The Trends of Open Access Academic Books and Discipline Dynamics: A Cross-database Comparison Based on OpenAlex and Web of Science

« This study conducts a quantitative analysis of the inclusion of open access (OA) academic books in the OpenAlex and Web of Science (WoS) databases from 2004 to 2023. It explores the differences
and trends between the two databases in terms of the number of OA books, annual variations, and disciplinary distribution. The study finds that OpenAlex shows a significant advantage over WoS in
the scale of OA book inclusion and growth rate, with a particularly strong growth potential in recent years. (…) »

source > issi2025.iiap.sci.am, Li Jiangbo, Niu Shihang, Ouyang Wenhao, Li Jian, Zhang Mingyue, 2025, https://doi.org/10.51408/issi2025_038

• Mots-clés : 
• ebooks,
• Open Access,
• OpenAlex,
• Web of Science