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Davis, Philip M.; Solla, Leah R. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Reports an analysis of American Chemical Society electronic journal downloads at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) by individual IP (Internet Protocol) addresses. Highlights include usage statistics to evaluate library journal subscriptions; understanding scientists' reading behavior; individual use of articles and of journals; and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Chemistry, Downloading, Electronic Journals
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Abt, Helmut A.; Garfield, Eugene – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2002
In each of 41 research journals in the physical, life, and social sciences there is a linear relationship between average number of references and paper lengths. Because papers of average lengths in various sciences have the same number of references, this article concludes that citation counts to them can be inter-compared within that accuracy,…
Descriptors: Citation Analysis, Citations (References), Journal Articles, Natural Sciences
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Bridges, David – Cambridge Journal of Education, 1996
Focuses on issues of teacher education that concerned contributors to the journal 25 years ago and reflects on how they have developed. Suggests that there has been a loss of intellectual vitality over this period and blames this on government policies, especially the extension of market principles to education. (DSK)
Descriptors: Educational History, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Journal Articles
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Varttala, Teppo – English for Specific Purposes, 1999
A study of 15 popular scientific journal articles and 15 specialist medical-research articles indicates that in medical discourse hedging, the expression of tentativeness and possibility by epistemic devices, can be applied in less specialized English- for-Special-Purposes (ESP) texts such as popular scientific articles, but in different…
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Discourse Analysis, English for Special Purposes, Journal Articles
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Postlewaite, Philip F. – Journal of Legal Education, 1998
A study investigated the publishing patterns in elite academic legal journals of tenured full professors of law. The study focused first on lax law professors, then on other areas of law and on faculty of elite and non-elite institutions. Variables examined include articles vs. symposium pieces, senior and junior faculty, responsive vs. proactive…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Publishing, Higher Education, Journal Articles
Sosteric, Mike – D-Lib Magazine, 1999
Discusses the technological advances attained by the International Consortium for Alternative Academic Publication (ACAAP) aimed at reforming the scholarly communication system and providing an alternative to high-priced commercial publishing. Describes the eXtended markup language, based on SGML and HTML, that provides indexing and…
Descriptors: Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Publishing, Indexing
Price, Robert V.; Maushak, Nancy J. – Educational Technology, 2000
Presents guidelines for aspiring authors in the field of educational technology, concentrating on journal articles. Considers reasons for publishing, and discusses some of the most popular types of articles appearing in educational technology journals. Provides hints for creating publishable articles. Information on leading educational technology…
Descriptors: Authors, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Research, Educational Technology
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Stone, Glenn Davis – Social Science Computer Review, 1998
Outlines opportunities for changing and enhancing the nature of scholarly (peer-reviewed) articles on the Web. Discusses three mechanisms which can improve the form/content of scholarly articles: (1) use of hypertext structuring; (2) integration of multimedia components into articles; and (3) use of differentiated pointers. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Anthropology, Electronic Publishing, Faculty Publishing, Hypermedia
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Brooks, Terrence A. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Introduces the special issue of the "Journal of American Society for Information Science and Technology," (JASIST) whose intent is to provide a forum for assessment of "where we have been and where we are going." Highlights themes that emerged from nine selected articles: Community and Trust; Communication and Community;…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Science, Information Services, Information Systems
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Roth, Wolff-Michael; Bowen, G. Michael; McGinn, Michelle K. – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 1999
Investigates the practices required for reading graphs in high school textbooks and scientific journals. Discusses the role of high school textbooks in the appropriation of authentic scientific graph-related practices. Finds that scientific journals provide more resources to facilitate graph reading and feature more elaborate descriptions and…
Descriptors: Graphs, High Schools, Instructional Materials, Journal Articles
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Halliday, Leah; Oppenheim, Charles – Journal of Documentation, 2001
Explores recent development in the production and delivery of scholarly journal articles in digital form. Identifies key stakeholders as authors, publishers, librarians, and users; explores the interrelationships of different stakeholder groups; and reviews cost and pricing developments, including efforts to reduce costs for academic libraries.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authors, Costs, Electronic Journals
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King, Donald W.; Tenopir, Carol – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1999
Reviews the literature on scholarly journal demand, use, and readership over the past 40 to 50 years. Discusses: journal demand; journal use; use of separate copies of articles; readership of articles; time and cost of reading; usefulness and value of article information; information-seeking patterns; age of articles read; factors affecting…
Descriptors: Information Science, Information Seeking, Journal Articles, Library Circulation
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Halkia, Krystallia; Mantzouridis, Dimitris – International Journal of Science Education, 2005
The present research was designed to investigate the reaction of secondary school students to the communication code that the press uses in science articles: it attempts to trace which communication techniques can be of potential use in science education. The sample of the research consists of 351 secondary school students. The research instrument…
Descriptors: Science Education, Secondary School Students, Student Reaction, Student Attitudes
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Stevens, Robin S.; McPherson, Gary E. – Psychology of Music, 2004
Music education research in Australia has grown almost exponentially over the past 25 years. Particularly in the area of doctoral research studies, there has been a substantial increase in the number of theses completed from two in 1977 to 72 in 2002. In addition, there have been increases in professional research undertaken by university…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Cope, Bill; Kalantzis, Mary; Lankshear, Colin – E-Learning, 2005
The first two issues of E-Learning featured monographs by Bill Cope and Mary Kalantzis, which they generously made available for publication. Both of these works, "Designs for Learning" and "Text-Made Text", are artifacts grounded in a larger shared project to which the two authors have been committed throughout more than two decades of sustained…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Organizational Theories, Interviews, Profiles
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