journal value project travis warwick kleene mathematics library university of wisconsin
DESCRIPTION
Creating the Database Variety of obstacles Staffing Intended use Design requirements Connecting the user with the developerTRANSCRIPT
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
Creating the Database
•Variety of obstacles Staffing Intended use Design requirements
Connecting the user with the developer
•Collecting the DataPage CountsPricePublisher type (profit, non-profit,
profit working for society)Character Count Sampling
Take three pages from three separate issuesAverage the number of lines per pageAverage the number of characters in a five line block of solid text
Creating the Database (cont.)
Cost per page
•Low endReal Analysis Exchange 0.06Illinois Journal of Math. 0.10Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.11
From 0.06 to 5.10
•High endArchiv der Mathematik 1.40Inventiones Mathematicae 1.47Algebra & Logic 4.15Functional Analysis &
its Applications 5.10
Cost per 1000 characters
•Low endReal Analysis Exchange 0.02Illinois Journal of Math. 0.03Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.03
From 0.02 to 1.06
•High endArchiv der Mathematik 0.43Inventiones Mathematicae 0.44Algebra & Logic 0.89Functional Analysis &
its Applications 1.06
Cost per 1000 characters divided by Impact Factor
Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.01 Annals of Mathematics 0.03Revista Matemática Iberoamericana 0.04SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics
Canadian Mathematical Bulletin 1.22Monatshefte für Mathematik 1.36Archiv der Mathematik1.46Sbornik. Mathematics 2.11Functional Analysis & its Applications3.37
So What?
•Chemistry •Wendt Engineering
Cost per 1000 charactersFrom 0.01 to 0.59
Cost per 1000 charactersFrom < 0.01 to 1.10
Cost per 1000 characters/Impact Factor
From < 0.01 to 1.04
Cost per 1000 characters/Impact Factor
From < 0.01 to 10.03
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