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| Title: | An IP-level analysis of usage statistics for electronic journals in chemistry: Making inferences about user-behavior. |
| Authors: | Davis, Philip M.
Solla, Leah |
| Keywords: | e-journals
usage analysis
American Chemical Society
IP address |
| Issue Date: | Sep-2003 |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| Citation: | JASIST, (54):11, 2003 p.1062-1068. |
| Abstract: | This study reports an analysis of American Chemical Society electronic journal downloads at Cornell University by individual IP addresses. While the majority of users (IPs) limited themselves to a small number of both journals and article downloads, a small minority of heavy users had a large effect on total journal downloads. There was a very strong relationship between the number of article downloads and the number of users, implying that a user-population can be estimated by just knowing the total use of a journal. Aggregate users (i.e. Library Proxy Server and public library computers) can be regarded as a sample of the entire user population. Analysis of article downloads by format (PDF vs HTML) suggests that individuals are using the system like a networked photocopier, for the purposes of creating print-on-demand copies of articles. |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1813/2564 |
| Appears in Collections: | Articles, Preprints, and Presentations by CUL Staff
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