6 Publication time
MARC field: 008/07-14
Polish publication time field: publication_time.R
Harmonize temporal data function: polish_years.R
Render publication time field: publication_time.qmd
The publication years section offers a comprehensive summary of the dataset’s years of publication, providing an understanding of the temporal distribution of titles. The inclusion of links to uniquely accepted and discarded output tables adds a layer of transparency, allowing for detailed exploration of the refined and excluded data.
6.1 Complete Data Overview
Publication year discarded with melinda id
Publication years is available for 1187016 documents (100%). The publication years span is 1015-2024.
6.1.1 Title count per decade (log values)
6.1.2 Publication status summaries
Thу visualization of publication status field enhances understanding of how publication years are recorded. The harmonization process depended on the publication status field due to its nuanced information, which doesn’t always directly signify the start or end of publication.
| Publication Status | Documents (n) | Fraction (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Single known date/probable date | 1064152 | 89.6 |
| Continuing resource ceased publication | 44266 | 3.7 |
| Publication date and copyright date | 34378 | 2.9 |
| Continuing resource currently published | 25570 | 2.2 |
| Questionable date | 7754 | 0.7 |
| Inclusive dates of collection | 4701 | 0.4 |
| Reprint/reissue date and original date | 4188 | 0.4 |
| Multiple dates | 1983 | 0.2 |
| Continuing resource status unknown | 491 | 0 |
| Date of distribution etc | 101 | 0 |
| Detailed date | 76 | 0 |
| No attempt to code | 66 | 0 |
| Dates unknown | 26 | 0 |
| No dates given; B.C. date involved | 4 | 0 |
6.2 Subset Analysis: 1809-1917
In this segment we concentrate on the so called “long 19th century”: literary production during the years 1809-1917, when the Grand Duchy of Finland was an autonomous part of the Russian Empire.
6.2.1 Title count per decade
A plot depicting title counts per decade from 1809 to 1917 enriches the analysis by visually capturing the trends and fluctuations in literary output over this historical period.