Monitoring Citation Rates of Open Access Russian Journals Indexed in the “White List”
Journal: Science management theory and practice
Year: 2025

The question of how much open access contributes to an increase in the number of references to academic publications and their dissemination among researchers is being actively discussed in the professional community. This study examines the relationship between citation indices of Russian journals included in the “White List” and their openness, in particular, indexing in the DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals). 274 journals were monitored. This allows us to obtain an extensive sample for