DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8249907
title: Open Science for Social Sciences and Humanities: Open Access availability and distribution across disciplines and Countries in OpenCitations Meta - RESULTS DATASET (without Mega Journals)

description: The dataset contains all the data produced running the research software for the study <em>Open Science for Social Sciences and Humanities: Open Access availability and distribution across disciplines and Countries in OpenCitations Meta</em>, a research carried out in the contest of the Open Science course 22/23 at the University of Bologna. Mega Journals have been excluded form the datasets, since we found they were significantly skewing the results, the only datasets not interested by this exclusion are <strong>SSH_Publications_in_OC_Meta_and_Open_Access_status </strong>and<strong> duplicate_omids.</strong> The result datasets with Mega Journals included are published here<br> The Journals excluded from the results are: PLOS ONE (issn:1932-6203), PNAS (issn:1091-6490), Science (issn:1095-9203), Nature(issn:0028-0836). Description of datasets: <strong>SSH_Publications_in_OC_Meta_and_Open_Access_status.csv: </strong>containing information about OpenCitations Meta coverage of ERIH PLUS Journals as well as their Open Access availability. In this dataset, every row holds data for a Journal of ERIH PLUS also covered by OpenCitations Meta database. It is structured with the following columns: "<strong>EP_id", </strong>the internal ERIH PLUS identifier; <strong>"Publications_in_venue", </strong>the<strong> </strong>numbers of Publications counted in each venue; <strong>"</strong><strong>OC_omid", </strong>the internal OpenCitations Meta identifier for the venue;<strong> "issn",</strong> numbers of publications in each venue;<strong> "Open Access",</strong> a value to represent if the journal is OA or not, either "True" or "Unknown". <strong>SSH_Publications_by_Discipline.csv:</strong> containing information about number of publications per discipline (in addition, number of journals per discipline are also included). The dataset has three columns, the first, labeled <strong>"Discipline",</strong> contains single disciplines of the ERIH classificaton, the second and the third, labeled <strong>"Journal_count" </strong>and <strong>"Publication_count", </strong>respectively, the number of Journals and the number of Publications counted for each discipline. <strong>SSH_Publications_and_Journals_by_Country:</strong> containing information about number of publications and journals per country. The dataset has three columns, the first, labeled <strong>"Country",</strong> contains single countries of the ERIH classificaton, the second and the third, labeled <strong>"Journal_count" </strong>and <strong>"Publication_count", </strong>respectively, the number of Journals and the number of Publications counted for each discipline. <strong>result_disciplines.json:</strong> the dictionary containing all disciplines as key and a list of related ERIH PLUS venue identifiers as value. <strong>result_countries.json:</strong> the dictionary containing all countries as key and a list of related ERIH PLUS venue identifiers as value. <strong>duplicate_omids.csv: </strong>a dataset containing the duplicated Journal entries in OpenCitations Meta, structured with two columns: "<strong>OC_omid"</strong>, the internal OC Meta identifier; "<strong>issn", </strong>the issn values associated to that identifier <strong>eu_data.csv: </strong>contains the data specific for European countries' SSH Journals covered in OCMeta. It is structured with the following columns: "<strong>EP_id", </strong>the internal ERIH PLUS identifier; <strong>"Publications_in_venue", </strong>the<strong> </strong>numbers of Publications counted in each venue; <strong>"Original_Title"</strong>,<strong> "Country_of_Publication"</strong>,<strong>"ERIH_PLUS_Disciplines"</strong>, <strong>"disc_count"</strong>, the number of disciplines per Journal. <strong>eu_disciplines_count.csv: </strong>containing information about number of publications per discipline and number of journals per discipline of european countries. The dataset has three columns, the first, labeled <strong>"Discipline",</strong> contains single disciplines of the ERIH classificaton, the second and the third, labeled <strong>"Journal_count" </strong>and <strong>"Publication_count", </strong>respectively, the number of Journals and the number of Publications counted for each discipline. <strong>meta_coverage_eu.csv: </strong>contains the data specific for European countries' SSH Journals covered in OCMeta. It is structured with the following columns: "<strong>EP_id", </strong>the internal ERIH PLUS identifier; <strong>"Publications_in_venue", </strong>the<strong> </strong>numbers of Publications counted in each venue; <strong>"</strong><strong>OC_omid", </strong>the internal OpenCitations Meta identifier for the venue;<strong> "issn",</strong> numbers of publications in each venue;<strong> "Open Access",</strong> a value to represent if the journal is OA or not, either "True" or "Unknown". <strong>us_data.csv: </strong>contains the data specific for the United States' SSH Journals covered in OCMeta. It is structured with the following columns: "<strong>EP_id", </strong>the internal ERIH PLUS identifier; <strong>"Publications_in_venue", </strong>the<strong> </strong>numbers of Publications counted in each venue; <strong>"Original_Title"</strong>,<strong> "Country_of_Publication"</strong>,<strong>"ERIH_PLUS_Disciplines"</strong>, <strong>"disc_count"</strong>, the number of disciplines per Journal. <strong>us_disciplines_count.csv: </strong>containing information about number of publications per discipline and number of journals per discipline of the United States. The dataset has three columns, the first, labeled <strong>"Discipline",</strong> contains single disciplines of the ERIH classificaton, the second and the third, labeled <strong>"Journal_count" </strong>and <strong>"Publication_count", </strong>respectively, the number of Journals and the number of Publications counted for each discipline. <strong>meta_coverage_us.csv: </strong>contains the data specific for the United States' SSH Journals covered in OCMeta. It is structured with the following columns: "<strong>EP_id", </strong>the internal ERIH PLUS identifier; <strong>"Publications_in_venue", </strong>the<strong> </strong>numbers of Publications counted in each venue; <strong>"</strong><strong>OC_omid", </strong>the internal OpenCitations Meta identifier for the venue;<strong> "issn",</strong> numbers of publications in each venue;<strong> "Open Access",</strong> a value to represent if the journal is OA or not, either "True" or "Unknown". <strong>Abstract of the research: </strong> <strong>Purpose:</strong> this study aims to investigate the representation and distribution of Social Science and Humanities (SSH) journals within the OpenCitations Meta database, with a particular emphasis on their Open Access (OA) status, as well as their spread across different disciplines and countries. The underlying premise is that open infrastructures play a pivotal role in promoting transparency, reproducibility, and trust in scientific research.<br> <strong>Study Design and Methodology:</strong> the study is grounded on the premise that open infrastructures are crucial for ensuring transparency, reproducibility, and fostering trust in scientific research. The research methodology involved the use of secondary data sources, namely the OpenCitations Meta database, the ERIH PLUS bibliographic index, and the DOAJ index. A custom research software was developed in Python to facilitate the processing and analysis of the data.<br> <strong>Findings:</strong> the results reveal that 78.1% of SSH journals listed in the European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH-PLUS) are included in the OpenCitations Meta database. The discipline of Psychology has the highest number of publications. The United States and the United Kingdom are the leading contributors in terms of the number of publications. However, the study also uncovers that only 38% of the SSH journals in the OpenCitations Meta database are OA.<br> <strong>Originality:</strong> this research adds to the existing body of knowledge by providing insights into the representation of SSH in open bibliographic databases and the role of open access in this domain. The study highlights the necessity for advocating OA practices within SSH and the significance of open data for bibliometric studies. It further encourages additional research into the impact of OA on various facets of citation patterns and the factors leading to disparity across disciplinary representation. <strong>Related resources:</strong> Ghasempouri S., Ghiotto M., & Giacomini S. (2023). Open Science for Social Sciences and Humanities: Open Access availability and distribution across disciplines and Countries in OpenCitations Meta - RESEARCH ARTICLE. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8263908 Ghasempouri, S., Ghiotto, M., Giacomini, S., (2023). Open Science for Social Sciences and Humanities: Open Access availability and distribution across disciplines and Countries in OpenCitations Meta - DATA MANAGEMENT PLAN (Version 4). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8174644 Ghasempouri, S., Ghiotto, M., Giacomini, S. (2023e). Open Science for Social Sciences and Humanities: Open Access availability and distribution across disciplines and Countries in OpenCitations Meta - PROTOCOL. V.5. (https://dx.doi.org/10.17504/protocols.io.5jyl8jo1rg2w/v5)