Result: Comparison of downloads, citations and readership data for two information systems journals

Title:
Comparison of downloads, citations and readership data for two information systems journals
Authors:
SCHLÖGL, Christian, GORRAIZ, Juan, GUMPENBERGER, Christian, JACK, Kris, KRAKER, Peter
Source:
Selected Papers of the 14th International Conference of the International Society for Scientometrics and Informetrics (ISSI), July 15-19, 2013, Vienna, AustriaScientometrics (Print). 101(2):1113-1128
Publisher Information:
Dordrecht: Springer, 2014.
Publication Year:
2014
Physical Description:
print, 1 p.3/4
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Subject Terms:
Information and communication sciences, Sciences de l'information communication, Documentation, Sciences exactes et technologie, Exact sciences and technology, Sciences et techniques communes, Sciences and techniques of general use, Sciences de l'information. Documentation, Information science. Documentation, Sciences de l'information et des bibliothèques. Etude d'ensemble, Library and information science. General aspects, Bibliométrie. Scientométrie. Evaluation, Bibliometrics. Scientometrics. Evaluation, Sciences de l'information et de la communication, Information and communication sciences, Bibliométrie. Scientométrie, Bibliometrics. Scientometrics, Citation, Citación, Etude comparative, Comparative study, Estudio comparativo, Facteur impact, Impact factor, Factor impacto, Périodique, Periodical, Periódico, Recherche scientifique, Scientific research, Investigación científica, Système référence, Reference system, Sistema referencia, Citations, Downloads, Information systems journals, Mendeley, Readership
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Institute of Information Science and Information Systems, University of Graz, Universitätsstr. 15/F3, 8010 Graz, Austria
Vienna University Library, Bibliometrics Department, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090 Vienna, Austria
Mendeley, 144a Clerkenwell Road, London EC1R5DF, United Kingdom
Know-Center, Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria
ISSN:
0138-9130
Access URL:
http://pascal-francis.inist.fr/vibad/index.php?action=search&terms=28892095
Rights:
Copyright 2015 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Sciences of information and communication. Documentation

FRANCIS
Accession Number:
edscal.28892095
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

In our article we compare downloads from ScienceDirect, citations from Scopus and readership data from the social reference management system Mendeley for articles from two information systems journals (Journal of Strategic Information Systems and Information and Management) published between 2002 and 2011. Our study shows a medium to high correlation between downloads and citations (Spearman r = 0.77/ 0.76) and between downloads and readership data (Spearman r = 0.73/0.66). The correlation between readership data and citations, however, was only medium-sized (Spearman r = 0.51/0.59). These results suggest that there is at least some difference between the two usage measures and the citation impact of the analysed information systems articles. As expected, downloads and citations have different obsolescence characteristics. While the highest number of downloads are usually made in the publication year and immediately afterwards, it takes several years until the citation maximum is reached. Furthermore, there was a re-increase in the downloads in later years which might be an indication that citations also have an effect on downloads to some degree.