Investing wisely: Citation rankings as a measure of quality in library and information science journals

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Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 333-373

  Via, Barbara J ^a   Schmidle, Deborah J ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

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EID: 34547465157     PISSN: 15312542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/pla.2007.0038     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Deborah J. Schmidle and Barbara J. Via, "Physician Heal Thyself: The Library and Information Science Serials Crisis," portal: Libraries and the Academy 4, 2 (2004): 219-32.
2. Use was viewed as a proxy measure for journal quality, based on the assumption that graduate students would utilize more heavily the "higher quality" journals.
3. See, for example: Natalie Schoch, "Relationship between Citation Frequency and Journal Cost: A Comparison between Pure and Applied Science Disciplines," American Society for Information Science Proceedings 31 (1994): 34-40;
4. Thomas E. Nisonger, "The Relationship between Price and Citation Data for Journals in Two Subject Areas," American Society for Information Science Proceedings 30 (1993): 151-9.
5. Sandra R. Moline, "The Influence of Subject, Publisher Type, and Quantity Published on Journal Prices," The Journal of Academic Librarianship 15, 1 (1989): 12-8.
6. P.L.K Gross and E.M. Gross, "College Libraries and Chemical Education," Science 66, 1713 (1927): 385-9.
7. Nisonger, Management of Serials in Libraries. (Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 1998), 121-56.
8. Nisonger, "JASIS and Library and Information Science Journal Rankings: A Review and Analysis of the Last Half-Century," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 50, 11 (1999): 1004-19.
9. Belen A. Esteibar and Frederick W. Lancaster, "Ranking of Journals in Library and Information Science by Research and Teaching Relatedness," Serials Librarian 23, 1/2 (1992): 1-10.
10. Christian Schlogel and Wolfgang G. Stock, "Impact and Relevance of LIS Journals: A Scientometric Analysis of International and German-Language LIS Journals-Citation Analysis Versus Reader Survey," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology 55, 13 (2004): 1155-1168.
11. Schlogel and Stock, "Impact and Relevance of LIS Journals: A Scientometric Analysis of International and German-Language LIS Journals-Citation Analysis Versus Reader Survey," 1155.
12. Ronald Rousseau, "Journal Evaluation: Technical and Practical Issues," Library Trends 50, 3 (Winter 2002): 418-39.
13. Nisonger, Management of Serials in Libraries, 121-56.
14. Rousseau, "Journal Evaluation: Technical and Practical Issues," 419.
15. Nisonger, "The Relation Between Price and Citation," 151-9.
16. Estelle Brodman, "Choosing Physiology Journals," Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 32, 4 (1944): 479-83.
17. Nisonger, "The Relation between Price and Citation,"151-9.
18. Anita S. Coleman, "Assessing the Value of a Journal Beyond Impact Factor: Journal of Education for Library and Information Science" (2006), http://dlist.sir.arizona.edu/1030/ (accessed March 29, 2007).
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21. See, for example: Schoch; Nosinger, "The Relationship between Price and Citation Data," 151-9.
22. Thomas E. Nisonger and Charles H. Davis, "The Perception of Library and Information Science Journals by LIS Education Deans and ARL Library Directors: A Replication of the Kohl-Davis Study," College & Research Libraries 66, 4 (2005): 341-77.
23. David F. Kohl and Charles H. Davis, "Ratings of Journals by ARL Library Directors and Deans of Library and Information Science Schools," College & Research Libraries 46, 1 (1985): 40-7.
24. Nisonger and Davis, "The Perception of Library and Information Science Journals by LIS Education Deans and ARL Library Directors: A Replication of the Kohl-Davis Study."
25. See, for example: Esteibar and Lancaster; Kim, "A Comparison of Three Measures";
26. Kim, "Ranking of Journals in Library and Information Science: A Comparison of Perceptual and Citation-Based Measures," College & Research Libraries 52, 1 (1991): 24-37;
27. and George S. Bobinski, "An Analysis of 105 Major US Journals in Library and Information Science," Library Science Annual 1 (1985): 29-31.
28. This foreign exchange currency converter was used: Oanda.com, http://www.oanda.com/convert/classic/ (accessed March 29, 2007).
29. Schmidle and Via, "Physician Heal Thyself: The Library and Information Science Serials Crisis."
30. Ibid.