Relying on electronic journals: Reading patterns of astronomers

Carol Tenopir, Donald W. King, Peter Boyce, Matt Grayson and Keri‐Lynn Paulson

Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2005, vol. 56, issue 8, 786-802

Abstract: Surveys of the members of the American Astronomical Society identify how astronomers use journals and what features and formats they prefer. While every work field is distinct, the patterns of use by astronomers may provide a glimpse of what to expect of journal patterns and use by other scientists. Astronomers, like other scientists, continue to invest a large amount of their time in reading articles and place a high level of importance on journal articles. They use a wide variety of formats and means to get access to materials that are essential to their work in teaching, service, and research. They select access means that are convenient—whether those means be print, electronic, or both. The availability of a mature electronic journals system from their primary professional society has surely influenced their early adoption of e‐journals.

Date: 2005
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