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Dissertation Information for Arthur Wayne Hafner

NAME:
- Arthur Wayne Hafner

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (USA) (1974)

ADVISORS:
- Wesley Simonton

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- R. H. Shove
- Elmo H. Brekhus
- Gordon Bitter Davis
- Eugene Arthur Johnson

MPACT Status: Fully Complete

Title: Characteristics of the serial research literature of physiology during the period 1970-1972

Abstract: An investigation was undertaken to identify and describe the research literature of physiology during the period 1970-1972 in terms of the following selected set of characteristics: form, the names of the major serials, elapsed time between publication and citation for books and serials, national origin of the serials, subject dispersion of the serials, and serial title dispersion. Data were gathered and analyzed following the traditional methods of earlier citation analyses. Eight scholarly journals—Acta Physiologica Scandinavica, American Journal of Physiology, Federation Proceedings, Journal of Applied Physiology, Journal of General Physiology, Pfluegers Archiv, and Physiological Reviews—were chosen because they contain a large number of full length reports of original research showing evidence of utilization of published sources, they were established and have a considerable history, they are among the most frequently cited journals ranked by frequency of citation in previous studies of scientific serials, and because they represent the work of scholars and researches of different countries. All footnotes published in the first quarter of issues for 1970 through 1972 were recorded. A total of 31,669 citations was analyzed with 28,714 citations to serials and 2,955 citations to books. Footnotes to personal communications, book reviews, etc. were excluded. Information taken from the citations was coded, transferred to punched cards, verified, and then sorted by machine. Findings: The analysis of form of publication showed that serial publications account for 90.67 percent of the citations and books account for 9.33 percent. The serial citations span 909 titles. It was found that fourteen serials supply fifty percent of the serial citations, that sixty-two serial titles supply seventy-five percent of the serial citations, and that 176 titles are required to supply ninety percent of the serial citations. Of the 909 titles, forty or 4.40 percent are classed as physiology in Ulrich’s International Periodicals Directory with classes of general medical science, general science, biology, pharmacy and pharmacology, and biochemistry accounting for 361 titles or 39.71 percent. Together these six subjects include 401 titles, or 44.11 percent. Of the 909 serial titles, 355 or 39.06 percent were published in the United States with publications from England, Germany, Switzerland, Japan, and the Netherlands accounting for an additional 384 titles or 42.24 percent. An analysis of the time span of serial literature showed that 52.51 percent were published between 1965 and 1972 and 73.77 percent between 1960 and 1972; 53.67 percent of the books cited were published between 1965 and 1972 and 79.02 percent were published between 1960 and 1972. Implications: The findings of this study have several practical implications in the areas of librarianship that concern the broad fields of selection and handling of informational materials. Since it is possible to list serials in “zones” of those most useful to least useful, priority should be given to the acquisition of the most useful serials, especially by those libraries with limited budgets. The time span of physiology is low. Citations to both books and journals are highly confined in publications of the last ten years. Crowded libraries should consider secondary storage areas for journal backfiles older than twenty-five years or should consider selling these files in favor of purchase of more current, needed materials. Publications in languages other than English should be carefully evaluated as their use is small. Serial literature is more frequently cited than is book literature. The librarian should weigh this information, along with information concerning the subject dispersion of the literature, in developing the library’s acquisition policy so as to maximize the library’s serial collection development.

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