Walt at Random

A good week, with 1,575 journals scanned–but a less-good week, with big clumps of malware (primarily Indonesian).

Of the 11,575 journals scanned so far, 4,333 have fees and 6,742 do not. These journals show 1,035,935 articles in 2023 and 1,055,504 in 2022–subject to further refinement, of course.

1,622 will need rescanning.

Special cases

• bi: Inactive: 267
• xd: Dead: 131
• xj: No longer in DOAJ: 29
• xm: Malware/certificate problems: 445
• xn: Not an OA journal: 9
• xx: Unavailable/unworkable: 439

While there will be a post for week eight on Sunday, I thought this milestone deserved a special post: 10,150 journals scanned; 10,144 to go. The true halfway journal–that is, 10,147 scanned with 10,147 to go–is Optica (Optica Publishing Group, United States), while the 10,150th is a slightly more prolific title from the same publisher: Optics Express.

So far, I count 983,026 2023 articles and 1,004,737 2022 articles (of course, neither count is final–what with 1,450 journals that need to be rechecked). 4,039 have fees; 6,111 do not.

Special Cases

• bi (Inactive): 248
• xd (Defunct): 124
• xj (Removed from DOAJ): 19
• xm (Malware/certificate problems): 373
• xn (Not an OA journal): 8
• xx (Unreachable/unworkable): 404

Does this mean the first scan will be done in another 52 days? Probably not, but we shall see.

9,500 journals scanned, with 919,241 2023 articles and 939,981 2022 articles. Of those scanned, 3,841 have fees and 5,659 do not. This week should see both the 10K mark and the halfway mark.

Special Cases

• xx: Unavailable or unworkable: 383
• xm: Malware or certificate problems: 359
• bi: Inactive (no 2022 or 2023 articles): 228
• xd: Defunct (no articles after 2018): 107
• xj: Apparently removed from DOAJ since 12/31/23: 17
• xn: Not an OA journal: 8

1,367 journals (including most special cases) need to be rescanned.

The good news: we didn’t lose power during last week’s ferocious windstorms (and rain, but it was the wind…)…and the fence can be replaced, at a price.

This was a strong week in spite of–but  it was a strong week.

So far, 7,900 journals scanned, with 597,937 2023 articles and 613,500 2022 articles (subject to change, as that includes article counts for journals that will be excluded). 3,118 with fees; 4,782 without (diamond). [The ratio will change a lot when I get to the “u” publishers, which all by themselves account for more than 5,100 of the remaining journals.]

Special cases

xm: Malware and certificate problems: 305

xx: Unavailable or unworkable (including timeouts): 300

bi: Inactive, no articles since 2021: 187

xd: Defunct, no articles since 2018: 86

xj: Apparently removed from DOAJ: 12

xn: Not an OA journal: 8

1,145 journals–including many of the above but also others–will need to be rescanned.

A good week (thanks in part t0 Hindawi) for progress–but a bad week given a chunk of malware-laden journals. I don’t expect to see too many 1,400+/journal weeks, but…

As of now, 6,500 journals have been checked, with 535,147 articles in 2023 and 547,502 in 2022. I’ll have to recheck 915 of them, for various reasons (including all xm and xx below).

Special Cases

237 xx (not available or not workable).

231 xm (malware and certificate problems)

159 bi (inactive, no articles since 2021)

73 xd (defunct, no articles since 2018)

Seven xn (not an OA journal)

Five xj (new code: apparently removed from DOAJ since 12/31/2023).