... of the library’s users. Research reported here refers to the first stage of a three‐stage research project. Digital communications Libraries Electronic publishing Online retrieval Journal publishing Despite widespread industry interest in what is plainly a strategic topic to all interest groups...

... (p = 0.07) while the latter is (p = 0.03). Combining data from different search engines directly (in this case, taking a simple average) does not seem to be beneficial in terms of providing more information. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Journal publishing Electronic publishing Web...

... Newspaper publishing Journal publishing Media People have always enjoyed telling each other stories and the role of story‐teller and journalist go back into antiquity. There always seem to be two parts to this role, which are often carried out separately. First is the passing on of information...

... are examined. An estimate of global author numbers is made. Reader and readership studies combined with bibliometric analysis allow the proposal of a means of estimating reading rates of journals. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Academic staff Journal publishing The journal functions are performed...

... given the controversial nature of much data‐driven research evaluation. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Libraries Research Measurement Journal publishing Journal impact factors (JIFs) are widely accepted as a simple, useful and convenient shorthand notation for calibrating the relative...

... yet to be achieved © MCB UP Limited 2001 Journal publishing Libraries Information technology Digital Dilemmas: electronic challenges for the scienti¢c journal publisher1 Michael A Mabe Elsevier Science Ltd, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB m.mabe@elsevier.co.uk Excited by what...

... staff Journal publishing Research Comment When did peer review become anonymous? A.D. Madden JFS Learning Resources Centre, 175 Camden Road, London NW1 9HD admadden@hotmail.com Anonymous peer review is an important part of the process by which academic information is evaluated. Some of the problems...

... of sensational headlines giving examples of these. Concludes that unlike the technology world, newspaper and broadcasting world is full of dreamers staring only at their own reflection!. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Media Newspaper publishing Journal publishing Dumbing down: the only way is up Robin...