Sister journal explained

In academic publishing, a sister journal or companion journal is a newer academic journal affiliated with an established journal in the same field.^{[1] [2]} These journals sometimes follow the "cascade or transfer model," whereby they publish academic papers rejected by the older, more prestigious journal in the publisher's portfolio. While the original journal often requires a subscription to read, these journals tend to be open access. This business model allows publishers to recoup the editorial costs expended in the peer review process undergone at the original journal that ultimately resulted in a rejection and monetise the scholar's work by means of an article processing charge. Scholars, in turn, benefit, as they must only undergo one peer review process.^[3] A sister journal is not to be confused with a mirror journal, which is an open access journal that runs parallel to an established subscription journal, with which it often shares a similar name and largely identical editorial team.^{[4] [5]}

Examples

• JAAD Case Reports is a sister journal to the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, both published by Elsevier.^[1]
• Translational Psychiatry is a sister journal to Molecular Psychiatry.^[6]
• In 2001, BMJ Publishing Group launched BMJ USA and the Western Journal of Medicine as sister journals to the BMJ.^[7]
• Science Translational Medicine is a sister journal to Science.^[8]
• As of 1995, Nature sister journals included Nature Medicine, Nature Structural Biology and Nature Genetics.^[9]
• Oncogenesis is a sister journal to Oncogene.^[10]
• Stem Cells Translational Medicine is a sister journal to the Wiley-Blackwell journal Stem Cells.^[11]

Notes and References

1. Akers . Katherine G. . 2016-11-21 . New journals for publishing medical case reports . Journal of the Medical Library Association . en . 104 . 2 . 146–149 . 10.5195/jmla.2016.62 . 1558-9439 . 4816468 . 27076803.
2. Bates . Susan E. . 2017-02-01 . Too Many Journals . The Oncologist . en . 22 . 2 . 126–128 . 10.1634/theoncologist.2017-0012 . 1083-7159 . 5330714 . 28188259.
3. Web site: Sharp . Phillip A. . Bonvillian . William B. . Desimone . Robert . Imperiali . Barbara . Karger . David R. . Mavhunga . Clapperton Chakanetsa . Brand . Amy . Lindsay . Nick . Stebbins . Michael . November 2023 . to science and scholarship - MIT report v1.5-71707399204986.pdf Access to Science and Scholarship: Key Questions about the Future of Research Publishing . 23–4.
4. Web site: Warning on 'Mirror Journals' . Inside Higher Ed . 31 December 2019.
5. Web site: Directory of Open Access Journals – DOAJ, Mirror Journals . 2024-08-26 . doaj.org . en.
6. Licinio . J . April 2011 . Translational Psychiatry: leading the transition from the cesspool of devastation to a place where the grass is really greener . Translational Psychiatry . En . 1 . 4 . e1 . 10.1038/tp.2011.3 . 2158-3188 . 3309469 . 22832389.
7. Davis . Ronald M. . Smith . Richard . Wilkes . Michael . 2001-02-17 . The US sisters of the BMJ: The BMJ is becoming more active in the US . BMJ . en . 322 . 7283 . 380 . 10.1136/bmj.322.7283.380 . 0959-8138 . 11179144. 1119621 .
8. McNutt . Marcia . 2014-01-17 . Reproducibility . Science . en . 343 . 6168 . 229 . 10.1126/science.1250475 . 0036-8075 . 24436391. 2014Sci...343..229M . 220096703 .
9. April 1995 . Nature's sister journals in review . Nature . En . 374 . 6522 . 577–578 . 10.1038/374577a0 . 1995Natur.374..577. . 19330422 . 0028-0836.
10. Web site: For Authors . Oncogenesis . en . 2018-10-18.
11. 2015-01-22 . Editorial: Sibling Synergy . Stem Cells . en . 33 . 2 . 316–317 . 10.1002/stem.1912 . 25504305 . 1066-5099. Lappin . T. R. . Editors of the Sister Journals . free .