Watkins M W
Department of Educational and School Psychology and Special Education, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA.
J Psychol. 2001 Jan;135(1):52-8. doi: 10.1080/00223980109603679.
The proliferation of journals and the escalation of journal prices have made it difficult for psychologists, especially those in rural areas without access to comprehensive libraries, to obtain journal articles. A traditional source of otherwise unavailable papers is to request a reprint directly from the author. Although previous researchers found this method to be 60%-80% successful, there have been major changes in journal operations and alternative media since this research was conducted. In the present study, reprints were requested from 473 corresponding authors from 10 American Psychological Association journals. The compliance rate was 84% and reprints took, on average, 32 days to arrive. There was no difference in the rate or in the speed of response due to the requestor's status as an academic or applied psychologist. Although functional, the traditional reprint request method was slow, uncertain, and costly. It is suggested that a demand still exists for reprints, but that electronic reprints should replace the traditional paper format. Key words: reprints, scientific communication
期刊数量的激增以及期刊价格的上涨，使得心理学家，尤其是那些身处农村地区、无法使用综合性图书馆的心理学家，难以获取期刊文章。获取其他途径无法得到的论文的传统方式是直接向作者索要单行本。尽管之前的研究发现这种方法的成功率为60%-80%，但自该研究开展以来，期刊运营和替代媒体已发生了重大变化。在本研究中，我们向美国心理学会10种期刊中的473位通讯作者索要了单行本。回复率为84%，单行本平均需要32天才能送达。索要者是学术心理学家还是应用心理学家，在回复率或回复速度上并无差异。尽管传统的单行本索要方式仍能发挥作用，但它速度慢、不确定且成本高。研究表明，对单行本仍有需求，但电子单行本应取代传统的纸质形式。关键词：单行本，科学交流
