Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Services: The Impacts of Open Access Journals and E-Journals on a Changing Scenario (Chandos Information Professional Series)

This book has been written with a view to understand the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. Using relevant OA journals this book presents and evaluates journals qualitatively and quantitatively. Over the last three hundred years scholarly journals have been the prime mode of transport in communicating the scholarly research process. However in the last few decades, a changing scenario has been witnessed in their form and format. OA is an innovative idea that attracts a fair amount of support and opposition around the world because it bridges the gap between digitally divided scholars by solving the pricing and permission crises that have imbalanced the scholarly communication process. Some scholars are of the opinion that OA has led to a chaotic environment where anyone can publish anything. Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Services records, in detail, the impact by accessing the journals' web site qualitatively and quantitatively in measuring the important elements such as articles, authors, countries, subjects and cited references. Finally, the book calculates the impact factor using synchronous and asynchronous approaches. First ever study to extensively evaluate LIS Journals' Web site qualitatively by using a newly developed set of criteria LIS OA journals are also evaluated quantitatively Counts citations of LIS OA articles in terms of formal citations by using Google Scholar This book has been written with a view to understand the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. Using relevant OA journals this book presents and evaluates journals qualitatively and quantitatively. Over the last three hundred years scholarly journals have been the prime mode of transport in communicating the scholarly research process. However in the last few decades, a changing scenario has been witnessed in their form and format. OA is an innovative idea that attracts a fair amount of support and opposition around the world because it bridges the gap between digitally divided scholars by solving the pricing and permission crises that have imbalanced the scholarly communication process. Some scholars are of the opinion that OA has led to a chaotic environment where anyone can publish anything. Scholarly Communication in Library and Information Services records, in detail, the impact by accessing the journals’ web site qualitatively and quantitatively in measuring the important elements such as articles, authors, countries, subjects and cited references. Finally, the book calculates the impact factor using synchronous and asynchronous approaches.

• First ever study to extensively evaluate LIS Journals’ Web site qualitatively by using a newly developed set of criteria
• LIS OA journals are also evaluated quantitatively
• Counts citations of LIS OA articles in terms of formal citations by using Google Scholar

Over the last three hundred years scholarly journals have been the prime mode of transport in communicating the scholarly research process. Recent decades have ushered in a changing scenario in both the form and format of these journals. Open Access (OA) is an innovative idea that attracts a fair amount of support and opposition around the world because it bridges the gap between digitally divided scholars by solving the pricing and permission crises that have imbalanced the scholarly communication process. Some scholars are of the opinion that OA has led to a chaotic environment where anyone can publish anything. Mukherjee uses both quantitative and qualitative methodologies to evaluate the validity of the perceptions of Open Access (OA) e-journals in the Library and Information Science (LIS) field. His book records, in detail, the impact by accessing the journals{u2019} website qualitatively and quantitatively in measuring the important elements like articles, authors, countries, subjects, and cited references. Key content areas are: {u2022} Changing scenario of scholarly communication: journals, E-journals and open access journals {u2022} Open access journals in library and information science {u2022} Qualitative, quantitative, and webometric analysis {u2022} Qualitative analysis of journals{u2019} website {u2022} Quantitative analysis of journals contents {u2022} Web citations analysis of journal content {u2022} Scholars{u2019} motivation for hyper linking Content: Front matter , Pages i-iii Copyright , Page iv Dedication , Page v List of figures and tables , Pages xi-xiii About the author , Page xiv Acknowledgments , Page xv List of Abbreviations , Pages xvi-xvii Preface , Pages xviii-xix 1 - Changing scenario of scholarly communication: Journals, e-journals and Open Access journals , Pages 1-37 2 - Open Access journals in Library and Information Science , Pages 39-89 3 - Qualitative, quantitative and webometric analysis , Pages 91-104 4 - Qualitative analysis of journals’ websites , Pages 105-140 5 - Quantitative analysis of journals’ contents , Pages 141-210 6 - Web citation analysis of journals’ contents , Pages 211-249 7 - Scholars’ motivation for hyperlinking , Pages 251-263 8 - Summary , Pages 265-280 Appendix: Criteria of incorporating journals in the most popular databases, indexing/abstracting services , Pages 281-284 Bibliography , Pages 285-294 Index , Pages 295-297