FW: New Study Claims Citations Narrow as Journals Move Online

[Eugene Garfield]

I believe this study has been widely quoted and discussed it not on
Sigmetrics, then elsewhere. Best wishes. EG

 

 

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Subject: New Study Claims Citations Narrow as Journals Move Online

 

Hi All,

 

I read a rather interesting report in today's Chronicle of Higher
Education which claims that citations narrow as journals move online.
Surely there must be a plethora of studies done by ARL and open access
proponents to dispute this.  Or maybe the researcher is really on to
something regarding changes in the research cycle from discovery to
published article?

 

Links to the Chronicle article and the source article in Science
Magazine are listed below.

 

Access to Online Journals Reduces Breadth of Citations, Study Finds
(Chronicle of Higher Education)

http://chronicle.com/daily/2008/07/3870n.htm

 

Survey Finds Citations Growing Narrower as Journals Move Online
(Science)

http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/321/5887/329a.pdf

 

Regards,

- John

 

 

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