Online Information Review: Volume 39 Issue 7

A hybrid indicator for journal ranking: An example from the field of Health Care Sciences and Services

Wen-Chin Hsu, Chih-Fong Tsai, Jia-Huan Li

Although journal rankings are important for authors, readers, publishers, promotion, and tenure committees, it has been argued that the use of different measures (e.g. the journal…

Updating controlled vocabularies by analysing query logs

Mari Vállez, Rafael Pedraza-Jiménez, Lluís Codina, Saúl Blanco, Cristòfol Rovira

Controlled vocabularies play an important role in information retrieval. Numerous studies have shown that conceptual searches based on vocabularies are more effective than keyword…

Understanding the role of argument quality in the adoption of online reviews: An empirical study integrating value-based decision and needs theory

Xi Xu, Zhong Yao

The purpose of this paper is to develop a research model that examines the effect of argument quality and argument perspective on the adoption of online reviews in a value-based…

Facebook use by the open access repository users

Jayan Chirayath Kurian

– The purpose of this paper is to explore the type and implications of user-generated content posted by users of an open access institutional repository (DSpace) on Facebook.

Trading with privacy: the price of personal information

Nili Steinfeld

– The purpose of this paper is to examine how users in an anonymous virtual environment react to an offer to trade in access to their social network profile.

Evolution of the online information industry in Spain, 1973-2014: Actors, products and services

Antonio Muñoz-Cañavate, Pedro Hípola

The purpose of this paper is to first, describe the origins and evolution of electronic information products and services for the business community in Spain and second, to…