Access vs. Importance - A Global Study

Access vs. Importance. A global study assessing the importance of and ease of access to professional and academic information Phase I Results

Overview of Phase I of the Global Study 

• The study is based on an online survey fielded Jan 2010
• The study covered core users (those researchers who have published journal articles)
• The survey was sent by email to 51,000 researchers, sampled randomly from a global list of those who had published in one or more of over 18000 journals
• Non-core users (users who have not published) to be added in phase 2
• Results are based on 3823 respondents (7.5% response rate) globally

See also Access to professional and academic information in the UK. A survey of SMEs, large companies, universities & colleges, hospitals & medical schools, governmental & research institutes. Companion report

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