Bibliometric analysis of using digital versions of the “Scientific and Technical Libraries” Journal articles in 2017
The results of bibliometric analysis of using digital versions of articles of “Scientific and Technical Libraries” Journal in 2017 are published. Russian Science Citation Index and retrieval results for the queries made via RNPLS&T www-site, elibrary.ru, and click-through from search Internet portals, are compared. Data on the articles cited in Russian Science Citation Index and WoS are given. The major part of accesses is observed within the first months since publication and then their number decreases though individual articles get high level of access for many years. The queries from libraries’ research and educational organizations are analyzed. The author offers recommendations on how to increase demand and citation of the articles. The bibliometric analysis demonstrates that digital versions of the journal publications are demanded by the professional community and other users accessing them via Internet search portals. The Scientific and Technical Libraries’ should expand their abstracts—their content and completeness influence indexing provided by search systems. They also often underestimate citations within the subject they are exploring which results in unnecessarily low citation the Russian Science Citation Index and WoS.