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Quality of Academic Journals in Full Text Databases and Discovery Services

Quality of Academic Journals in Full Text Databases and Discovery Services . Among Peers First Seminar t o publish and browse scientific information nets Centro Cultural Universitario Tlatelolco September 25, 2012. Paul Donovan Senior Vice President EBSCO Publishing.

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Quality of Academic Journals in Full Text Databases and Discovery Services

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  1. Quality of Academic Journalsin Full Text Databasesand Discovery Services Among Peers First Seminar to publish and browse scientific information nets Centro Cultural UniversitarioTlatelolco September 25, 2012 Paul Donovan Senior Vice President EBSCO Publishing

  2. Dilemma & Solution • Although not perfect, there are many optionsfor measuring the quality of journals • This includes one well-established andwell-respected tool (Web of Science) • Dilemma – Full-text Databases have no such tools • Solution – Use the journal quality measurement tools to compare the active full text in each database or package to measure value

  3. Major Quality Measurement Tools • Journals: • Eigenfactor (University of Washington, using JCR data) • Individually published ranking studies for journalsin various disciplines (Faculty) • PageRank (Google) • SCImago Journal Rank (based on Scopus data) • Web of Science / ISI / JCR / Impact Factor (Thomson Reuters) • Licensed or subject specific databases • Full-Text Databases: • None

  4. How are the Journal tools used with databases? • Used to identify titles to be indexed in our databases • Used to identify journals to be targeted for full text licensing • Used to measure the value and usefulness of our databases vs. competing databases in the market

  5. EigenfactorExample…

  6. 2012 Top FiveAcademic Business Journals BusinessSource CompleteFull Text Coverage ABI/INFORMCompleteFull Text Coverage Business Insights: Essentials Full Text Coverage Rank Journal Name Rank Journal Name 1 Academy of Management Journal Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text 2 Academy of Management Review Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text 3 Strategic Management Journal No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text EmbargoedFull Text 4 Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text 5 Journal of Marketing Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text Eigenfactor.org Business Journals Ranking (Most Current Ranking as of 25 July 2012) 2011 Top FiveAcademic Business Journals BusinessSource CompleteFull Text Coverage ABI/INFORMCompleteFull Text Coverage Business Insights: Essentials Full Text Coverage Rank Journal Name Rank Journal Name 1 Academy of Management Review Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text 2 Academy of Management Journal Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text 3 Administrative Science Quarterly Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text 4 MIS Quarterly Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text 5 Journal of Marketing Active Full Text,NO Embargo No OngoingFull Text No OngoingFull Text Eigenfactor.org Business Journals Ranking (Most Current Ranking as of 8 March 2011)

  7. Individually PublishedJournal Ranking Studies (Faculty)

  8. Management Journals Ranked Study by Coe & Weinstock from Academy of Management Journal EBSCO ProQuest Gale Rank Journal Name 1 Administrative Science Quarterly Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text Halted Full Text 2 Academy of Management Journal Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text 3 Harvard Business Review Full Text withNO Embargo NO Full Text Halted Full Text 4 Management Science EmbargoedFull Text EmbargoedFull Text EmbargoedFull Text 5 Operations Research EmbargoedFull Text EmbargoedFull Text EmbargoedFull Text 6 Academy of Management Review Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text 7 Industrial & Labor Relations Review Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text Halted Full Text 8 California Management Review Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text Marketing Journals Ranked Study by Gordon and Heischmidt from Journal of Marketing Education EBSCO ProQuest Gale Rank Journal Name 1 Journal of Marketing Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text 2 Journal of Marketing Research (JMR) Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text Data (for both of the above) from September 12, 2012

  9. MIS Journals Ranked Mylonopoulos & Theoharakis: http://www.bus.ucf.edu/csaunders/newjournal.htm EBSCO ProQuest Gale Rank Journal Name 1 MIS Quarterly Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text Halted Full Text 2 Communications of the ACM Full Text withNO Embargo NO Full Text Halted Full Text 3 Information Systems Research EmbargoedFull Text EmbargoedFull Text EmbargoedFull Text 4 Journal of Management Information Systems Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text POM Journals Ranked Ranking from Barman et al (Relevance): http://www.bus.ucf.edu/csaunders/newjournal.htm EBSCO ProQuest Gale Rank Journal Name 1 Journal of Operations Management NO Full Text NO Full Text NO Full Text 2 International Journal of Production Research EmbargoedFull Text NO Full Text NO Full Text Data (for both of the above) from September 12, 2012

  10. Accounting Journals Ranked Hasselback et al, appeared in Accounting Forum, Volume 26, Issue 1, Pg 45 EBSCO ProQuest Gale Rank Journal Name 1 Journal of Accounting Research EmbargoedFull Text NO Full Text NO Full Text 2 Accounting Review Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text Soon To Be HaltedFull Text 3 Journal of Accounting & Economics NO Full Text NO Full Text NO Full Text 4 Accounting, Organizations & Society NO Full Text NO Full Text NO Full Text 4 Contemporary Accounting Research EmbargoedFull Text Halted Full Text NO Full Text 4 Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance Full Text withNO Embargo NO Full Text NO Full Text Finance Journals Ranked Study by Mabry & Sharplin, “Conclusions, a Final Ranking of Finance Journals”, The Journal of Financial Research EBSCO ProQuest Gale Rank Journal Name 1 Journal of Finance EmbargoedFull Text NO Full Text NO Full Text 2 Journal of Financial Economics NO Full Text NO Full Text NO Full Text 3 Journal of Financial & Quantitative Analysis Full Text withNO Embargo Halted Full Text NO Full Text Halted Full Text 4 Journal of Money, Credit & Banking EmbargoedFull Text Halted Full Text Data (for both of the above) from September 12, 2012

  11. Web of Science Analysis…

  12. Uniqueness of Quality Journals Compared Compared on September 12, 2012

  13. Uniqueness of Quality Journals Compared Compared on September 12, 2012

  14. EBSCOhost Databases: Contributing to increase exposure of Mexican Journals • How often journals are cited is based partly on how often they are used and seen • Inclusion in databases increases visibility, usage and circulation outside the traditional subscription base • EBSCOhost databases include close to 40% of all the journals indexed in the Indice de RevistasMexicanas de InvestigaciónCientífica y Tecnológica

  15. Measuring the Value ofOpen Access Content in Databases • EBSCO indexes more open access journals than all other organizations combined: • TOTAL open access journals indexed by EBSCO = 4,919 • TOTAL open access journals indexed by EBSCOand listed in DOAJ = 3,671 • How do we determine what journals to target? • What subject areas? • Peer reviewed? • Who is on the board?

  16. Citation Information in Full Text Products • Business Source= 1,414 • Academic Search = 1,447 • Historical Abstracts=700 • Education Research Complete=1,190 • Humanities International Complete= 780 • Political Science Complete=424 • Communication & Mass Media Complete= 381 • Over 50 databases with searchable references • Web Of Science available for mutual customers with EBSCO Discovery Service

  17. Dilemma • Academic community is constantly working to define academic content • Subject specific databases work to highlight the most relevant content in a subject area • Yet, there is a movement to provide a Google-like experience in academic research with a Discovery Service • The challenge lays in providing a Discovery service while also maintaining the ability to deliver relevant academic content

  18. Discovery ServicesWhat is the goal?To have a single common user interface for all content, while returning relevant high quality results

  19. Most Discovery Services rarely include subject indexes

  20. Discovery services will rarely be able to search the subject headings of the top non-government subject indexes YES • NO • ABSEES • Academic SearchElite / Premier / Complete • AgeLine • AGRICOLA • Alternative Press Index • Alternative Press Index Archive • America: History & Life / Full Text • Applied Science & Technology Abstracts / Full Text • Applied Science & TechnologyIndex Retrospective • Art & Architecture Index / Complete • Art Abstracts / Full Text • Art Index Retrospective • ATLA Religion Database • Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals • Bibliography of Native North Americans • Biological & Agricultural Index Plus • Biological Abstracts • Biological Abstracts Archive • Business Periodicals Index / Full Text • Business Periodicals Index Retrospective • Business SourceElite / Premier / Complete • CAB Abstracts • CAB Archive • Catholic Periodical &Literature Index Online • Chemical Abstracts • Child Development & Adolescent Studies • CINAHL • Communication &Mass Media Index / Complete • Communication Abstracts • Computers & Applied SciencesIndex / Complete • Criminal Justice Abstracts • Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source • EconLit • Education Abstracts / Full Text • Education Index Retrospective • Education Research Index / Complete • Ei Compendex • EMBASE • Environment Index / Complete • Essay & General Literature Index • Family & Society Studies Worldwide • Family Studies Abstracts • Film & Television LiteratureIndex / Full Text • FRANCIS • FSTA: Food Science &Technology Abstracts • Gender Studies Database • General Science Abstracts / Full Text • ERIC • MEDLINE • MLA International Bibliography

  21. Discovery Services:What is the risk? Exposing users/researchers to a large quantity of results from poor quality, non academic sources

  22. EBSCO Discovery Service Platform blending allows to integrate subject indexing to the discovery experience

  23. How Does Platform Blending Work?

  24. Conclusions • No tools exist for measuring the value of full text databases • EBSCO uses the tools available for measuring the quality of journals to build and compare it’s databases to others in the market • The large subscription base of full text databases and discovery services helps journals increase visibility and usage • Some discovery services do not have the functionality or meta data to highlight academic content

  25. Thank You! Paul Donovan Senior Vice President EBSCO Publishing

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