In academic publishing, a sister journal or companion journal is a newer academic journal affiliated with an established journal in the same field.[1][2] These journals sometimes follow the "cascade or transfer model," whereby they publish academic papers rejected by the older, more prestigious journal in the publisher's portfolio. While the original journal often requires a subscription to read, these journals tend to be open access. This business model allows publishers to recoup the editorial costs expended in the peer review process undergone at the original journal that ultimately resulted in a rejection and monetise the scholar's work by means of an article processing charge. Scholars, in turn, benefit, as they must only undergo one peer review process.[3] A sister journal is not to be confused with a mirror journal, which is an open access journal that runs parallel to an established subscription journal, with which it often shares a similar name and largely identical editorial team.[4][5]
Examples
edit- JAAD Case Reports is a sister journal to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, both published by Elsevier.[1]
- Translational Psychiatry is a sister journal to Molecular Psychiatry.[6]
- In 2001, BMJ Publishing Group launched BMJ USA and the Western Journal of Medicine as sister journals to the BMJ.[7]
- Science Translational Medicine is a sister journal to Science.[8]
- As of 1995, Nature's sister journals included Nature Medicine, Nature Structural Biology and Nature Genetics.[9]
- Oncogenesis is a sister journal to Oncogene.[10]
- Stem Cells Translational Medicine is a sister journal to the Wiley-Blackwell journal Stem Cells.[11]
References
edit- ^ a b Akers, Katherine G. (2016-11-21). "New journals for publishing medical case reports". Journal of the Medical Library Association. 104 (2): 146–149. doi:10.5195/jmla.2016.62. ISSN 1558-9439. PMC 4816468. PMID 27076803.
- ^ Bates, Susan E. (2017-02-01). "Too Many Journals". The Oncologist. 22 (2): 126–128. doi:10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0012. ISSN 1083-7159. PMC 5330714. PMID 28188259.
- ^ Sharp, Phillip A.; Bonvillian, William B.; Desimone, Robert; Imperiali, Barbara; Karger, David R.; Mavhunga, Clapperton Chakanetsa; Brand, Amy; Lindsay, Nick; Stebbins, Michael (November 2023). to science and scholarship - MIT report v1.5-71707399204986.pdf "Access to Science and Scholarship: Key Questions about the Future of Research Publishing" (PDF). pp. 23–4.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Warning on 'Mirror Journals'". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Directory of Open Access Journals – DOAJ, Mirror Journals". doaj.org. Retrieved 2024-08-26.
- ^ Licinio, J (April 2011). "Translational Psychiatry: leading the transition from the cesspool of devastation to a place where the grass is really greener". Translational Psychiatry. 1 (4): e1. doi:10.1038/tp.2011.3. ISSN 2158-3188. PMC 3309469. PMID 22832389.
- ^ Davis, Ronald M.; Smith, Richard; Wilkes, Michael (2001-02-17). "The US sisters of the BMJ: The BMJ is becoming more active in the US". BMJ. 322 (7283): 380. doi:10.1136/bmj.322.7283.380. ISSN 0959-8138. PMC 1119621. PMID 11179144.
- ^ McNutt, Marcia (2014-01-17). "Reproducibility". Science. 343 (6168): 229. Bibcode:2014Sci...343..229M. doi:10.1126/science.1250475. ISSN 0036-8075. PMID 24436391. S2CID 220096703.
- ^ "Nature's sister journals in review". Nature. 374 (6522): 577–578. April 1995. Bibcode:1995Natur.374..577.. doi:10.1038/374577a0. ISSN 0028-0836. S2CID 19330422.
- ^ "For Authors". Oncogenesis. Retrieved 2018-10-18.
- ^ Lappin, T. R.; Editors of the Sister Journals (2015-01-22). "Editorial: Sibling Synergy". Stem Cells. 33 (2): 316–317. doi:10.1002/stem.1912. ISSN 1066-5099. PMID 25504305.
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