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Relying on electronic journals: Reading patterns of astronomers

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

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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.

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  • Carol Tenopir & Donald W. King & Peter Boyce & Matt Grayson & Keri‐Lynn Paulson, 2005. "Relying on electronic journals: Reading patterns of astronomers," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 56(8), pages 786-802, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:56:y:2005:i:8:p:786-802
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.20167
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    1. Henneken, Edwin A. & Kurtz, Michael J. & Accomazzi, Alberto & Grant, Carolyn S. & Thompson, Donna & Bohlen, Elizabeth & Murray, Stephen S., 2009. "Use of astronomical literature—A report on usage patterns," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 3(1), pages 1-8.
    2. Ling-Ling Wu & Mu-Hsuan Huang & Ching-Yi Chen, 2012. "Citation patterns of the pre-web and web-prevalent environments: The moderating effects of domain knowledge," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 63(11), pages 2182-2194, November.
    3. Ehsan Mohammadi & Mike Thelwall & Kayvan Kousha, 2016. "Can Mendeley bookmarks reflect readership? A survey of user motivations," Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 67(5), pages 1198-1209, May.

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