Analysis on the development status and long-term influence of open access mega-journal

Abstract: In the context of open publishing, this paper takes 10 typical open access mega-journal as the cases, with reference to the information of journal official websites, JCR (Journal Citation Report) and Scopus, and it analyzes the development status of 10 open access mega-journal from 5 aspects: impact factor, article volumes, article-processing charge, acceptance rate, publishing speed; then it discussion long-term positive influence and possible problems of open access mega-journal. The results of this study can be a reference for authors publishing in open access mega-journal and offer the enlightenment to journal policy-making.