Herbetko J, Munk P L
Department of Radiology, Southampton General Hospital, England.
Can Assoc Radiol J. 1992 Aug;43(4):283-7.
After the publication of any medical paper, its authors normally receive requests for reprints. An analysis was performed to determine the geographic origin of requests, the frequency of requests and the response rate for individual requesters, the additional work that these requests entail for major authors and some of the associated costs. A total of 209 consecutive reprint requests received over a 11-month period for radiologic articles written by one of the authors of this paper were reviewed. Overall, 45% of the requests originated in the United States, 22% in Western Europe (excluding Britain), 19% in Eastern Europe, 8% in Canada, 4% in Britain and 2% collectively in India, Cuba and Mexico. A questionnaire was sent to each requester; 122 (58%) replied. The respondents requested between 3 and 2000 reprints each year; respondents from the United States requested by far the most reprints. The respondents received reprints for between 25% and 100% (mean, 70%) of their requests. The requesters found the articles in the original journal in 41% of cases, in Current Contents (ISI Press, Philadelphia) in 34%, in both the journal and Current Contents in 23% and in other sources in 2%. Twenty-seven of 39 frequently published authors (69%) replied to a questionnaire about the requests they received; 19 reported receiving at least 100 requests and 4 at least 500 requests every year. Inquiries to 29 radiologic journals about the cost of reprints and the frequency of requests for additional copies yielded 18 replies. Twelve journals provided free reprints, and for the other 6 the average cost of 100 reprints was $90 (Can) when the reprints were ordered at the time of the original printing (as offprints).
任何医学论文发表后，其作者通常会收到索取论文复印件的请求。进行了一项分析，以确定请求的地理来源、请求频率以及单个请求者的回复率，这些请求给主要作者带来的额外工作量以及一些相关成本。对在11个月期间连续收到的由本文作者之一撰写的放射学文章的209份索取论文复印件请求进行了审查。总体而言，45%的请求来自美国，22%来自西欧（不包括英国），19%来自东欧，8%来自加拿大，4%来自英国，2%来自印度、古巴和墨西哥。向每位请求者发送了一份问卷；122人（58%）回复。回复者每年索取3至2000份论文复印件；美国的回复者索取的论文复印件最多。回复者收到的论文复印件占其请求量的25%至100%（平均为70%）。请求者在41%的情况下是在原始期刊中找到这些文章的，34%是在《现刊目次》（美国费城科学情报研究所出版社）中找到的，23%是在期刊和《现刊目次》中都找到的，2%是在其他来源中找到的。39位经常发表文章的作者中有27位（69%）回复了一份关于他们收到的请求的问卷；19位报告每年至少收到100份请求，4位报告每年至少收到500份请求。向29种放射学期刊询问论文复印件的成本和额外份数的请求频率，得到了18份回复。12种期刊提供免费论文复印件，对于其他6种期刊，在原始印刷时订购（作为抽印本）100份论文复印件的平均成本为90加元。
