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Electronic Journals And Changes In Scholarly Article Seeking And Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
Electronic Journals And Changes In Scholarly Article Seeking And Reading Patterns, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
A recent article by James Evans in Science (Evans 2008) is being widely discussed in the science and publishing communities. Evans' in-depth research on citations in over 34 million articles and how online availability affects citing patterns, found that the more issues of a journal that are available online, the fewer numbers of articles in that journal are cited. If the journal is available for free online, it is cited even less. Evans attributes this phenomenon to more searching and less browsing (which he feels eliminates marginally relevant articles that may have been found by browsing) and the ability …
Electronic Journal Use: A Glimpse Into The Future With Information From The Past And Present, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
Electronic Journal Use: A Glimpse Into The Future With Information From The Past And Present, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
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The Use And Value Of Scholarly Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
The Use And Value Of Scholarly Journals, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper summarized results of 13,591 readership survey responses of scientists and reviews of hundreds of other readership studies reported in a recent book: Towards Electronic Journals: Realities for Scientists, Librarians, and Publishers (Tenopir & King, 2000). In particular, survey results reveal amounts and trends of reading and information-seeking patterns, such as how readers identify articles that are read and where they obtain them. The survey results also demonstrate the usefulness and value of scientific scholarly journals. Past results suggest that electronic journals and digital full-text databases will play a major role in the future of scientific scholarly journals …
The Cost And Price Dilemma Of Scholarly Journals, Donald W. King, Carol Tenopir
The Cost And Price Dilemma Of Scholarly Journals, Donald W. King, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper examines the overall cost of the scientific scholarly journal system and find that the relative system costs have not increased since the late 1970s. Why then have journal prices skyrocketed over this same period? We first describe typical scholarly publishing costs, because to understand journal prices one must understand the factors that affect these costs. We then describe some factors that have likely contributed to spiraling price increases and changes in journal subscription demand. Finally we discuss some alternative pricing policies that might help in the future. This paper summarizes results reported in a recent book: Towards Electronic …
Managing Scientific Journals In A Digital Era, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
Managing Scientific Journals In A Digital Era, Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
Special librarians would do well to examine present trends in electronic publishing. This would guide them in the efficient management of electronically published scientific journals and the avoidance of costly mistakes in the pricing and acquisitions of such scholarly studies.