JRSE Beta User Survey (June 2009)

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in the beta version of the Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. Please consider taking a few moments to fill out this short survey, so that we may factor your comments into future improvements.

A box is provided for any general comments you may wish to share with us.

A red asterisk marks all required responses.

If you'd like to participate in future beta-testing in a more structured way, please send your contact information to jrsebeta@aip.org.

1. How would you rate the overall presentation and layout of JRSE Beta?

How would you rate the overall presentation and layout of JRSE Beta? Excellent

Good

Fair

Poor

Don't Know

2. How did you find JRSE Beta?

How did you find JRSE Beta? Announcement

Internet search

Email notification

Link from JRSE main site

Link from Scitation

Facebook, Twitter, or other social site

Word of mouth

Other (please specify):

3. What is your primary job function?

What is your primary job function? Researcher

Technician

Librarian/Information Provider

Writer/Journalist

Research Administrator

Other (please specify):

4. Do you plan on submitting a research article to JRSE in the near future?

Do you plan on submitting a research article to JRSE in the near future? Yes

Maybe

5. What area of renewable energy are you most interested seeing covered at this site? (Check all that apply.)

What area of renewable energy are you most interested seeing covered at this site? (Check all that apply.) Bioenergy

Geothermal energy

Marine and hydroelectric energy

Nuclear energy

Solar energy

Wind energy

Energy conversion

Energy efficient buildings

Energy storage

Power distribution

Renewable energy resource assessment

Transportation

Other (please specify):

6. Which of the following features are you most likely to experiment with, or use regularly? (Check all that apply.)

Which of the following features are you most likely to experiment with, or use regularly? (Check all that apply.) Author Quick Search (click any author name to execute searches)

Commenting on editorial features

Citation capture tool

Downloads optimized for mobile devices

"Fast Article Lookup" widget (find by DOI, volume/page)

Clickable indexing (click any keyword to execute a search)

PACS Quick Search (click any PACS code to execute a search)

RSS feeds

Share this Article

"Smart TOCs" (tables of contents with ability to show and hide sections, preview abstracts, take mass actions on multiple articles, etc.)

Social bookmarking tools

Table of Contents alerts

Any other feature(s) not listed above:

7. Please rate the following specific features of JRSE Beta:

	Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Abstract page layout and presentation	Please rate the following specific features of JRSE Beta: Abstract page layout and presentation Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Article actions and tools	Article actions and tools Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Entry page layout and presentation	Entry page layout and presentation Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Fast issue search (on TOCs)	Fast issue search (on TOCs) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Navigation	Navigation Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Rendering of math and special characters	Rendering of math and special characters Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Search functions (in general)	Search functions (in general) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Search results layout and presentation	Search results layout and presentation Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Search results refine functions	Search results refine functions Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Search results faceting	Search results faceting Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Social networking tools	Social networking tools Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
"Smart" previous/next buttons	"Smart" previous/next buttons Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
"Smart" tables of contents (actions, tools)	"Smart" tables of contents (actions, tools) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Tables of contents layout and presentation	Tables of contents layout and presentation Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion

List specific suggestions for improvements below:

8. Please rate the following general attributes of the site:

	Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Accessibility (related to disability)	Please rate the following general attributes of the site: Accessibility (related to disability) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Accessibility (related to browser, device)	Accessibility (related to browser, device) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Aesthetics (design)	Aesthetics (design) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Editorial coverage (depth, quality)	Editorial coverage (depth, quality) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Insight (into publication)	Insight (into publication) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Insight (into publisher)	Insight (into publisher) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Interactivity (level of user engagement)	Interactivity (level of user engagement) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Organization (of information)	Organization (of information) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Transparency (intuitiveness of navigation labels)	Transparency (intuitiveness of navigation labels) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Usability (ease of use)	Usability (ease of use) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Utility (value of tools)	Utility (value of tools) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion
Value (does it help me do my job better and faster?)	Value (does it help me do my job better and faster?) Excellent	Good	Average	Needs Work	No Opinion

List specific suggestions for improvements below:

9. How useful did you find each of the primary parts of JRSE Beta?

	Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Author Information	How useful did you find each of the primary parts of JRSE Beta? Author Information Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Journal Tables of Contents	Journal Tables of Contents Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Journal Abstracts	Journal Abstracts Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Search Engine	Search Engine Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Blog	Blog Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Top Stories	Top Stories Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
News	News Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Podcasts	Podcasts Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Interviews	Interviews Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion
Featured Content Archives	Featured Content Archives Useful	Not Useful	No Opinion

10. If there's anything else you'd like us to know, please enter your comments in the box below (optional):

If there's anything else you'd like us to know, please enter your comments in the box below (optional):

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