Publication lag and early view effects in information science journals

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AL U., SOYDAL ÖZTÜRK İ.

ASLIB JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT, vol.69, no.2, pp.118-130, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 69 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2017
  • Doi Number: 10.1108/ajim-12-2016-0200
  • Journal Name: ASLIB JOURNAL OF INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.118-130
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Purpose - A major problem in today's scholarly publishing process is the long tails for the assignment of volume and issue numbers for approved articles. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the extent to which information science journals offer early view features and the effects of these features.