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Comparing book citations in humanities journals to library holdings : scholarly use versus 'perceived cultural benefit' (RIP)
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Abstract
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| In this paper we examine the statistical relationship between citation counts to books referenced in SCOPUS humanities journals and library holding counts ('libcitations') retrieved from WorldCat®. Our focus is on books (with ISBN numbers) published between 2001-2006, which received citations in History and Literature & Literary Theory journals during the period of 2007-2011. A Spearman's rank correlation coefficient was used, and our test resulted in significant correlations between the citations and 'libcitations'. We present and discuss the details of our dataset (extracted from a much larger, newly constructed database), and comment on why the 'perceived cultural benefit'of holding a book in a research library can lead to, but may not necessarily lead to use (i.e., a citation) of that book in new humanities research. |
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Language
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English
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Source (book)
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Proceedings of ISSI 2013 : 14th International Society of Scientometrics and Informetrics Conference Vienna, Austria, 15th to 20th July 2013 / Gorraiz, Juan [edit.]; et al.
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Publication
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Vienna
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Austria Institute of Technology
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2013
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ISBN
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978-3-200-03135-7
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Volume/pages
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p. 353-360
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ISI
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000353961700028
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