Davis, P.M.; Solla, L.R.: ¬An IP-level analysis of usage statistics for electronic journals in chemistry : making inferences about user behavior (2003)
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- 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 an 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 versus HTML) suggests that individuals are using the system like a networked photocopier, for the purposes of creating print-on-demand copies of articles.
- Source
- Journal of the American Society for Information Science and technology. 54(2003) no.11, S.1062-1068
