journal value project travis warwick kleene mathematics library university of wisconsin

Journal Value Project

Travis WarwickKleene Mathematics Library

University of Wisconsintwarwick@library.wisc.edu

Primary Goals

•Provide an additional method of journal evaluation•Provide public access to the data collected

•Through collaboration, expand the database to cover a broader collection

of titles

Creating the Database

•Variety of obstacles Staffing Intended use Design requirements

Connecting the user with the developer

•Collecting the DataPage CountsPricePublisher type (profit, non-profit,

profit working for society)Character Count Sampling

Take three pages from three separate issuesAverage the number of lines per pageAverage the number of characters in a five line block of solid text

Creating the Database (cont.)

Cost per page

•Low endReal Analysis Exchange 0.06Illinois Journal of Math. 0.10Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.11

From 0.06 to 5.10

•High endArchiv der Mathematik 1.40Inventiones Mathematicae 1.47Algebra & Logic 4.15Functional Analysis &

its Applications 5.10

Cost per 1000 characters

•Low endReal Analysis Exchange 0.02Illinois Journal of Math. 0.03Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.03

From 0.02 to 1.06

•High endArchiv der Mathematik 0.43Inventiones Mathematicae 0.44Algebra & Logic 0.89Functional Analysis &

its Applications 1.06

Cost per 1000 characters divided by Impact Factor

Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.01 Annals of Mathematics 0.03Revista Matemática Iberoamericana 0.04SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics

Canadian Mathematical Bulletin 1.22Monatshefte für Mathematik 1.36Archiv der Mathematik1.46Sbornik. Mathematics 2.11Functional Analysis & its Applications3.37

So What?

•Chemistry •Wendt Engineering

Cost per 1000 charactersFrom 0.01 to 0.59

Cost per 1000 charactersFrom < 0.01 to 1.10

Cost per 1000 characters/Impact Factor

From < 0.01 to 1.04

Cost per 1000 characters/Impact Factor

From < 0.01 to 10.03

Future Plans

•Database Improvements•Collaborate to improve coverage•Incorporate local use•Consider data over time

Plaintiffs’ evidence that there are reasons why their journals cost more in no way makes false the statement that they do cost more.

Judge Leonard B. Sand,U.S. District Court

Southern District of New York