20% of World’s Journals Are Open Access

Heather Morrison, The Imaginary Journal of Poetic Economics, has a new post stating that 20% of journals worldwide are open access. From the post:

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) has just announced a list of milestones, including exceeding 5,000 journals. This is more than 20% of the world’s scholarly peer reviewed journals, estimated at ~ 23,000 according to Ulrich’s.

Thanks to Ninth Level Ireland for the link.

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