World distribution of social science journals:A view from the periphery
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An analysis carried out on the 4,326 periodicals in the social sciences included in the mostrecent 1991 printed edition of the UNESCO DARE database showed that 64% of the world's production is published by High Income Economy countries (IEC).
Abstract
Abstract An analysis carried out on the 4, 326 periodicals in the social sciences included in the mostrecent 1991 printed edition of the UNESCO DARE database showed that 64% of the world'sproduction is published by High Income Economy countries (IEC). Only 0.7% of Low IECjournals in the UNESCO database were also present in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI)for the same year while corresponding figures for the Middle and High IEC were 2.3%, and97.0%, respectively. With the notable exception of the United States, all countries had fewerjournals in SSCI than in UNESCO database.