Bertrum H. MacDonaldRuth E. CordesPeter G. WellsDalhousie 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 on the Marine EnvironmentPlace photo here

GOMC Gulfwatch Program

International monitoring program of contaminants

Indicator species — blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) collected, each fall, from intertidal areas in coastal embayments

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 14

Conference papers, journal articles and abstracts

37

GOMC Publications – (Total 312)*

* As of 15 November 2006

1970 1980 1990 2000

GESAMPGOMC

Internet Initiatives

begin

Cumulative Rise in Publications of GESAMP & GOMC

100

200

300

Published in print, 2005 Published online, 2006

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

509 Citations to GOMC Publications, 1990-2006

0

20

40

60

80

100

Year

# C

itatio

ns

citations in grey literature [n=358] citations in journals and books [n=151]

284 Documents Cite GOMC Publications, 1990-2006

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

Year

# d

ocu

men

ts

grey documents [n=180] journals and books [n=104]

Citations to GOMC Gulfwatch publications

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Publication year

# ci

tati

on

s

grey cites grey grey cites white White cites grey white cites white

GOMC Gulfwatch: 92 Citations in Grey Literature

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

# ci

tati

on

s

citations to grey literature [n=76] citations to journal articles [n=16]

GOMC Gulfwatch: 46 Citations in journals

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Year

# ci

tati

on

s

citations to grey literature [n=12] citations to journal articles [n=34]

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

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

Year

# C

itat

ion

s

Duce et al. (1991) [n = 548]

Regional Seas # 119 (1990) [n = 3]

GESAMP # 38 (1989) [n = 76]

Report draft (1989) [n = 7]

Slide, courtesy of P. Taylor & J. Craddock

Slide, courtesy of P. Taylor & J. Craddock

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 of Maine Council on the Marine Environment Librarians in the Gulf of Maine region