Journal Value Project Travis Warwick Kleene Mathematics Library University of Wisconsin

Primary Goals Provide an additional method of journal evaluation Provide public access to the data collected Through collaboration, expand the database to cover a broader collection of titles

Creating the Database Variety of obstacles Staffing Intended use Design requirements Connecting the user with the developer

Collecting the Data Page Counts Price Publisher type (profit, non-profit, profit working for society) Character Count Sampling Take three pages from three separate issues Average the number of lines per page Average the number of characters in a five line block of solid text Creating the Database (cont.)

Cost per page Low end Real Analysis Exchange 0.06 Illinois Journal of Math Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.11 From 0.06 to 5.10 High end Archiv der Mathematik 1.40 Inventiones Mathematicae 1.47 Algebra & Logic 4.15 Functional Analysis & its Applications 5.10

Cost per 1000 characters Low end Real Analysis Exchange 0.02 Illinois Journal of Math Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.03 From 0.02 to 1.06 High end Archiv der Mathematik 0.43 Inventiones Mathematicae 0.44 Algebra & Logic 0.89 Functional Analysis & its Applications 1.06

Cost per 1000 characters divided by Impact Factor Journal of the American Mathematical Society 0.01 Annals of Mathematics 0.03 Revista Matemática Iberoamericana 0.04 SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics Canadian Mathematical Bulletin 1.22 Monatshefte für Mathematik 1.36 Archiv der Mathematik 1.46 Sbornik. Mathematics 2.11 Functional Analysis & its Applications 3.37

So What? Chemistry Wendt Engineering Cost per 1000 characters From 0.01 to 0.59 Cost per 1000 characters From < 0.01 to 1.10 Cost per 1000 characters/ Impact Factor From < 0.01 to 1.04 Cost per 1000 characters/ Impact Factor From < 0.01 to 10.03

Future Plans Database Improvements Collaborate to improve coverage Incorporate local use Consider data over time Plaintiffs’ evidence that there are reasons why their journals cost more in no way makes false the statement that they do cost more. Judge Leonard B. Sand, U.S. District Court Southern District of New York