The customers for document supply in pharmacology : a case study from INIST in France (part 3)

International audiencePurpose: The article investigates the customers for the document supply of print serials. Approach: The study is based on data from INIST-CNRS for document supply requests in pharmacology. Data were collected from 1998 to 2005 (10,000+ customer accounts with 4.6m orders). Findings: The article provides information about the distribution of orders per customer type, about the geographical origin of customers, about the ordering trends among pharmaceutical customers and of pharmaceutical journals. Originality: This is the last of three articles on a longitudinal study over 13 years on different aspects of the relationship between document supply and impact factor (citations) in pharmacology, a scientific domain with a high use of scientific information.L'article présente la 3e partie d'une étude longitudinale sur la corrélation entre la fourniture de documents, le facteur d'impact et les citations dans le domaine de la pharmacologie. L'étude porte sur l'analyse des utilisateurs des revues de l'échantillon (>10 000 clients avec 4,6 millions de commandes de copies)