The Case of the Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Bertrum H. MacDonald Ruth E. Cordes Peter G. Wells

Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Eighth International Conference on Grey Literature New Orleans 5th December 2006

Assessing the Diffusion and Impact of Grey Literature Published by International Intergovernmental Scientific Groups:

The Case of the Gulf of Maine Council

• n the Marine Environment

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The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review (October 2006)

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Halifax Boston

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GOMC Gulfwatch Program

International monitoring program of contaminants Indicator species — blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) collected, each fall, from intertidal areas in coastal embayments

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Council Publications

Reports and fact sheets Background documents Action plans and annual reports Brochures and posters Serials Miscellaneous 122 38 29 10 4 9

Council-supported publications

Reports and background documents Miscellaneous documents 24 25

Reprints of Council authored documents

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Conference papers, journal articles and abstracts

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GOMC Publications – (Total 312)*

* As of 15 November 2006

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1970 1980 1990 2000 GESAMP GOMC

Internet Initiatives begin

Cumulative Rise in Publications of GESAMP & GOMC

100 200 300

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Published in print, 2005 Published online, 2006

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Citations to GOMC Publications

Online Print Gulf of Maine Region 151 164 United States (outside Gulf region) 61 30 Canada (outside of Gulf region) 24 35 Europe 23 1 Rest of world 13 7 Total 272 237

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509 Citations to GOMC Publications, 1990-2006

20 40 60 80 100 1 9 9 1 9 9 1 1 9 9 2 1 9 9 3 1 9 9 4 1 9 9 5 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 7 1 9 9 8 1 9 9 9 2 2 1 2 2 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 Year # Citations citations in grey literature [n=358] citations in journals and books [n=151]

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284 Documents Cite GOMC Publications, 1990-2006

10 20 30 40 50 60 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year # documents grey documents [n=180] journals and books [n=104]

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Citations to GOMC Gulfwatch publications

5 10 15 20 25 30 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Publication year # citations grey cites grey grey cites white White cites grey white cites white

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GOMC Gulfwatch: 92 Citations in Grey Literature

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year # citations citations to grey literature [n=76] citations to journal articles [n=16]

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GOMC Gulfwatch: 46 Citations in journals

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Year # citations citations to grey literature [n=12] citations to journal articles [n=34]

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Citations to Versions of The Atmospheric Input of Trace Species to the World’s Oceans (GESAMP Report)

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 Year # Citations Duce et al. (1991) [n = 548] Regional Seas # 119 (1990) [n = 3] GESAMP # 38 (1989) [n = 76] Report draft (1989) [n = 7]

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Slide, courtesy of P. Taylor & J. Craddock

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Slide, courtesy of P. Taylor & J. Craddock

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Acknowledgements

Support for this study was received from:  Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment  Environment Canada (federal government department)  Dalhousie University, School of Information Management and Faculty of Management  Patricia Hinch, Nova Scotia Department of the Environment & Labour  Michele Tremblay, David Keeley, & Peter Taylor, Gulf

• f Maine Council on the Marine Environment

 Librarians in the Gulf of Maine region