Bibliometrics for e-journals ('Information Research', Sept 2001)

[Philip Hunter]

*apologies for cross posting*

The current issue of Information Research contains an interesting article on
the 'Bibliometrics of electronic journals in information science' by Donald
T. Hawkins, Editor-in-Chief, Information Science Abstracts, Information
Today, Inc.

http://informationr.net/ir/7-1/paper120.html.

The article analyses some of the measurable characteristics of e-journals in
the field of Information Science, including D-Lib, First Monday, Journal of
Digital Information, LIBRES, etc., and the UKOLN magazines Ariadne and
Cultivate Interactive. It contains statistical data about contributing
authors, their geographical locations and institutions, subject area
coverage within the field, etc. The data covers the period 1995 to the
present.

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Philip Hunter,  Information Officer at UKOLN, and Editor of Ariadne
Magazine,
UKOLN, c/o Library, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY
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email: p.j.hunter at ukoln.ac.uk
http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/   http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/services/elib/
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