More reprint requests, more citations?

Author: Drenth J.P.H.

Source: Scientometrics, Volume 56, Number 2, 2003 , pp. 283-286(4)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Reprint requests are commonly used to obtain a copy of an article. This study aims to correlate the number of reprint requests from a 10-year-sample of articles with the number of citations. The database contained 28 articles published in over a 10-year-period (1992-2001). For each separate article the number of citations and and the number of reprint requests were retrieved. In total 303 reprint requests were analysed. Reviews (median 9, range 1 to 95) and original articles (median 8, range 1-36) attracted most reprint requests. There was an excellent correlation between the number of requests and citations to article (two-tailed non-parametric Spearman rank test r = 0.55; 95% confidence interval 0.18-0.78, P < 0.005). Articles that received most reprint requests are cited more often.

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology University Medical Center St. Radboud, P.O. Box 9101, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands E-mail: JoostPHDrenth@CS.com

Publication date: 2003-01-01