Sat, 26 Jul 2008 08:15:02 BST CiteULike: JSicot Turk http://www.citeulike.org/user/JSicot/author/Turk CiteULike.org en-gb Copyright © 2004-2008 citeulike.org http://www.citeulike.org/user/JSicot/article/2770600 <i>New Library World, Vol. 109, No. 1/2. (2008), pp. 65-74.</i><br /><br />Purpose – This literature review aims to provide a synthesis of available key information about the citation impact of Open Access journals in LIS and science in general. Citation impact is defined as a surrogate measure of citation counts. Design/methodology/approach – Based on a literature review, this paper discusses the methodology of the data collections for citation counts. The literature review is structured to address the literature about citation impact of Open Access journals. Findings – The literature review indicates that there is quite a uniform way about methodology of citation counts and substantial research about motivation for URL citations to LIS articles. Originality/value – This literature review is a comprehensive study of the main research about citation impact of Open Access journals, focused on LIS journals. Citation impact of Open Access journals Nana Turk doi:10.1108/03074800810846010 New Library World, Vol. 109, No. 1/2. (2008), pp. 65-74. 2008-05-08T10:21:33-00:00 2008 New Library World 109 1/2 65 74 citation_impact open open_access open_journal_systems http://www.citeulike.org/user/JSicot/article/1375724 <i>Automation in Construction, Vol. 12, No. 6. (November 2003), pp. 677-687.</i><br /><br />In the past, paper-based publications were both the medium for the information exchange among the scientists as well as the measure of their scientific quality. Recently electronic publication is increasingly important for the dissemination of scientific work, while evaluation of scientists and institutions remains largely based on the printed publications. In the "material world", associations, such as eCAADe have been providing a stage for getting the right people together and through annual conferences and seminars made sure that research results were heard and read. The Internet and the Web are allowing the scientists to pursue those activities on their own or through flexibly organized "virtual" associations. Electronic publications also provide a basis for efficient management of scientific knowledge--discovering related work, reduction of the duplicate efforts, establishment of virtual research teams etc. In this paper, we present the goals and initial results of an EU-project called SciX: "Open, Self Organising Repository for Scientific Information Exchange". The goal of SciX is to analyze the business processes of scientific publishing, to invent new publication models and through a series of pilots to demonstrate how this will work. In the envisioned scenarios, professional associations such as eCAADe play an important role. Their members are the potential users of SciX's platforms, authors and readers of the papers. Associations could also become the publishers and archivists of the knowledge created within their respective community. The objectives of this contribution focus on involving the eCAADe-community in the developments in SciX, on fine-shaping the goals, as well as on defining the requirements and monitoring the usability of the pilots. Re-engineering the scientific knowledge management process: the SciX project Bob Martens Ziga Turk Bo-Christer Bjork Grahame Cooper Automation in Construction, Vol. 12, No. 6. (November 2003), pp. 677-687. 2007-06-10T10:24:33-00:00 2003 Automation in Construction 12 6 677 687 scholary_communication scix_project