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A study reported in 1973 based on the journal articles listed in the 1967 volume of Library Literature (4,418 journal articles in 247 journals) showed that, of 3,420 selected articles in 242 journals (excluding news and announcements about people and conferences, etc.), the 6 most frequently cited journals were as follows:
Library Journal (incl. School Library Journal) 575 (16.8%) articles
Publisher’s Weekly 149 (4.4%) articles
Wilson Library Bulletin 131 (3.8%) articles
Medical Library Association Bulletin 94 (2.7%) articles
ALA Bulletin (American Libraries) 88 (2.6%) articles
Library of Congress Information Bulletin 86 (2.5%) articles (Source)
Ibid…. showed that, of both total and selected articles, 5% of the journals produced “about 50% of the articles,” while 20% of the journals produced 80% of the articles. The bottom 50% of the journals contributed only 5% of the articles. (Source)
Ibid…. showed that, of the 3,420 articles, the 3 most frequently occurring subject areas were: administration (625 or 18.3% articles), literatures (401 or 11.7% articles), and professional education (290 or 8.5% articles). (Source)
Two surveys, 1 conducted in 1973 (sample size: 300; responding: 259 or 86.3%) and then repeated in 1978 (sample size: 429; responding: 357 or 83.2%) of ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) academic librarians concerning professional reading showed thatin 1973 the average number of library journals read regularly in the preceeding 12-month period was 5.78 (95% confidence interval was 5.4 to 6.2 journals), while in 1978 the average number of library journals read regularly in the preceeding 12-month period was 5.9 (95% confidence interval was 5.6 to 6.2 journals). The average number of nonlibrary professional journals read regularly in the preceeding 12-month period was 1.0 for 1973 and 1.3 for 1978. (Source)
Ibid…. showed thatthe 4 most frequently read journals in each of the 2 surveys were as follows:
IN 1973 READ BY
American Libraries 90.0% of sample
College and Research Libraries 86.1% of sample
Library Journal 69.9% of sample
Library Resources and Technical Services 57.9% of sample
IN 1978 READ BY
American Libraries 92.2% of sample
College and Research Libraries 88.6% of sample
IN 1978 READ BY
Library Journal 69.3% of sample
Journal of Academic Librarianship 44.0% of sample (Source)
A 1977 analysis of journal citations in the automation chapter of the Annual Review of Information Science and Technology for the 10 previous years (1,263 citations, 800 journal citations) showed thatthe 3 most cited journals were Journal of Library Automation (114 citations), Program (56 citations), and Library Resources and Technical Services (55 citations). (Source)
A study reported in 1979 of the English-language literature of library administration (2,877 citations to materials cited in 364 refereed articles indexed in Library Literature between 1961-70) showed that, of 254 journal titles containing 1,149 article citations, 2 (.8%) journal titles contained 289 (25%) of the articles; 8 (3.15%) journal titles contained 575 (50%) of the articles; and 246 journal titles contined the remaining 574 articles. (Source)
Ibid…. showed thatthe distribution of cited works by type was as follows:
monographs 1,247 (43.3%) cited works
journals 1,149 (39.9%) cited works
governmental publications 338 (11.7%) cited works
miscellaneous 143 (4.9%) cited works (Source)
Ibid…. showed thatthe 8 most frequently cited journals in the area of library administration were as follows:
Library Journal 165 (14.4%) citations
College and Research Libraries 124 (10.8%) citations
ALA Bulletin [American Libraries] 94 (8.2%) citations
Library Quarterly 50 (4.4%) citations
Library Trends 48 (4.2%) citations
Special Libraries 36 (3.1%) citations
Wilson Library Bulletin 29 (2.5%) citations
Medical Library Association Bulletin 28 (2.4%) citations (Source)
A study reported in 1982 of publication and citation patterns in College and Research Libraries during the 40 years between 1939-79 and involving 1,775 articles showed thatthe 3 most frequently cited journals by articles in College and Research Libraries were (5,205 citations):
College and Research Libraries 1,001 (19.23%) citations
Library Journal 550 (10.57%) citations
Library Quarterly 379 (7.28%) citations
10 journals (1.6% of the total number of journals cited) provided almost 55% of the total journal citations. (Source)
Ibid…. showed that, of 11,658 citations to materials in College and Research Libraries articles, periodicals accounted for 5,205 (44.65%) citations; monographs accounted for 4,245 (36.41%) citations; and U.S. government publications accounted for 464 (3.98%) citations. (Source)