analysis of Publications on Energy Topics"

Supplementary material to the preprint "Why Electronic Open Access Matters. Analysis of Publications on Energy Topics"DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4661185AnnotationThe paper analyzes the possible reasons why the growth of the number of publications in the journal Energies for 2011-2020 is more than 10 times higher than the number of publications in Applied Energy or Energy with the best citation rates and published by one of the oldest publishers - Elsevier. It is shown that the significant growth in the number of publications of Energies can be explained by the following features of the journal. The journal with open access to all full-text articles is published only in electronic format, while only 4.6% of publications of the journal Energy and 12.1% of publications of the journal Applied Energy are open access, these journals have printed versions. The journal Energies admits articles of large length, such as 66 pages per publication. Its publication fees are substantially less than those of journals of a similar subject but with print versions, ~$2224 for Energies, $3400 for Energy, and $3400 for Applied Energy, respectively. The rate of publication of articles is several times faster than that of Elsevier journals. The first decision is made in about 16.5 days from the time the article is submitted; acceptance for publication is in 3.5 days. The journal has developed a large community of reviewers and affiliated institutions who are rewarded for their work with reduced fees for journal publications. The journal is less dominated by authors from China and the United States, making it more attractive to authors from other countries. The Lens platform classifies all articles in Energies as belonging to the General Computer Science Subject, which is especially important for finding optimal solutions to various energy problems, while the Energy and Applied Energy journals categorize their publications into more traditional Subjects: General Energy; Pollution; Building and Construction; Civil and Structural Engineering.本材料为预印本《电子开放获取的重要性：能源主题出版物分析》的补充内容，DOI：10.5281/zenodo.4661185。注释：本论文分析了2011-2020年间，《Energies》期刊发文量的增长幅度为何是《Energy》与《Applied Energy》（二者引文表现最优，且由历史最悠久的出版商之一爱思唯尔（Elsevier）出版）的10倍以上。研究表明，《Energies》期刊发文量的显著增长可归因于以下特征：其一，该期刊所有全文文章均采用开放获取（Open Access），且仅以电子形式出版；而《Energy》与《Applied Energy》的开放获取出版物占比分别仅为4.6%与12.1%，且二者均设有印刷版。其二，《Energies》接收篇幅较长的稿件，单篇稿件最长可达66页。其三，其出版费用远低于同类主题且拥有印刷版的期刊：《Energies》约为2224美元，《Energy》与《Applied Energy》均为3400美元。其四，该期刊的审稿出版速度为爱思唯尔旗下期刊的数倍：从稿件提交至给出首次审稿决定约需16.5天，稿件接收至正式出版仅需3.5天。其五，该期刊已构建起庞大的审稿人与合作机构社群，审稿人可通过减免出版费用获得工作报酬。其六，该期刊的作者群体中中美作者占比相对更低，因此对其他国家的作者更具吸引力。此外，Lens平台将《Energies》的所有文章归类为通用计算机科学学科，这一点对于求解各类能源问题的最优方案尤为关键；而《Energy》与《Applied Energy》则将其出版物归类为更传统的学科领域：通用能源、污染、建筑与施工、土木与结构工程。