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Book reviews in academic journals: patterns and dynamics
Scientometrics volume110,pages 355364 (2017)Cite this article Show
AbstractBook reviews play important roles in scholarly communication especially in arts and humanities disciplines. By using Web of Sciences Science Citation Index Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts & Humanities Citation Index, this study probed the patterns and dynamics of book reviews within these three indexes empirically during the past decade (20062015). We found that the absolute numbers of book reviews among all the three indexes were relatively stable but the relative shares were decreasing. Book reviews were very common in arts and humanities, common in social sciences, but rare in natural sciences. Book reviews are mainly contributed by authors from developed economies such as the USA and the UK. Oppositely, scholars from China and Japan are unlikely to contribute to book reviews. This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution. Access optionsBuy single articleInstant access to the full article PDF. 34,95 Price includes VAT (Vietnam) Rent this article via DeepDyve. Learn more about Institutional subscriptions Fig.1 Fig.2 Fig.3 Notes
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Download references AcknowledgementsThis research is supported by National Social Science Foundation of China (#16ZD08, #13AZD072, and #12AZD046). All the views expressed herein are those of the authors who also take full responsibility for any errors. The authors would also like to thank the anonymous reviewer for his (her) constructive comments and kindly help in editing the language of the manuscript. Author informationAffiliations
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