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TABLE 5

3x3 Contingency Table for the Relationship of
Impact Factor to UnCover Use*

UnCover Use

Low
1 Use per Title
(310 Uses;
11.7% of Use)

Medium
2–6 Uses per Title (977 Uses;
36.7% of Use)

High
7–198 Uses per Title (1,372 Uses; 51.6% of Use)

TOTALS

Not Covered
Titles not
covered in the 1994 JCR
s
119**
103.6
50.0%
38.4%
109
108.0
45.8%
33.8%
10
26.4
4.2%
12.7%
238 titles
33.4% of
impact factor titles
Low
Titles below median impact factor of the largest 1994 JCR subject group in which listed

97
92.3
45.8%
31.3%

96
96.2
45.3%

29.7%

19
23.5
9.0%
24.1%

212 titles
29.8% of
impact factor titles

High
Titles above median impact factor of the largest 1994 JCR subject group in which listed

94
114.1
35.9%
30.3%

118
118.9
45.0%
36.5%

50
29.1
19.1%
63.3%

262 titles
36.8% of
impact factor titles


TOTALS
310 titles
43.5% of
use titles
323 titles
45.4% of
use titles
79 titles

11.1% of
use titles

712 titles
100.0% of
titles

*Chi-square = 32.2; null hypothesis rejected at less than the 0.0001 level of significance. Kendall's tau-b = 0.153; significant at less than the 0.0002 level.

**Cell Numbers in Descending Order = Observed Frequency, Expected Frequency, % Impact Factor Titles in Its Row, % UnCover Use Titles in Its Column.


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