Organizational Self-Publishing and Editorial Boards Rates in Top Journals Index in Islamic World Science Citation (ISC)

Organizational Self-Publishing and Editorial Boards Rates in Top Journals Index in Islamic World Science Citation (ISC) Scientific journals are the basis of creating and developing communication networks between researchers in various universities and educational and research institutions. The current study aims to analyze and compare the self-publishing rates of journals in ISC. This is an applied study that was carried out using scientometrics method. The statistical population consists of 7 top journals of ISC. A checklist was used for data gathering. Data analysis showed that the rate of editorial boards self-publishing in journals is 12.33%. The highest editorial boards self-publishing rate belonging to Journal of Advanced Applied Geology (20.95%).The highest organizational self-publishing rate belonging to Journal of Veterinary Research (9.33%). Patterns of Self-publishing can be used as an indicator for the assessment and evaluation of scientific production countries, universities and research and educational institutes, researchers and journals. Keywords: Journals, Editorial Boards Self-publishing, Organizational Self-publishing, Islamic World Science Citation (ISC).