-------- Original Message --------
From: "Jennifer Sweeney" <jennifer.sweeney@attbi.com>
Subject: Fw: E journal citations rate
Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2002 14:20:42 -0700

 > Sorry for the delay in responding.  I have not found many studies out yet
 > either.  Perhaps it is because citation patterns take time to become
 > apparent, and the data are time-consuming to work with.  I am working
on a
 > statistical analysis of changes in citation patterns for a set of print
 > journals which began publishing in electronic format during the
1990's.  I
 > am comparing impact factors and immediacy indexes from ISI's Journal
 > Citation Reports for the years 1993 with 1999.  I am also comparing these
 > journals with a control group of journals which have not published
 > electronically during that time period.
 >
 > Preliminary results of stastical tests show some change in immediacy
indexes
 > after the journals began publishing electronically, but just barely.   I
am
 > still working on my calculations, however.  Hope to submit an article
 > manuscript for publication by the end of 2002.
 >
 > Jennifer Sweeney
 > PhD Student
 > Department of Information Studies
 > University of California, Los Angeles
 > jksweene@ucla.edu
 >
 >
 >
 > ----- Original Message -----
 > From: "Emmanuel Collier" <ecollier@INTEC.EDU.DO>
 > To: <SERIALST@LIST.UVM.EDU>
 > Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 3:57 PM
 > Subject: E journal citations rate
 >
 >
 > > Dear SerialST subscribers,
 > >
 > > i would like to know if there's a recent study about the rate of =
 > > citation of e-journals, free or not, versus the printed journals.
 > >
 > > I would like to know as well, if there are some bibliometrics
studies on
=
 > > this subject.
 > >
 > > All the articles that i've found are a little bit old.
 > >
 > > Thanks a lot for your answers.
 > >
 > > Emmanuel Collier
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 >