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The University of Akron

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2016

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Journal Usage At Department And Research Group Level (Postprint), Ian Mccullough Jul 2016

Journal Usage At Department And Research Group Level (Postprint), Ian Mccullough

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Journal usage in the Department of Polymer Science at the University of Akron from 2006-2011 was determined by counting citations within faculty-supervised dissertations and faculty publications. Ranked title lists were created and correlations between journal usage in faculty publications and faculty-supervised dissertations were measured using Kendall’s rank-correlation coefficient. Dissertations and faculty publications were also organized by research group and correlated within groups. Dissertations and faculty publications were found to have a much stronger positive correlation within the group than within the department. Individual groups were found to have highly variable correlation with each other. Examining journal usage at group level …


Shifting Sands - Forum Notes.Pdf, Ian Mccullough Jun 2016

Shifting Sands - Forum Notes.Pdf, Ian Mccullough

Research, Publications, and Presentations

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