Table 3. Breakdown of records by sub-field in Biology.
A summary of the data used in this study, including Web of Science category, number of journals targeted and total number of articles used. Additionally, the number of articles in the “matched analysis” are included as well as a break down by access type of each sub-field.
| Research area | Number of journals | Number of articles | Number of matched articles | Bronze | Closed access | Green | Hybrid gold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 1 | 11,286 | 8,624 | 28 | 9,799 | 969 | 490 |
| Cell Biology | 4 | 4,575 | 7 | 3,868 | 10 | 50 | 647 |
| Entomology | 8 | 5,777 | 1,567 | 380 | 4,669 | 445 | 283 |
| Evolutionary Biology | 16 | 16,061 | 3,007 | 8,133 | 4,806 | 1,186 | 1,936 |
| Genetics and Heredity | 6 | 7,190 | 336 | 2,512 | 1,016 | 232 | 3,430 |
| Marine and Freshwater Biology | 6 | 8,708 | 2,805 | 77 | 7,812 | 549 | 270 |
| Microbiology | 8 | 21,921 | 596 | 18,700 | 720 | 581 | 1,920 |
| Mycology | 16 | 7,099 | 1,627 | 1,059 | 5,116 | 346 | 578 |
| Neurosciences and Neurology | 5 | 6,465 | 1,366 | 2,707 | 1,510 | 927 | 1,321 |
| Oncology | 5 | 16,152 | 1,724 | 9,250 | 1,413 | 898 | 4,591 |
| Plant Sciences | 7 | 9,928 | 990 | 7,005 | 1,603 | 144 | 1,176 |
| Zoology | 70 | 31,253 | 5,432 | 4,286 | 22,643 | 2,934 | 1,390 |
| Totals | 152 | 146,415 | 28,081 | 58,005 | 61,117 | 9,261 | 18,032 |