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A small step towards the epistemic decentralization of science: A dataset of journals and publications indexed in African Journals Online Cover

A small step towards the epistemic decentralization of science: A dataset of journals and publications indexed in African Journals Online

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|Jun 2025

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

Percentage of publications not matched in OpenAlex by year.
Percentage of publications not matched in OpenAlex by year.

Figure 2.

Percentage of publications not matched in OpenAlex by research area (AJOL journal classification).
Percentage of publications not matched in OpenAlex by research area (AJOL journal classification).

Figure 3.

Percentage of publications not matched in OpenAlex by journal country.
Percentage of publications not matched in OpenAlex by journal country.

Figure 4.

Database diagram.②
Database diagram.②

Figure 5.

Number of journals by country.
Number of journals by country.

Figure 6.

Number of journals by JPPS category (left) and number of journals by access type (right).
Number of journals by JPPS category (left) and number of journals by access type (right).

Figure 7.

Publications (bar plot) and publications with DOI (orange line) by publication year.
Publications (bar plot) and publications with DOI (orange line) by publication year.

Figure 8.

Publications and journals by research area (journal area classification).
Publications and journals by research area (journal area classification).

Top 10 countries by number of publications in AJOL_

Country# pubs
Nigeria25,902
South Africa24,755
United States5,528
China3,919
India3,615
Ethiopia3,132
United Kingdom2,899
Ghana2,723
Kenya2,461
Tanzania1,970

Population of journal metadata fields_

FieldNAs% NAsFinal N
Title00739
eISSN8411.4655
ISSN print33445.2405
country00739
JPPS status50.7734
OA00739
Research area30.4736

Population of publication metadata fields_

FieldNAs% NAsSelectedFinal N
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DC.Date.created76,34132.180-
DC.Date.dateSubmitted11,7674.960-
DC.Date.issued11,8725.001223,876
DC.Date.modified11,7674.960-
DC.Description11,7704.961192,933
DC.Format17,5667.400-
DC.Identifier11,7674.961223,981
DC.Identifier.pageNumber69,13329.140-
DC.Identifier.URI11,7674.960-
DC.Language11,7674.960-
DC.Rights11,7674.960-
DC.Source11,7674.961223,981
DC.Source.ISSN13,4985.700-
DC.Source.Issue28,96412.211206,866
DC.Source.Volume12,2985.181223,450
DC.Source.URI11,7674.960-
DC.Title11,7674.961223,981
DC.Type11,7674.960-
DC.Type.articleType11,7674.960-
gs_meta_revision11,7674.960-
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citation_author11,7674.970-
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citation_language11,7674.960-
citation_date11,7674.960-
citation_volume12,29845.180-
citation_issue28,96412.210-
citation_firstpage69,17729.141166,217
citation_lastpage69,13729.161166,056
citation_abstract_html_url11,7674.960-
citation_pdf_url18,3147.720-
DC.Subject114,97348.461121,399
citation_keywords114,97348.460-
DC.Identifier.DOI137,18057.82199,073
citation_doi137,18057.820-
citation_author_institution212,07989.400-
DC.Coverage237,2631000-
citation_reference237,23299.990-
DC.Title.Alternative237,2631000-
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jdis-2025-0034 | Journal eISSN: 2543-683X | Journal ISSN: 2096-157X
Language: English
Page range: 104 - 121
Submitted on: Feb 20, 2025
Accepted on: May 14, 2025
Published on: Jun 17, 2025
Published by: Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Patricia Alonso-Álvarez, published by Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science Library
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