  Scientific journals are currently the primary medium used by researchers to
report their research findings. The transformation of print journals into
e-journals has simplified the process of submissions to journals and also their
access has become wider. Journals are usually published by commercial
publishers, learned societies as well as Universities. There are different
number of journals published from different countries. This paper attempts to
explore whether the number of journals published from a country influences its
research output. Scopus master journal list is analysed to identify journals
published from 50 selected countries with significant volume of research
output. The following relationship are analysed: (a) number of journals from a
country and its research output, (b) growth rate of journals and research
output for different countries, (c) global share of journals and research
output for different countries, and (d) subject area-wise number of journals
and research output in that subject area for different countries. Factors like
journal packing density are also analysed. The results obtained show that for
majority of the countries, the number of journals is positively correlated to
their research output volume, though some other factors also play a role in
growth of research output. The study at the end presents a discussion of the
analytical outcomes and provides useful suggestions on policy perspectives for
different countries.
