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Constructing Core Journal Lists: Mixing Science and Alchemy
- portal: Libraries and the Academy
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 3, Number 2, April 2003
- pp. 207-217
- 10.1353/pla.2003.0029
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Via an overview of core journal studies, emphasizing the social sciences and education, this review looks for best practices in both motivation and methodology. Selection decisions receive particular focus. Lack of correlation between methods is indicative of the complexity of the topic and the need for judgment in design and use.