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Relationships between consumption, publication and impact in French universities in a value perspective: a bibliometric analysis - Online First - Springer

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Relationships between consumption, publication and impact in French universities in a value perspective: a bibliometric analysis

  • Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri
  • , Pascal Bador 
  • , Thierry Lafouge
  • , Hélène Prost

Abstract

The study aims to investigate the relationships between consumption of e-journals distributed by Elsevier ScienceDirect
platform, publication (articles) and impact (citations) in a sample of
13 French universities, from 2003 to 2009. It adopts a value perspective
as it questions whether or not publication activity and impact are some
kind of return led by consumption. A bibliometric approach was used to
explore the relations between these three variables. The analysis
developed indicators inspired by the mathematical h-Index
technique. Results show that the relation between consumption,
publication and citations depends on the discipline’s profile, the
intensity of research and the size of each institution. Moreover,
although relations have been observed between the three variables, it is
not possible to determine which variable comes first to explain the
phenomena. The study concludes by showing strong correlations, which
nevertheless do not lead to clear causal relations. The article provide
practical implication for academic library managers who want to show the
added value of their electronic e-journals collections can replicate
the study approach. Also for policy makers who want to take into account
e-journals usage as an informative tool to predict the importance of
publication activity.

Keywords

Scholarly journals
e-Journals

ScienceDirect

Value
Academic libraries
Downloads
Citations
Impact
Articles
Publication
Research outcomes

h-Index

France
Bibliometry


Relationships between consumption, publication and impact in French universities in a value perspective: a bibliometric analysis - Online First - Springer

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