Shin EJ "Measuring the impact of electronic publishing on citation indicators of education journals "

[Eugene Garfield]

Eun-Ja Shin : ejshin at sejong.ac.kr


Title: Measuring the impact of electronic publishing on citation indicators
of education journals

Author(s): Shin EJ

Source: LIBRI 54 (4): 221-227 DEC 2004

Cited References: 21

Abstract:
With the growth in electronic availability and distribution of scholarly
journals, citation indicators of these journals may be expected to change.
This study estimated how electronic publishing affects citation indicators,
Impact Factors and Immediacy Indexes, from 1995 to 2003. Two citation
indicators of 70 journals in education, educational research, and special
education in journal Citations Reports were analysed in this study. The
result shows that Impact Factors remain essentially unchanged while
Immediacy Indexes increased significantly For all journals, 75% had their
Immediacy Indexes increase drastically recently and had higher Impact
Factors than average. Because more journal articles are available in
electronic form, both as part of complete electronic journals and within
databases of separate articles, many more scientists access and use new
articles without delay than in the past. Electronic publishing can be
regarded as one of the factors affecting not only citation frequencies but
also citation indicators. Digital access to scholarly journals promises to
bring changes in citation indicators, especially Immediacy Indexes of
well-established journals in education.


Addresses: Shin EJ (reprint author), Sejong Univ, Dept Commun Art, 98 Kunja
Dong, Seoul, 143747 South Korea
Sejong Univ, Dept Commun Art, Seoul, 143747 South Korea

E-mail Addresses:  ejshin at sejong.ac.kr <mailto:ejshin at sejong.ac.kr>

Publisher: K G SAUR VERLAG KG, ORTLERSTR 8, D-81373 MUNICH, GERMANY
Subject Category: INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE
IDS Number: 889BV

ISSN: 0024-2667

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