The Roles of a Scientific Journal

Volume 53 number 1 (2025)

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Nancy D. Morrison
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Ritter Observatory, MS 113, The University of Toledo, 2801 W. Bancroft Street, Toledo, OH 43606; jaavso.editor@aavso.org

Abstract

In recent editorials, I’ve discussed citation statistics for the JAAVSO, even though I am aware that these numbers do not tell the whole story about the value of a journal.