Journal Packing Density across Subject Disciplines among BRICS Countries : A Study

Abstract

<p>The study attempts to assess the journal packing density (JPD) of the research journals published across Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries during 2013-2015. The JPD of the research journals has been computed on the basis of volume. The study covers 27 main subject disciplines and the JPD has been calculated against each individual subject discipline. 2499 research journals were identified as indexed by the Scopus from the BRICS countries, constituting 6.92 per cent of total research journals indexed by the Scopus all across the world. China is the leading country from the BRICS league to have the maximum 914 (36.57%) research journals. The average JPD of the research journals published across BRICS nations is 132.77 research articles per journal per volume, which is far greater than the average global JPD of 101.84 research articles. On average 92.55 research journals are published across BRICS countries in each subject discipline. Physics and astronomy, engineering, and energy are the three leading subject disciplines among BRICS nations having maximum JPD of 209.52, 191.40, and 190.08 research articles per journal per volume. Apart from these, there are various other facts which have come to the fore about the prevailing trend of JPD among BRICS nations.</p>

Journal packing density of library and information science research journals at the global level: a study

“…Presuming JPD of 44.71 research articles as ideal and standard packing density, an attempt has been made to calculate, how far the research journals published in the field of LIS adhere or violate such article publishing density norms. It is to mention that while analyzing the JPD of BRICS countries for the period 2013-2015, Singh and Pandita (2018) (Kumar and Asheulova, 2001).…”

“…Presuming JPD of 44.71 research articles as ideal and standard packing density, an attempt has been made to calculate, how far the research journals published in the field of LIS adhere or violate such article publishing density norms. It is to mention that while analyzing the JPD of BRICS countries for the period 2013–2015, Singh and Pandita (2018) used the SCOPUS data by using SCImago data and analyzed 2,499 research journals published across BRICS countries in 27 subject disciplines. The researchers found 132.77 research articles as an average JPD per journal per volume among BRICS nations.…”

Journal packing density of Library and Information Science journals published across Asia

“…The concept was later elaborated and further developed by Pandita and Singh (2017) while computing the JPD of 27 different subject disciplines at the global level. To develop a broader and comprehensive theoretical base around the concept of JPD, Singh and Pandita (2018) computed the JPD of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) countries and also found the JPD of 27 major subject disciplines at the continental level (Pandita and Singh 2018;Singh and Pandita 2018). The average JPD of journals published across BRICS nations was found to be 132.77 articles per journal per volume.…”