title: The prestige value of books and journal articles.
abstract: This article has provided two formulas for the prestige rating (PR) of scholarly publications: 1. The a priori formula PR = 4 BS + 2 BDF + 1.5 BDS + RAS + 0.5 NAS + 0.8 RADF + 0.6 RADS + 0.3 NADF + 0.15 NADS + 0.6 RATF + 0.4 RATS + 0.2 RATT + 0.2 NATF + 0.1 NATS + 0.05 NATT; 2. The empirical formula PR = 0.77 The second formula is not recommended.
authors.affiliation: Ohio State University, Columbus, USA.
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Knapp
mesh_terms: D001319:Authorship; D001877:Books; D002322:Career Mobility; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic