Dr Jekyll and Dr Hyde: author‐reader asymmetries in scholarly publishing

2002/06/01 by Michael Mabe, Mayur Amin · 1 voice · 3 citations
Arts and Humanities · Decision Sciences · #Academic Publishing and Open Access #Publishing and Scholarly Communication #scientometrics and bibliometrics research

paper · doi:10.1108/00012530210441692

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Abstract

The fundamental asymmetries of the journal system are reviewed and an examination is made of the differences between author and reader behaviour at both a quantitative and a qualitative level. Author productivity and so‐called “salami‐style” publishing practices are examined. An estimate of global author numbers is made. Reader and readership studies combined with bibliometric analysis allow the proposal of a means of estimating reading rates of journals.

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Discussions

• So how do scholars decide which papers to read? A 2002 study found scientists review ~1,100 titles & 200 abstracts annually, but read less than 100 full papers.🤯 If i have to fight through big words [bsky, 0 points, 1 comments]