1,500 journals scanned for a total to date of 20,000. [2,416 remain.]
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]]>1,300 journals scanned for a total to date of 18,500. [3,917 remain.]
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]]>1,100 journals scanned for a total to date of 17,200.
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]]>1,440 journals scanned for a total to date of 16,100.
We’re now in The U’s–by far the largest group of publishers. So far, I’ve checked 560 of the U journals, leaving a mere 4,891 to go.
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]]>1,360 journals scanned for a total to date of 14,660.
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]]>NOTE: There will be a lot more “real life” slowdown at least between now and, say, April 15–some days with 100 journals, possibly some with none at all. At some point, it’s possible that my original target (book and uploaded spreadsheet ready by mid-June, Diamond book a few weeks later) may be in jeopardy, in which case I can either have the dates slip a few weeks or, alternately, post a “trial version” of the spreadsheet and then do the book. If you have a preference for which route to take, let me know–email waltcrawford@gmail.com
Meanwhile:
1,400 journals scanned for a total to date of 13,300.
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]]>1,400 journals scanned for a total to date of 11,900.
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]]>That’s more-or-less halfway in other ways, most of which can’t really be determined because the population of serious OA journals changes.
Just for fun, I compared last year’s universe up to the same journal–European Heart Journal Case Reports (Oxford University Press)–as always, with the database sorted by publisher, then by title. That wasn’t quite halfway through last year (55 titles short). But…
This year, so far, the 2024 article count is 996,656,and the 2025 count is 1,084,275 (so we’re past the million-article count this week). Last year, the 2024 article count through that journal was 957,296 of an eventual 1,441,995–or, including excluded titles, around 1,447,000. If the ratios continue, the overall total this year could be around 1.64 million 2025 articles and 1.507 2024 articles. That’s all conjecture.
In terms of remaining timing? I don’t believe I’m quite halfway through the initial scan, partly because real life will interfere more (I suspect), for example an annual event culminating in the Ides of April, an event that chews up time and energy. (There are other reasons…) Last year, the halfway point was on February 26 and the first pass was finished on April 23. For this year? I’ll be happy enough if the first pass is done by the end of April and the second pass by mid-May, We shall see. I do believe we’ll see modest growth in the journal count–less than 10%–and the article count (also probably less than 10%). Could be worse…
1,700 journals scanned for a total to date of 10,500.
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]]>800 journals scanned for a total to date of 8,800.
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