New research, “University journals in the global academic publishing landscape: Mapping over 19,000 diverse titles based on Ulrichsweb data” (free online). Looking at…
Scopus, Web of Science, DOAJ and OpenAlex, we compiled a dataset of 19,414 active, peer-reviewed university journals […] nearly three-quarters of the journals are indexed in OpenAlex, almost half in DOAJ, fewer than a quarter in Scopus, and fewer than a fifth on the Web of Science Core Collection. […] The social sciences and humanities dominate the disciplinary profile.
Around 35% of the journals in the dataset “published exclusively in English”, meaning roughly 6,700 journals.
Fascinating dataset — 19,000+ titles is a lot to map. The bit that jumps out is how little overlap there is between the big commercial indexes: three-quarters in OpenAlex but under a fifth in WoS Core. That gap alone probably explains why so much solid university-published research feels “invisible” in a standard literature search. And the SSH dominance makes sense given how many of these journals are department- or society-run. Thanks for flagging the paper — adding it to my reading list.