Joaquin JJ, Tan RR. The lost art of short communications in academia.
Scientometrics 2021;
126:9633-9637. [PMID:
34776558 PMCID:
PMC8573075 DOI:
10.1007/s11192-021-04192-7]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
Abstract
Short communications are an integral part of academic journal publishing since they serve as a forum for scholarly debate on recently published journal articles. Their prestige and popularity, however, have been declining in the present academic setting. In this short note, we offer several reasons for this phenomenon.
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