Journal Use Reports (JUR) is a collection development tool available via ISI Web of Knowledge that enables librarians and administrators to measure the value of their journal collections by providing a complete picture of journal performance, use and research activity at an institution.
Developed in cooperation with library, publishing and standards communities, JUR was developed to meet the most pressing needs in serial collection management. Five top institutions worked with Thomson Scientific as development partners, helping streamline workflow processes and ensure a user-friendly system.
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JUR is the only resource that brings together this unique combination of data to ensure fully-informed decision-making:
- Institutional COUNTER-compliant journal usage reports from publishers and vendors -- show the value of a journal to the patrons
- Journal citation metrics from JCR -- show the value of the journal to the literature
- Institutional publication data -- let users analyze journal use and institutional publishing patterns, creating profiles by department, section, and budget code
- Article level data from Web of Science® -- reveal citation activity at the researcher and departmental level
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Until now, librarians who wanted to analyze journal use had to collect and assemble data from many different vendors. The data couldn't be easily collected, combined and analyzed.
JUR makes the process easy and fast. It combines usage data for all journals in a collection, along with citation data from Journal Citation Reports®* and Web of Science.
JUR enables librarians and administrators to use the integrated and customized data to:
- Acquire a better understanding of departmental needs
- Analyze usage to spot trends by citations, usage or both
- Spot collection gaps or research trends
- Support curriculum as well as collection development
- And more
*Subscription to JCR is required. |
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Administrators and librarians who want to understand how journals are being used at their institution.
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