Differences in Publishing Preferences Between Prolific Article Authors and Book Chapter Authors From the Fields of Philosophy and Literature

Chang, Yu-Wei; Yeh, Hsuan-Tung

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Title

Differences in Publishing Preferences Between Prolific Article Authors and Book Chapter Authors From the Fields of Philosophy and Literature

Author(s)

• Chang, Yu-Wei
• Yeh, Hsuan-Tung

Issue Date

2024-03-20

Keyword(s)

• Journal article
• Book chapter
• Prolific author
• Co-authorship
• Publishing preference

Abstract

This study compared the publishing preferences of two main groups of prolific authors from the fields of philosophy and literature for the years 2001– 2020. Specifically, the top 100 prolific authors of philosophy journal articles, literature journal articles, philosophy book chapters, and literature book chapters were identified and analyzed. The results indicated that the prolific authors of works related to philosophy and literature tended not to engage in co-authorship. The prolific article authors from both fields primarily published articles in journals that corresponded to their respective fields and were affiliated with institutes that corresponded to their respective fields. The prolific book chapter authors (PBCAs) primarily published book chapters; however, most of the PBCAs from the field of philosophy were affiliated with non-philosophy university departments, whereas most of the PBCAs from the field of literature were affiliated with literature-related university departments. This finding indicates that prolific authors from different fields of humanities exhibit different preferences with re- spect to publication format. Some humanities researchers do not place a high value on journal articles. Because a considerable number of prolific authors also published books, our results suggest that focusing on only journal articles is in- adequate for exploring the characteristics of humanities publications. Therefore, future studies should investigate why these authors are highly productive even though they do not exhibit a preference for co-authorship.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

iConference 2024 Proceedings

Type of Resource

Other

Language

eng

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/122791

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