> It may be noteworthy that the largest number of preprints has been in the > subfield of physical chemistry. Might this be another example (along with > the arXiv server) of physics-oriented scientists choosing to be early > adopters of preprint servers? Or, is physical chemistry simply a very > large subfield, in comparison with other kinds of chemistry? (I'm not a > chemist, so the answer isn't obvious to me!). > [V.S.Uren] My guess as an ex-chemist would be that most of the chemistry *research* that gets done worldwide is broadly organic chemistry (this would subsume biochemistry, macromalecular chemistry & medicinal chemistry which alters the balance of the stats) but that that mainly gets done in commercial organizations such as pharmaceuticals companies who would be unwilling to see preprints going out before they got the chance to secure patents. Physical chemistry is interesting from a "blue skies" view point and is therefore more favoured by academic researchers who have the motivation to publish preprints.
- Elsevier's ChemWeb Preprint Archive Stevan Harnad
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- Re: Elsevier's ChemWeb Preprint Archive Weeks, James (ELSLON)
- Re: Elsevier's ChemWeb Preprint Archive Jim Till
- Re: Elsevier's ChemWeb Preprint Archive Weeks, James (ELSLON)
- Re: Elsevier's ChemWeb Preprint Archive Jim Till
- Re: Elsevier's ChemWeb Preprint Archive Weeks, James (ELSLON)
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