A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF “ACTA SCIENTIARUM POLONORUM” IN THE PERIOD 2002–2010

Abstract

Polish national agricultural journal “Acta Scientiarum Polonorum”, issued in fifteen thematic series, has been of primary concern to this article. The analysis focuses on issues between 2002–2010, when the magazine was published both in paper and electronic version. The journal has been described by the frequency of being published, the numer of articles it includes, their size, the number of foreign writers and the sex of those writers. Thirteen series of regularly issued “Acta Scientiarum Polonorum” have been compared. The results have been presented both as numbers and percentages, in the form of tables and charts. ASP’s indexes in Polish and foreign databases have also been shown in the table in this article. The results of the study give us an interesting insight in “Acta Scientiarum Polonorum” after 10 years of being in the market.