Scholarly communication and electronic journals: An impact study

Harter, Stephen P.

doi:10.1002/(sici)1097-4571(19980501)49:6<507::aid-asi3>3.0.co;2-x

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“…However, now armed with an understanding of the wariness with which editors and authors acknowledge the advantages of the service, it appears unlikely that the CPS as it now exists will replace the traditional chemistry journal in the near future. Indeed, Harter (1998) and Brown (2001a) have found that electronic journals and e-prints, respectively, have yet to make a significant impact on printed journal usage. Nonetheless, editors of the most prestigious journals may wish to review their policies and procedures and consider the publication of worthy research that has been previously published electronically to attract novel and exciting research and to maintain their readership and author base.…”

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The role of electronic preprints in chemical communication: Analysis of citation, usage, and acceptance in the journal literature

Brown

2003

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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This study characterizes the usage and acceptance of electronic preprints (e-prints) in the literature of chemistry. Survey of authors of e-prints appearing in the Chemistry Preprint Server (CPS) at http://preprints. chemweb.com indicates use of the CPS as a convenient vehicle for dissemination of research findings and for receipt of feedback before submitting to a peer-reviewed journal. Reception of CPS e-prints by editors of top chemistry journals is very poor. Only 6% of editors responding allow publication of articles that have previously appeared as e-prints. Concerns focus on the lack of peer review and the uncertain permanence of e-print storage. Consequently, it was not surprising to discover that citation analysis yielded no citations to CPS e-prints in the traditional literature of chemistry. Yet data collected and posted by the CPS indicates that the e-prints are valued, read, and discussed to a notable extent within the chemistry community. Thirty-two percent of the most highly rated, viewed, and discussed e-prints eventually appear in the journal literature, indicating the validity of the work submitted to the CPS. This investigation illustrates the ambivalence with which editors and authors view the CPS, but also gives an early sense of the potential free and rapid information dissemination, coupled with open, uninhibited discussion and evaluation, has to expand, enrich, and vitalize the scholarly discourse of chemical scientists.

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The role of electronic preprints in chemical communication: Analysis of citation, usage, and acceptance in the journal literature

Brown

2003

J. Am. Soc. Inf. Sci.

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“…It is also noticeable that very few "Internet journals" with toxicology content can be identified, compared with the many still current in printed (and, in some cases, also electronic) form (Robinson, 2002), confirming the view that even peer-reviewed ejournals have had limited impact (Harter, 1998 (Papageorgiou, 2005). Twenty-nine responses were received from 63 members of American and British toxicology associations who were asked to complete a short questionnaire on their information behaviour.…”

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Impact of digital information resources in the toxicology literature

Robinson

2007

Aslib Proceedings

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“…At that point in time, scientists started to recognize electronic journals as alternatives to print journals (Harter, 1998;Tomney;Burton, 1998). In spite of that, peer group pressures (Gomes;Meadows, 1998), technical barriers and lack of knowledge (Bishop, 1998) disturbed the acceptance of electronic journals in the evolving phase.…”

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A three-phase model proposal for the evolution of scientific communication: from first print periodicals to current electronic communication system

Bertin

2008

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Scientific communication has undergone deep transformations, since the emergence of Internet. Aiming to provide further thought on the evolution of scientific communication, this paper features a historical overview of the scientific communication advances over the last twenty years through a three-phase model for the evolution of the electronic journal and the preprints services, and presents Brazilian contemporary panorama for scientific communication. The three-phase model presented in this work is an adaptation of that one proposed by Tenopir et al. (2003) to describe the patterns of journal use by scientists since 1990. The early evolutionary phase followed the emergence of the first digital journals and the creation of repositories in the Web for publishing preliminary versions of scientific literature on the author’s initiative; by that time, most academics reproved electronic publishing initiatives. From 1996 and forward, in the consolidation phase, electronic journals were commonly identical to their print counterparts; the acceptance of the electronic format began to increase, and preprint services got underway in several disciplines. The advanced evolutionary phase started with the world discussion on open access to scientific information. The comparison of the current electronic journal with that viewed by enthusiasts in the first years of the 1990s shows that some aspects still remain to be improved in electronic formal and informal communication, towards effective dissemination of scientific information.

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Scholarly communication and electronic journals: An impact study

Cited by 75 publications

References 17 publications

The role of electronic preprints in chemical communication: Analysis of citation, usage, and acceptance in the journal literature

The role of electronic preprints in chemical communication: Analysis of citation, usage, and acceptance in the journal literature

Impact of digital information resources in the toxicology literature

A three-phase model proposal for the evolution of scientific communication: from first print periodicals to current electronic communication system

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