Science has an interesting article about the effects of the availability of e-journals on scientific publishing. James Evans of the University of Chicago has carried out some research which indicates that contrary to expectations the explosion of journals available electronically has resulted in a smaller number of titles being cited.
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Electronic Publication and the Narrowing of Science and Scholarship
James A. Evans (18 July 2008)
Science 321 (5887), 395. [DOI: 10.1126/science.1150473]
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