Pascal Bador, Chérifa Boukacem‐Zeghmouri, Thierry Lafouge, Hélène Prost and Joachim Schöpfel
The article aims to investigate the customers for the document supply of print serials.
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Purpose
The article aims to investigate the customers for the document supply of print serials.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on data from INIST‐CNRS for document supply requests in pharmacology. Data were collected from 1998 to 2005 (10,000+ customer accounts with 4.6m orders).
Findings
The article provides information about the distribution of orders per customer type, about the geographical origin of customers, about the ordering trends among pharmaceutical customers and of pharmaceutical journals.
Originality/value
This is the last of three articles on a longitudinal study over 13 years on different aspects of the relationship between document supply and impact factor (citations) in pharmacology, a scientific domain with a high use of scientific information.
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Pascal Bador, Chérifa Boukacem‐Zeghmouri, Thierry Lafouge, Hélène Prost and Joachim Schöpfel
The article aims to investigate the correlation between citations and the document supply of print serials.
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Purpose
The article aims to investigate the correlation between citations and the document supply of print serials.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on data from INIST‐CNRS for document supply requests and from ISI for citations from 89 serials with JCR impact factors in pharmacology. Data were collected from 1992 to 2004.
Findings
The results distinguish four groups of serials with different relationships between document supply requests and citations. The characteristics of the serials of the four groups are described (year of creation, price, etc.). The evolution of the correlation between document supply and citations is analysed.
Originality/value
This is the second of three articles on a longitudinal study over 13 years on different aspects of the relationship between document supply and impact factor (citations) in pharmacology, a scientific domain with a high use of scientific information.
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Chérifa Boukacem‐Zeghmouri, Pascal Bador, Thierry Lafouge, Hélène Prost and Joachim Schöpfel
The article seeks to investigate the evolution of document supply of print serials.
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Purpose
The article seeks to investigate the evolution of document supply of print serials.
Design/methodology/approach
The study is based on data from INIST‐CNRS – document supply requests and access to electronic resources – of 95 serials with JCR impact factors in pharmacology. Data were collected from 1992 to 2003.
Findings
The results distinguish four groups of serials each with a different evolution of document supply requests. Nevertheless, the overall decline from 1999 is a global phenomenon linked to growing access to online journals and there seems little likelihood of a slowdown for the next few years.
Originality/value
This is the first of three articles on a longitudinal study over 12 years on different aspects of the relationship between document supply and impact factor (citations) in pharmacology, a scientific domain with a high use of scientific information.
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Chérifa Boukacem‐Zeghmouri and Joachim Schöpfel
This article seeks to investigate the impact of the open archive initiative on the document supply of grey literature.
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Purpose
This article seeks to investigate the impact of the open archive initiative on the document supply of grey literature.
Design/methodology/approach
The article is based on a comparative survey of five major institutions: The British Library (UK), CISTI (Canada), INIST‐CNRS (France), KISTI (South Korea) and TIB Hannover (Germany).
Findings
All major document suppliers are more or less deeply involved in the open archive movement, and this involvement has an obvious impact on the policy of acquisition, archiving and supply of grey literature (dissertations, reports, conferences, etc.).
Originality/value
Even if the impact of increased access to digital resources on document supply is relatively well documented, little is known about the specific effect on grey literature, especially in the OA environment. This study provides some evidence concerning this effect.
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This article uses the results of a thesis to analyse the changing structure of access services to scientific and technical information in French university libraries, and…
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This article uses the results of a thesis to analyse the changing structure of access services to scientific and technical information in French university libraries, and corresponding changes in the role of inter‐library loan services. These changes have mainly occurred with the growing integration of electronic resources in collections and an overhaul of the services on offer. Given the specific features of access systems to scientific information and the wide range of users in the various sections of university libraries, we will be attempting a detailed analysis of the situation in the French university network.
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Claire Leduc and Joachim Schöpfel
– The paper of this paper is to explore the usage patterns of e-journals in French business schools.
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Purpose
The paper of this paper is to explore the usage patterns of e-journals in French business schools.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper exploits COUNTER-compliant usage statistics from a nationwide usage study with data from journal collections of an international academic publisher.
Findings
With regard to online collections, the usage appears to be relatively intensive, especially when compared to usage statistics from universities in the same fields. This result may reflect an emerging research activity in business schools and a projected and required international orientation. However, the study also reveals important differences between schools, a fact that should not be overestimated because of the small sample size, even if the sample is a representative of French business schools.
Research limitations/implications
The paper uses empirical data from a national usage study to identify specific patterns in business schools. It does not integrate qualitative survey data or deep log file analysis.
Originality/value
Very few studies provide empirical evidence of e-journal usage in business schools. The paper enhances the knowledge on usage in specific environments in higher education. This is the first usage study with French business schools.
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This paper explores the different open science policy effects on the knowledge generation process of researchers in basic sciences: biology, chemistry and physics.
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Purpose
This paper explores the different open science policy effects on the knowledge generation process of researchers in basic sciences: biology, chemistry and physics.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper uses a qualitative methodology with a content analysis approach. It uses seventeen semi-directed interviews.
Findings
The main perceived effect of open science is access to research inputs, with open access, open research data and code reuse as primary sources. Another issue is the increase of collaboration with other colleagues in terms of the ability to collaborate faster and encouraging the exchange of ideas. However, this benefit does not translate to the division of labor in large transnational teams. Time spent on tasks like cleaning up data and code, scooping and other ethical issues are unfavorable aspects noted.
Practical implications
Policymakers could use this study to enhance current open science policies in the countries.
Originality/value
This study analyzes the perspectives of basic sciences researchers from two countries about open science policies. The main conclusion is the fact that open science policies should focus on the research process itself – rather than research outputs – in order to effectively tackle inequalities in science.
Peer review
The peer review history for this article is available at: https://publons.com/publon/10.1108/OIR-03-2023-0135