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Journal Value Project

Journal Value Project. Travis Warwick Kleene Mathematics Library University of Wisconsin twarwick@library.wisc.edu. Primary Goals. Provide an additional method of journal evaluation. Provide public access to the data collected.

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Journal Value Project

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  1. Journal Value Project Travis Warwick Kleene Mathematics Library University of Wisconsintwarwick@library.wisc.edu

  2. Primary Goals • Provide an additional method of journal evaluation • Provide public access to the data collected • Through collaboration, expand the database to cover a broader collection of titles

  3. Creating the Database • Variety of obstacles Staffing Intended use Design requirements Connecting the user with the developer

  4. Creating the Database (cont.) • Collecting the Data Page Counts Price Publisher type (profit, non-profit, profit working for society) Character Count Sampling Take three pages from three separate issues Average the number of lines per page Average the number of characters in a five line block of solid text

  5. Cost per page From 0.06 to 5.10 • Low endReal Analysis Exchange 0.06Illinois Journal of Math. 0.10Journal of the AmericanMathematical Society 0.11 • High endArchiv der Mathematik 1.40Inventiones Mathematicae 1.47Algebra & Logic 4.15Functional Analysis &its Applications 5.10

  6. Cost per 1000 characters From 0.02 to 1.06 • Low endReal Analysis Exchange 0.02Illinois Journal of Math. 0.03Journal of the AmericanMathematical Society 0.03 • High endArchiv der Mathematik 0.43Inventiones Mathematicae 0.44Algebra & Logic 0.89Functional Analysis &its Applications 1.06

  7. Cost per 1000 characters divided by Impact Factor Canadian Mathematical Bulletin 1.22Monatshefte für Mathematik 1.36Archiv der Mathematik 1.46Sbornik. Mathematics 2.11Functional Analysis &its Applications 3.37 Journal of the AmericanMathematical Society 0.01Annals of Mathematics 0.03Revista Matemática Iberoamericana 0.04SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

  8. So What? • Wendt Engineering • Chemistry Cost per 1000 characters From < 0.01 to 1.10 Cost per 1000 characters From 0.01 to 0.59 Cost per 1000 characters/ Impact Factor From < 0.01 to 1.04 Cost per 1000 characters/ Impact Factor From < 0.01 to 10.03

  9. Future Plans • Database Improvements • Collaborate to improve coverage • Incorporate local use • Consider data over time Plaintiffs’ evidence that there are reasons why their journals cost more in no way makes false the statement that they do cost more. Judge Leonard B. Sand,U.S. District Court Southern District of New York

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