Applying social bookmarking data to evaluate journal usage
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DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2011.04.002
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Journal evaluation; Usage statistics; Download data; COUNTER; Reader perception; Social bookmarking; Tagging; Science 2.0; CiteULike; Connotea; BibSonomy;All these keywords.
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