Do prolific arts and humanities authors have publishing preferences?

Yu-Wei Chang () and Hsuan-Tung Yeh ()
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Yu-Wei Chang: National Taiwan University
Hsuan-Tung Yeh: National Taiwan University

Scientometrics, 2025, vol. 130, issue 2, No 30, 1302 pages

Abstract: Abstract In this study, we explored whether prolific arts and humanities authors prefer collaborating with other researchers, publishing in low-tier journals, or being less likely to serve as first authors to enhance their research productivity. According to articles published between 2001 and 2020 in journals in the fields of music, performing arts, literature, and philosophy, contributed by 100 prolific authors in each field, prolific authors in performing arts, literature, and philosophy, but not in music, prefer single authorship. In most of their collaborative articles, prolific authors in each field do not serve as first authors. More than half of the articles produced by prolific authors in music and philosophy are published in top-tier journals, with prolific authors in performing arts and literature publishing fewer than 20% of their articles in top-tier journals. Overall, the presence of prolific authors from fields outside the corresponding disciplines, particularly those oriented toward natural sciences, underscores distinct publishing preferences that may differ from those of other prolific authors. Additionally, the existence of journals covering multiple topics has led to the inclusion of interdisciplinary authors among the prolific authors in each field.

Keywords: Prolific authors; Coauthorship; First author; Journal level; Arts and humanities (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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