Are Costly Journals More Valuable?
(2007) Are Costly Journals More Valuable?. Iranian Journal of Library and Information Science 10(39).
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Abstract
[English abstract]
This article analyzes 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 shows that two-thirds of these journals belong to non-profit/society publishers and one-third to for-profit/commercial publishers. There is a remarkable difference between the prices that for-profit/commercial publishers charge 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 the 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 |
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| Subjects: | J. Technical services in libraries, archives, museum. > JB. Serials management. H. Information sources, supports, channels. > HN. e-journals. C. Users, literacy and reading. > CB. User studies. |
| ID Code: | 11171 |
| Deposited By: | Galyani Moghaddam, Golnessa |
| Deposited On: | 23 August 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://www.aqlibrary.ir/Issue/ShowOneArticle.aspx?ArticleCode=446 |
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