Leung A K
Department of Pediatrics, University of Calgary, Alberta Children's Hospital, Canada.
Am J Dis Child. 1989 Jan;143(1):121-3.
Of the 457 reprint requests that I received over a two-year period, 432 (94.5%) came in the form of preprinted postcards and the remainder came in the form of letters. Only 235 (51.4%) were signed. There were 450 (98.5%) requests for one copy of the article and seven (1.5%) requests for more than one copy. Three hundred ninety-five (86.4%) requests were for one article, and 62 (13.6%) requests were also for any other previous articles on the subject. None of the reprint requests arrived with a self-addressed stamped envelope. One hundred twenty-seven (27.8%) requests came with a return address stick-on label. Most reprint requests were in English and came from the United States and countries in eastern Europe. A questionnaire was sent to each of the 457 persons who requested a reprint to determine how and why the request was made. There were 259 (56.7%) replies available for analysis. One hundred ninety-three (74.5%) reprint requests were made by the individuals requesting the reprint and 59 (22.8%) were made by their secretaries. The majority (81.1%) learned about the article and address from Current Contents. Forty-four (17%) had read the article (or abstract) before the reprint request was made. The two most common reasons given for the request were the unavailability of the journal and the high quality of the reprint. Two hundred fifty-six (98.8%) of the persons requesting reprints found them very useful.
在两年时间里，我收到了457份重印请求，其中432份（94.5%）是以预印明信片的形式发来的，其余的则是以信件的形式。只有235份（51.4%）有签名。有450份（98.5%）请求索要一份文章，7份（1.5%）请求索要多份。395份（86.4%）请求是索要一篇文章，62份（13.6%）请求还索要该主题之前的其他文章。所有重印请求均未附带回邮信封。127份（27.8%）请求附有回信地址贴纸标签。大多数重印请求是英文的，来自美国和东欧国家。向457位索要重印件的人每人都发送了一份问卷，以确定请求的方式和原因。有259份（56.7%）回复可供分析。193份（74.5%）重印请求是由索要重印件的个人提出的，59份（22.8%）是由他们的秘书提出的。大多数（81.1%）是从《现刊目次》中了解到文章及地址的。44位（17%）在提出重印请求之前已阅读过文章（或摘要）。提出请求的两个最常见原因是该期刊难以获取以及重印件质量高。索要重印件的人中有256位（98.8%）觉得它们非常有用。
