This presentation was given by Michael Jubb, RIN Director at the JISC Digital Content Conference on 30 June 2009 (http://www.jisc.ac.uk/jdcc09). As part of a session on 'Content Procurement in an uncertain environment: what impact is the economic crisis having on library purchasing of online content?' this presentation looks at researchers usage of e-journals, taken from the RIN's report 'E-journals: their use, value and impact' published in April 2009. http://www.rin.ac.uk/our-work/communicating-and-disseminating-research/e-journals-their-use-value-and-impact

1. Content Procurement: Researchers’
Perspectives
Michael Jubb
RIN
JISC Digital Content Conference
30 June 2009

2. Researchers as Users

3. E-journals are used
98% of titles used in 1o
institutions over 4 month
period
over HE sector as a whole,
annual growth rate (CAGR)
of 21.7%

4. But per capita usage varies

5. Profile of journals varies too

6. Correlations between usage and outputs

7. Correlations between usage and outcomes

8. Researchers as producers

9. More research, more publications
linear relationship
between investment in
research and volumes
of publications
growth rate in articles
of c2.5% a year

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

11. 100%
90%
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70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
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Bio-medicine Sciences Engineering Social studies Humanities Education Total inc.
Arts
Article Book Book chapter Proceedings Book review Editorial Meeting abstract Other

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

13. professional journals?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Medical & Bio. Sci. 46 73 64 21
Physical Sci. & Maths 14 16 47 25
Eng'ring & Computing 11 27 37 4
Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ. 28 60 63 12
Humanities 33 20 38 38
Education & Sport 7 14 8
Interdisciplinary 17 36 36 13
Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

14. book chapters?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Medical & Bio. Sci. 27 127 50 1
Physical Sci. & Maths 9 71 22 1
Eng'ring & Computing 9 56 14 2
Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ. 35 95 29 3
Humanities 75 65 1
Education & Sport 7 22 1
Interdisciplinary 22 64 13 2
Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

15. open access repositories?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Medical & Bio. Sci. 20 60 82 42
Physical Sci. & Maths 22 32 41 9
Eng'ring & Computing 8 27 32 12
Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ. 9 36 77 35
Humanities 8 26 57 44
Education & Sport 3 9 9 5
Interdisciplinary 10 38 35 15
Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

16. Blogs, forums etc?
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
Medical & Bio. Sci. 2 14 137 50
Physical Sci. & Maths 3 79 21
Eng'ring & Computing 3 11 52 13
Soc. Sci., Bus. & Econ. 2 19 112 25
Humanities 1 15 106 16
Education & Sport 1 5 16 3
Interdisciplinary 2 17 64 14
Very important Quite important Not important Not applicable

17. Conclusions?
researchers use a vast range of stuff, and
usage is growing
but we need to know more about
researchers’ behaviours and wants
relationships between usage and outcomes
researchers are publishing more stuff, in a
variety of formats
and some are under threat

18. Thank you
Michael Jubb
www.rin.ac.uk