Content Procurement: Researchers’ Perspectives

Michael JubbRIN

JISC Digital Content Conference30 June 2009

Researchers as Users

E-journals are used

98% of titles used in 1o institutions over 4 month periodover HE sector as a whole, annual growth rate (CAGR) of 21.7%

But per capita usage varies

Profile of journals varies too

Correlations between usage and outputs

Correlations between usage and outcomes

Researchers as producers

More research, more publications

linear relationship between investment in research and volumes of publicationsgrowth rate in articles of c2.5% a year

What kinds of publications?scholarly journals most important in all disciplines

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10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%2003

2008

2003

2008

2003

2008

2003

2008

2003

2008

2003

2008

2003

2008

Bio-medicine Sciences Engineering Social studies Humanities Education Total inc.Arts

Article Book Book chapter Proceedings Book review Editorial Meeting abstract Other

and many different forms of publication are considered important………..

professional journals?

46

14

11

28

33

7

17

73

16

27

60

20

14

36

8

12

36

38

63

64

47

37

13

38

21

25

4

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Medical & Bio. Sci.

Physical Sci. & Maths

Eng'ring & Computing

Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ.

Humanities

Education & Sport

Interdisciplinary

Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

book chapters?

27

9

9

35

75

7

22

127

71

56

95

65

64

3

22 1

13

1

29

50

22

14

2

1

1

2

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Medical & Bio. Sci.

Physical Sci. & Maths

Eng'ring & Computing

Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ.

Humanities

Education & Sport

Interdisciplinary

Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

open access repositories?

20

22

8

9

8

60

32

27

36

26

38

35

3

10

9

32

41

82

77

57

35

9 5

12

9

42

44

15

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Medical & Bio. Sci.

Physical Sci. & Maths

Eng'ring & Computing

Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ.

Humanities

Education & Sport

Interdisciplinary

Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

Blogs, forums etc?

2

3

2

1

14

3

11

19

15

17

25

1

2

5

52

79

137

112

106

64

16 3

13

21

50

16

14

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

Medical & Bio. Sci.

Physical Sci. & Maths

Eng'ring & Computing

Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ.

Humanities

Education & Sport

Interdisciplinary

Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

Conclusions?researchers use a vast range of stuff, and usage is growingbut we need to know more about

researchers’ behaviours and wantsrelationships between usage and outcomes

researchers are publishing more stuff, in a variety of formats

and some are under threat

Thank you

Michael Jubb

www.rin.ac.uk