Shaw N A, Frith R W, Synek V M
Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Auckland Hospital.
N Z Med J. 1988 May 25;101(846):264-6.
One thousand consecutive reprint requests were classified according to their countries of origin. One third came from the United States of America and over 70% originated in six countries (USA, Czechoslovakia, France, West and East Germany and Canada). When reprint requests were adjusted for population size, a different order became apparent with Czechoslovakia requesting proportionally the most, followed by Israel, East Germany, Canada, Switzerland and Belgium. Approximately half of the reprint requests came from European countries with the overall rates for western and eastern European nations being similar. There were comparatively few requests received from Third World nations. The analysis questions several of the reasons commonly given for honouring reprint requests.
一千份连续的重印请求根据其来源国进行了分类。三分之一来自美利坚合众国，超过70%来自六个国家（美国、捷克斯洛伐克、法国、西德、东德和加拿大）。当根据人口规模对重印请求进行调整时，出现了不同的顺序，捷克斯洛伐克按比例请求的最多，其次是以色列、东德、加拿大、瑞士和比利时。大约一半的重印请求来自欧洲国家，西欧和东欧国家的总体请求率相似。来自第三世界国家的请求相对较少。该分析对通常为重印请求提供的几个理由提出了质疑。
