Mukherjee, B Do Open-Access Journals in Library and Information Science Have Any Scholarly Impact? A Bibliometric Study of Selected Open-Access Journals Using Google Scholar JOUR OF THE AMER SOCIETY FOR INFOR SCI AND TECH, 60 (3): 581-594 MAR 2009

[Eugene Garfield]

E-mail Address: mukherjee.bhaskar at gmail.com 

Author(s): Mukherjee, B (Mukherjee, Bhaskar) 

Title: Do Open-Access Journals in Library and Information Science Have Any 
Scholarly Impact? A Bibliometric Study of Selected Open-Access Journals 
Using Google Scholar 

Source: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR INFORMATION SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY, 60 (3): 581-594 MAR 2009 

Language: English 

Document Type: Article 

KeyWords Plus: RESEARCH PERFORMANCE; CITATION INDEXES; WEB; DOCUMENTATION; 
COUNTS 

Abstract: Using 17 fully open-access journals published uninterruptedly 
during 2000 to 2004 in the field of library and information science, the 
present study investigates the impact of these open-access journals in 
terms of quantity of articles published, subject distribution of the 
articles, synchronous and diachronous impact factor, immediacy index, and 
journals' and authors' self-citation. The results indicate that during 
this 5-year publication period, there are as many as 1,636 articles 
published by these journals. At the same time, the articles have received 
a total of 8,591 Web citations during a 7-year citation period. Eight of 
17 journals have received more than 100 citations. First Monday received 
the highest number of citations; however, the average number of citations 
per article was the highest in D-Lib Magazine. The value of the 
synchronous impact factor varies from 0.6989 to 1.0014 during 2002 to 
2005, and the diachronous impact factor varies from 1.472 to 2.487 during 
2000 to 2004. The range of the immediacy index varies between 0.0714 and 
1.395. D-Lib Magazine has an immediacy index value above 0.5 in all the 
years whereas the immediacy index value varies from year to year for the 
other journals. When the citations of sample articles were analyzed 
according to source, it was found that 40.32% of the citations came from 
full-text articles, followed by 33.35% from journal articles. The 
percentage of journals' self-citation was only 6.04%. 

E-mail Address: mukherjee.bhaskar at gmail.com 

Cited Reference Count: 47 

Times Cited: 0 

Publisher: JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 

Publisher Address: 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN, NJ 07030 USA 

ISSN: 1532-2882 

DOI: 10.1002/asi.21003 

29-char Source Abbrev.: J AM SOC INF SCI TECHNOL 

ISO Source Abbrev.: J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci. Technol. 

Source Item Page Count: 14 

Subject Category: Computer Science, Information Systems; Information 
Science & Library Science 

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