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Origin of reprint requests.

N A Shaw1, R W Frith, V M Synek

  • 1Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Auckland Hospital.

The New Zealand Medical Journal
|May 25, 1988
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Reprint requests analysis reveals most originate from six countries, but proportional requests are highest from Czechoslovakia when adjusted for population. Few requests came from developing nations.

Area of Science:

  • Bibliometrics
  • Scientific Communication

Background:

  • Reprint requests are a common metric for scientific impact.
  • Understanding the geographical distribution of requests can inform scientific outreach and resource allocation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the geographical origin of reprint requests.
  • To compare absolute and population-adjusted request rates.
  • To evaluate common justifications for fulfilling reprint requests.

Main Methods:

  • Classification of 1000 consecutive reprint requests by country of origin.
  • Calculation of absolute and population-adjusted request rates.
  • Comparative analysis of request patterns from different global regions.

Main Results:

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  • The United States of America, Czechoslovakia, France, West and East Germany, and Canada accounted for over 70% of requests.
  • Czechoslovakia, Israel, East Germany, Canada, Switzerland, and Belgium showed the highest proportional request rates relative to population.
  • European countries contributed approximately half of all requests, with similar rates from Western and Eastern Europe.
  • Developing nations submitted comparatively few reprint requests.

Conclusions:

  • Geographical distribution of reprint requests is heavily concentrated in a few industrialized nations.
  • Population-adjusted analysis reveals different patterns of scientific engagement.
  • The findings prompt a re-evaluation of the rationale behind honoring reprint requests, particularly concerning global equity in scientific information access.