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The association between Mendeley early readership and later citations in library and information science journals
*Lambodara ParabhoiCorresponding authorsuresh19871987@gmaill.comIndian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas Shimla 171005 Himachal Pradesh IndiaView full profile → , Damodar Parabhoidamodarparabhoi@gmail.comIndian Institute of Advanced Study Rashtrapati Nivas Shimla 171005 Himachal Pradesh IndiaView full profile → , Ramani Ranjan Sahusahu.ramaniranjan0@gmail.comSenior Library Information Assistant (SLIA) Central Library IIT Kharagpur IndiaKharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, IndiaView full profile → , Manoj Kumar Vermamanojdlis@mzu.edu.inDepartment of Library & Information Science Mizoram University Aizawl 796004 IndiaView full profile → , Rebecca Susan Deweyrebecca.dewey@nottingham.ac.ukUniversity of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD U. K.Nottingham, U.K.View full profile →
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- Published Online:
- 01 Jun 2023
- Article type:
- Research Article
- Language:
- EN
- Article no.:
- CJSIM-2022-0074
- Pages:
- 203–215
Abstract
Altmetrics indicators are useful for assessing the impact of research and have been increasingly used alongside traditional citations in recent years. Mendeley provides readership statistics which give an early indicator of the impact of research outputs. This study aimed to investigate how Mendeley early readership indicator was associated with later citations across nine selected library and information science (LIS) journals. This study examined bibliographic data of 9 LIS journals extracted from the Scopus database over a 17 months period from June 2019 to November 2020. Data were extracted using Webometric Analyst. Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was used to characterize the relationship between these two variables. The number of readers per paper, and of each journal are described using mean, standard deviation, frequency, and geometric mean. Readership growth was increased in all selected journals, but citation growth was unstable in most of the journals. Early readership statistics positively correlated with early citation analysis in all journals except the Journal of Educational Media and Library Science, which had a weaker positive correlation. The correlation between early readership and later citation numbers varied, with some journals being moderately positive and some weakly positive.
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