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Reading factor: a bibliometric tool to manage a virtual library.

B Thirion1, S J Darmoni, J Benichou

  • 1Medical Library, Rouen University Hospital, France.

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics
|October 18, 2001
PubMed
Summary

The new "reading factor" measures journal usefulness by electronic consultations, unlike the impact factor. This metric reveals journal hierarchies and aids virtual library collection management and cost-analysis.

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Area of Science:

  • Bibliometrics
  • Information Science

Background:

  • The impact factor is a common but limited metric for evaluating biomedical journals.
  • It does not assess the practical usefulness of primary research articles.
  • Journal usefulness is field-specific and varies across specialties.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce a new bibliometric criterion, the "reading factor" (RF).
  • Evaluate the RF's correlation with the impact factor.
  • Demonstrate the RF's utility in managing a virtual library collection.

Main Methods:

  • Defined the reading factor as the ratio of a journal's electronic consultations to the mean electronic consultations of all journals.
  • Analyzed electronic consultation records from a University Hospital medical digital library.

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  • Compared the RF with the 1998 impact factor for 45 biomedical journals.

    • Main Results:

    • Found no correlation between the 1999 reading factor and the 1998 impact factor.
    • Observed a significant shift in journal hierarchy when using the RF instead of the impact factor.
    • Demonstrated the RF's effectiveness in guiding journal collection management and discard decisions.

    Conclusions:

    • The reading factor is a practical, efficient, and automated tool for evaluating journal usage.
    • It serves as a valuable asset for librarians in electronic collection management.
    • The RF facilitates cost-analysis within virtual libraries.