I am wondering whether any other Tipsters have been bothered by the practice of some publishers to provide TWO dates of publication for a single publication: (1) date of PAPER publication (e.g., 1996) and (2) date of ONLINE publication (e.g., 2010 of the 1996 article). I had noticed this practice a while back and thought it was potentially confusing possibly for students but now I see that some of the internet engines that are social media websites for researchers can list a single article twice: one with the print date and the other with the online availability date. Can anyone think of a justification for this practice? Depending on the social media website, this could mean that a single article is represented twice which then influences calculations like number of publications, impact factor for the author, and so on. Should publishers provide a separate date for online availability? I don't see the point.
-Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=36166 or send a blank email to leave-36166-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
