Earlier serials lists
Top 100 serials in WorldCat
Compiled by Patrick McClain, OCLC Research
[Excerpted from the OCLC Newsletter, 228 (July/August) 1997.]
The list of the top 100 serials in WorldCat is based on the number of holdings symbols attached to the bibliographic record for a particular serial title. On each occasion that OCLC has compiled these statistics, a different serial has come out on top, and four of the top five serials on this year's list have been the top-held serial in the past: Scientific American in 1989, Consumer Reports in 1991, Time in 1995 and Newsweek this year. Only serial titles currently in publication are included in the list.
—Patrick McClain is systems analyst, OCLC Office of Research.
Rank | OCLC Number | Holdings | Publication Title |
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1 | 1760328 | 5783 | Newsweek |
2 | 1767509 | 5778 | Time |
3 | 1564931 | 5757 | Consumer Reports |
4 | 7786209 | 5406 | U.S. News & World Report |
5 | 1775222 | 5244 | Scientific American |
6 | 6451257 | 5232 | National Geographic |
7 | 1766364 | 5033 | Sports Illustrated |
8 | 1537921 | 4975 | Business Week |
9 | 1359769 | 4618 | Smithsonian |
10 | 1081160 | 4587 | Psychology Today |
11 | 2351916 | 4544 | Library Journal |
12 | 1479963 | 4538 | American Heritage |
13 | 2367617 | 4527 | Science News |
14 | 6560726 | 4421 | Discover |
15 | 1569892 | 4393 | Fortune |
16 | 1644869 | 4318 | Science |
17 | 1763471 | 4302 | The Reader's Digest |
18 | 4015531 | 4285 | Popular Science |
19 | 1588464 | 4117 | Money |
20 | 2497043 | 4021 | Good Housekeeping |
21 | 3643271 | 4007 | Popular Mechanics |
22 | 1792449 | 3944 | People Weekly |
23 | 4267940 | 3938 | Life |
24 | 6465733 | 3909 | Forbes |
25 | 5902855 | 3887 | Better Homes and Gardens |
26 | 1759475 | 3863 | Natural History |
27 | 1760231 | 3820 | The New Yorker |
28 | 1567306 | 3818 | Ebony |
29 | 1193890 | 3785 | Statistical Abstract of the United States |
30 | 1759389 | 3756 | National Review |
31 | 4532730 | 3712 | Harper's |
32 | 1759945 | 3698 | The New Republic |
33 | 1751795 | 3665 | Harvard Business Review |
34 | 1587974 | 3663 | The New England Journal of Medicine |
35 | 1536781 | 3650 | The Booklist |
36 | 1643827 | 3576 | Seventeen |
37 | 2244730 | 3567 | Byte |
38 | 1624448 | 3552 | The Ladies' Home Journal |
39 | 1587904 | 3549 | National Wildlife |
40 | 1124917 | 3512 | Journal of the American Medical Association |
41 | 23819939 | 3494 | Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine |
42 | 1643268 | 3475 | The Nation |
43 | 2267483 | 3434 | The Saturday Evening Post |
44 | 1565627 | 3429 | Current History |
45 | 854299 | 3425 | American Libraries |
46 | 4171150 | 3409 | McCall's |
47 | 1311259 | 3357 | Physicians' Desk Reference |
48 | 1787396 | 3357 | Rolling Stone |
49 | 1788884 | 3357 | The United States Government Manual |
50 | 1141571 | 3354 | Who's Who in America |
51 | 1223579 | 3327 | Encyclopedia of Associations |
52 | 1567544 | 3293 | The Education Digest |
53 | 1587520 | 3221 | Audubon |
54 | 1641993 | 3187 | Prevention |
55 | 1762661 | 3169 | Popular Photography |
56 | 1645522 | 3153 | The New York Times |
57 | 1759465 | 3148 | Nation's Business |
58 | 2761141 | 3120 | Working Woman |
59 | 1769234 | 3100 | Vital Speeches of the Day |
60 | 1569702 | 3086 | Foreign Affairs |
61 | 1238236 | 3081 | The Statesman's Year-book |
62 | 6083626 | 3043 | The Christian Century |
63 | 2243002 | 3003 | Washington Information Directory |
64 | 1696683 | 2995 | Motor Trend |
65 | 1743347 | 2981 | The American Journal of Nursing |
66 | 2441557 | 2963 | American Library Directory |
67 | 1564424 | 2960 | Commonweal |
68 | 1788281 | 2935 | Consumers' Research Magazine |
69 | 13566002 | 2890 | PC Magazine |
70 | 1479242 | 2875 | America |
71 | 1761598 | 2867 | Outdoor Life |
72 | 1762202 | 2863 | Phi Delta Kappan |
73 | 5345258 | 2856 | Monthly Labor Review |
74 | 5434081 | 2836 | Redbook |
75 | 1715227 | 2827 | Mademoiselle |
76 | 2246130 | 2819 | Environment |
77 | 3568173 | 2810 | Omni |
78 | 1798621 | 2801 | School Library Journal |
79 | 1769261 | 2790 | Vogue |
80 | 1685864 | 2787 | FDA Consumer |
81 | 1564295 | 2778 | Commentary |
82 | 1081684 | 2767 | The Economist |
83 | 1773253 | 2745 | Occupational Outlook Handbook |
84 | 1184940 | 2740 | County and City Data Book |
85 | 24813732 | 2727 | Health |
86 | 2489456 | 2714 | Publishers Weekly |
87 | 1238839 | 2706 | The Book of the States |
88 | 1479320 | 2704 | American Artist |
89 | 1514286 | 2700 | Art in America |
90 | 1361183 | 2693 | The Writer's Market |
91 | 918159 | 2691 | The Foundation Directory |
92 | 1765612 | 2689 | Sky and Telescope |
93 | 1554505 | 2674 | Christianity Today |
94 | 5259082 | 2648 | Glamour |
95 | 1756390 | 2645 | Maclean's |
96 | 6261197 | 2642 | Physicians' Desk Reference for Nonprescription Drugs |
97 | 6183469 | 2640 | Congressional Digest |
98 | 1758761 | 2635 | The Mother Earth News |
99 | 5154955 | 2631 | Esquire |
100 | 1713564 | 2621 | Who Was Who in America |