UK journals in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)

The Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) lists about 485 journals published in the United Kingdom. Of these we can find the following numbers associated with the ten largest cities, and with the university towns of Cambridge and Oxford. Population numbers are given for the five largest centres, Cambridge, and Oxford (Source: http://www.ukcities.co.uk/populations/).

London - 11 (population 7.2 Million)

Glasgow - 6* (pop 560000)

Sheffield - 5* (pop 512000)

Birmingham - 3* (pop 992000)

Edinburgh - 3*

Leeds - 3* (pop 720000)

Manchester - 2*

Bradford - 1*

Bristol - 1*

Liverpool - 1*

Cambridge - 4 (pop 115000)

Oxford - 10 (pop 135000)

Conclusion - there is an approximate correlation with population size and publishing activity, but Oxford is clearly remarkable in its per capita publishing activity.

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