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An Economic Analysis of Foreign Scientific and Technical Journals using Cost Per Use Approach

  • Journal of the Korean Society for Library and Information Science
  • 2008, 42(4), pp.375-390
  • Publisher : 한국문헌정보학회
  • Research Area : Interdisciplinary Studies > Library and Information Science

Youngmi Jung 1 Heesop Kim 2

1동의대학교 문헌정보학과
2경북대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this case study is to analyze the economics of journals of Science and Technology using the cost per use(CPU) approach. To achieve this purpose, we selected 1,745 foreign academic journals randomly among the holdings at K institute in Korea, and analyzed the relationships between the CPU and 5 factors of journal, i.e., Impact Factors(IF), Overlap numbers of holding with other institutes, Language, Cost, and Frequency of use. It is found that all factors, except IF, are significantly influence to the CPU of foreign journals, and further detailed analysis is provided in term of the group differences within each factors.

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