Study on scholarly journals published in Japan (1)Number of electronic journal titles

Abstract

The number of scholarly journals published in Japan in the fields of science, technology and medicine was determined using various journal lists. There were 2,899 scholarly journals, 603 university journals, and 2,886 university bulletins published in Japan. Specifically 2,655 scholarly journals were actively published in 2005, including 351 English-language journals. Among them, 949 journal titles were already online, including 267 English-language journals.