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crl-25980	Wiberley, Stephen E.; Blecic, Deborah D.; De Groote, Sandra L.; Shultz, Mary	Publication Patterns of U.S. Academic Librarians and Libraries, 2013–2017 with Comparison to Preceding Studies	2023	23	.pdf	application/pdf	11047	373	41	The percentage of USAL articles in the journals added in 2003 and 2013 was 49.22 percent compared with the 28.98 percent in the journals studied since 552 College & Research Libraries July 2023 TABLE 1 Contributions of USALs to Journals 1993– 1997 1998– 2002 2003– 2007 2008– 2012 2013– 2017 2013–2017 split (30 journals studied since 1998/22 journals studied since 2003 or 2013) Number of journals studied 32 32 41 39 52 30*/22 Number of issues in journals studied 703 716 855 843 1,104 682/422 Number of refereed articles 3,624 3,488 5,038 5,537 6,874 4,828/2,046 Refereed articles per issue 5.16 4.87 5.89 6.57 6.23 7.08/4.85 Number of USAL articles 1,579 1,380 1,997 1,916 2,406 1,399/1,007 % of USAL articles 43.57 39.56 39.64 34.60 35.00 28.98/49.22 USAL articles per issue 2.25 1.93 2.34 2.27 2.18 2.05/2.39 Instances of authorship of refereed articles 5,477 5,834 9,372 11,451 15,841 11,698/4,143 Instances of authorship of refereed articles per issue 7.79 8.15 10.96 13.58 14.35 17.15/9.82 Instances of USAL authorship 2,032 2003 3,120 3,188 4,206 2,502/1,704 % of instances of USAL authorship 37.10 34.33 33.29 27.84 26.55 21.39/41.13 Instances of USAL authorship per issue 2.89 2.80 3.65 3.78 3.81 3.67/4.04 Authors per refereed article 1.51 1.67 1.86 2.07 2.30 2.42/2.02 USAL authors per USAL article 1.29 1.45 1.56 1.66 1.75 1.79/1.69 Number of sole-authored USAL articles 869 893 1,026 890 943 523/420 Number of Coauthored USAL articles 710 567 971 1,026 1,463 876/587 % of USAL articles that are coauthored 44.97 41.09 48.62 53.55 60.81 62.62/58.29 Unique USAL names 1,515 1,487 2,182 2,268 2,877 1873/1410 Unique USAL names per issue 2.16 2.08 2.55 2.69 2.61 2.75/3.34 Unique USAL names per refereed article 0.42 0.43 0.43 0.41 0.42 0.39/0.69 Unique USAL names per USAL article 0.96 1.08 1.09 1.18 1.20 1.34/1.40 Unique Libraries 386 379 515 511 593 451/408 Unique Libraries per issue 0.55 0.53 0.60 0.61 0.54 0.66/0.97 Unique Libraries per refereed article 0.11 0.11 0.10 0.09 0.09 0.09/0.20 Unique Libraries per USAL article 0.24 0.27 0.26 0.27 0.25 0.32/0.41 Published Source WHW1 (1999) WHW2 (2006) Conclusion The findings of the present study of USAL journal article publishing patterns for 2013–17 documents USALs’ productivity, how their productivity compares to earlier periods studied, change in the journals where USALs publish, the growth in individual productivity and coau- thorship, and which U.S. academic libraries are most productive.	cache/crl-25980.pdf	txt/crl-25980.txt