We examine what factors affect the degree of price discrimination for an academic journal by analyzing data on 190 of the 208 economics journals indexed in the 2008 edition of Journal Citation Reports. We find that (1) the library-to-individual price ratio of a for-profit journal is 37% higher...

Die Einschätzung der Qualität von wissenschaftlicher Forschung ist sowohl für die Forschungsgemeinde als auch für die Öffentlichkeit wichtig. Trotz der Kritik ist eine quantitative Beurteilung notwendig. In der Wissenschaft spielen die Zitate und die daraus abgeleiteten Impaktfaktoren eine...

Die Einschätzung der Qualität von wissenschaftlicher Forschung ist sowohl für die Forschungsgemeinde als auch für die Öffentlichkeit wichtig. Trotz der Kritik ist eine quantitative Beurteilung notwendig. In der Wissenschaft spielen die Zitate und die daraus abgeleiteten Impaktfaktoren eine...

In the financial sector, cryptographic algorithms are used as fundamental techniques for assuring confidentiality and integrity of data used in financial transactions and for authenticating entities involved in the transactions. Currently, the most widely used algorithms appear to be two-key...

Web application usability is not just about good interface design. While the visual appeal of a web application is important, the fundamental structure and programming can contribute to "good usability". Usability doesn't begin and end with the user. A usable website that's built inadequately...

Ontologies are essential for a semantic integration of knowledge components which can be seen as superior pieces of intellectual capital. Knowledge structures connect individual or group knowledge elements from organizational knowledge bases that have been developed independently. This can aid...

Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) might improve learning and teaching in two distinct ways. Just as they have made teachers and students more productive, they could reduce teaching costs or increase the speed with which learners acquire knowledge/of knowledge acquirement. Alternatively, such...

Scholars have long recognized the difficulties of communicating risk to the public. The rise of mobile gaming presents unprecedented opportunities for risk communicators to reach millions of potential users in engaging and potentially effective ways. Gamifying risk communication may help users...

Web content management (WCM) systems, as a branch of content management (CM) gained importance during the Web explosion in the mid 1990s. More and more Web administrators came to the same conclusion: the Web content needs to be managed all over the content life cycle, static HTML pages are time...

Quality of higher education is a multi-dimensional concept. It lies in effectiveness of transmitting knowledge and skill; the authenticity, content, coverage and depth of information; availability of reading/teaching materials; help in removing obstacles to learning; applicability of knowledge...