The Intellectual Property & Science division of Thomson Reuters has released a new report affirming global submission rates for academic journals are at their highest level in six years.
The ScholarOne Manuscripts report, Global Publishing: Changes in submission trends and the impact on scholarly publishers, confirms that submission rates are not only rising overall, but are increasing significantly from emerging nations, bringing a new influx of content from a diverse research base. Traditionally strong submitters like the US, Japan and Europe are being outpaced by nations like China and India in the percentage change of their total world share of submissions (2005 – 2010). For instance, despite having the most submissions in 2010 overall (230,826), the US portion of the world figure dropped by 3.3 percent. Conversely, China's portion of the world's overall holdings increased by 5.5 percent.
Along with a growing global research base, higher overall submission rates present both a challenge and an opportunity for publishers to keep pace with growing amounts of content. Thomson Reuters has identified two ways publishers across the industry have found success in meeting rising demands - accommodate cultural diversity within peer review systems and leverage tools to build programmes.
Global Publishing: Changes in submission trends and the impact on scholarly publishers uses data from ScholarOne Manuscripts to look at submission and decision trends in 4,200 journals of all sizes and scopes, published by over 365 societies, publishers and university presses. ScholarOne Manuscripts is the premier journal and peer review tool for scholarly publishers and societies.
