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Price and value of electronic journals: A survey at the Indian Institute of Science

Galyani Moghaddam, Golnessa (2006) Price and value of electronic journals: A survey at the Indian Institute of Science. Libri 56(2):pp. 108-116.

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Abstract

This paper focuses on analyzing the most used scholarly electronic journals at a multi-disciplinary research institute in India, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). Analysis of the top thirty journals at IISc showed that two-thirds of the thirty top journals belong to non-profit/society publishers and one-third belongs to for-profit/commercial publishers. There is a remarkable difference between the prices that for-profit/commercial publishers charge to libraries for scholarly journals and the prices that non-profit/ society publishers and university presses charge. This price difference does not appear to reflect a difference in quality as measured by number of recorded citations to a journal/impact factor and use of journal.

Keywords:Scholarly journals, Journal price, Usage study, Indian Institute of Science, India
Subjects:H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HN. e-journals.
ID Code:8018
Deposited By:Galyani Moghaddam, Golnessa
Deposited On:04 December 2006
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