Page Charges and Article Length in Astronomy Journals

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2007

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Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Abstract

A study of 34 journals in astronomy and astrophysics looked at the relationship between journal page charges and the length of articles published. Although some writers contend that page charges encourage contributors to write shorter articles, there was no correlation between page charges and the length of articles published. American journals with relatively high impact factors were more likely to have page charges, but there was no overall correlation between impact factor and either page charges or article length.

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By the kind permission of the ASP Conference Series.

Keywords

page charges; astronomy; journals; article length

Citation

Dunn, K., Noel, R., & Shaw, D. (2007). Page charges and article length in astronomy journals. In S. Ricketts, C. Birdie, & E. Isaksson (Eds.), Library and information services in astronomy V: Common challenges, uncommon solutions (ASP Conference Series, vol. 377) (pp. 415-417). San Francisco, CA: Astronomy Society of the Pacific.

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By permission of the publisher, Astronomy Society of the Pacific, via e-mail to R. Noel and D. Shaw, February 4, 2010.

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Book chapter