An investigation of recall in the ABI/INFORM database when selecting by journal

Abstract

Recall was investigated in the ABI/INFORM database in the four key Fields through which the same journal might be selected: Journal Code (JC), Journal Title (JN), CODEN (CO), and ISSN (SN). Considering thirteen journal titles, recoveries are given for each of the key fields and ranked in descending order of recall JC, JN(EXPAND), SN, CO, JN. Some non‐recoveries are investigated and reasons are given. Variant spelling is the most commonly encountered error in the JN Field. Missing information is the most common cause of non‐recovery in the JC, CO and SN fields.

Citation

Keck, B.L. (1981), "An investigation of recall in the ABI/INFORM database when selecting by journal", Online Review, Vol. 5 No. 5, pp. 395-398. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb024075