The usefulness of impact factors in serial selection: A rank and mean analysis using ecology journals

Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-159

  Altmann, Klaus G ^a   Gorman, G E ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b CHARLES STURT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 0039476676     PISSN: 03646408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0364-6408(98)00004-0     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. See Garfield, Eugene. "Citation Analysis as a Tool in Journal Evaluation," Science 178 (1972), 471-9.
2. For a recent review of literature related to this and other aspects of journal evaluation, see Altmann, Klaus G., and Gorman, G.E. "Usage, Citation Analysis and Costs as Indicators for Journal Deselection and Cancellation: A Selective Literature Review," Australian Library Review 13, 4 (1996), 379-92.
3. Recent examples of this approach used in marketing journals include publicity letters from: Lenne P. Miller, Director of Journal Publications for The Endocrine Society, August, 1996; and Ingrid Benirschke, Marketing Manager for Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, November 1996.
4. Christensen, John O. "Cost of Chemistry Journals to One Academic Library, 1980-1990," Serials Review, 18, (1992), 19-34.
5. Stankus, Tony. Making Sense of Journals of the Life Sciences: From Speciality Origins to Contemporary Assortment. New York: Haworth Press, 1992.
6. Stankus, Tony and Mills, C.V. "Which Life Science Journals Will Constitute the Locally Sustainable Core Collection of the, 1990s and Which Will Become 'Fax-Access' Only? Predictions Based on Citation and Price Patterns, 1979-1989," Science and Technology Libraries 13, (1992), 73-114.
7. See, for example, Line, Maurice B. "Rank Lists Based on Citations and Library Uses as Indicators of Journal Usage in Individual Libraries," Collection Management 2, 4 (1978), 313-16;
8. Line, Maurice B., and Steemson, R.J. "Comparison of Ranked Lists of Journals," Journal of Documentation, 33, 2 (1977), 151-3;
9. Scales, Pauline A. "Citation Analyses as Indicators of the Use of Serials: A Comparison of Ranked Lists Produced by Citation Counting and from Use Data," Journal of Documentation 32, 1 (1976), 17-25;
10. Scanlan, Brian D. "Coverage by Current Contents and the Validity of Impact Factors: ISI from a Journal Publisher's Perspective," Serials Librarian 13, 2/3 (1987), 57-66;
11. Smith, Thomas E. "The Journal Citation Reports as a Deselection Tool," Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 73 (1985), 387-9.
12. The fourteen new titles were: Advances in Ecological Research, Molecular Ecology, Ecological Applications, Ecological Economics, Landscape Ecology, Ecography, Trees-Structure Function, Wildlife Research, Biodiversity Conservation, Ecological Research, Global Ecology and Biogeography Letters, European Journal of Soil Biology, Ekologia Bratislava, and Natural Areas Journal.