Davis P. "Where to spend our e-journal money: defining a university library's core collection through citation analysis" Portal-Libraries and the Academy 2(1):155-166 January 2002

[Eugene Garfield]

The data and methodology used in the journal frequency and price analysis
can be found at :
http://people.cornell.edu/pages/pmd8/

P. Davis : pmd8 at cornell.edu

TITLE     Where to spend our E-journal money: Defining a university
          library's core collection through citation analysis
AUTHOR    Davis P
JOURNAL   PORTAL-LIBRARIES AND THE ACADEMY 2 (1): 155-166 JAN 2002

Document type: Article     Language: English     Cited References: 33
Times Cited: 2      Explanation

Abstract:
This paper identifies core journals in the life sciences for Cornell
University researchers by analyzing the frequency of Cornell-authored
citations in Biosis Previews between 1996 and 2001. The distribution
frequency of journals confirms Bradford's Law of Scatter or the 80/20 Rule.
The top 240 journals, providing 80 percent of the citations, were analyzed
by publisher type and institutional subscription price. In general,
journals from society and associations received the highest number of
citations and were priced considerably lower than commercial journals. The
methodology described is a fast, low-cost, and scalable procedure that can
be adapted to various subject databases, and may be used to provide
guidance on which titles to purchase for electronic access.

KeyWords Plus:
LISTS, COST, LAW

Addresses:
Davis P, Cornell Univ, Albert R Mann Lib, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
Cornell Univ, Albert R Mann Lib, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA

Publisher:
JOHNS HOPKINS UNIV PRESS, JOURNALS PUBLISHING DIVISION, 2715 NORTH CHARLES
ST, BALTIMORE, MD 21218-4319 USA

IDS Number:
626UA

ISSN:
1531-2542