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Article Information:
Title:
Yield sequences as journal attractivity indicators: “payback times” for
Author(s):
Liming Liang, Ronald Rousseau
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Year:
2008
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Issue:
Page:
229 - 245
DOI:
10.1108/00220410810858038
Publisher:
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Abstract:
Purpose – The yield period of a journal is defined as the time needed to accumulate the same number of citations as the number of references included during the period of study. Yield sequences are proposed as journal attractivity indicators describing dynamic characteristics of a journal. This paper aims to investigate their use.
Design/methodology/approach – As a case study the yield sequences of the journals
Findings – The study finds that yield sequences make dynamic aspects of a journal visible, as reflected through citations. Exceptional circumstances (here the publication of Laemmli's paper in 1970 in the journal
Originality/value – A new dynamic indicator for the study of journals is introduced.
Keywords:
Case studies,
Electronic journals,
Reference services,
User studies
Article Type:
Research paper
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Article URL:
www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/00220410810858038