The lost art of short communications in academia

Jeremiah Joven Joaquin; Raymond R Tan

doi:10.1007/s11192-021-04192-7

The lost art of short communications in academia

Scientometrics. 2021;126(12):9633-9637. doi: 10.1007/s11192-021-04192-7. Epub 2021 Nov 8.

Authors

Jeremiah Joven Joaquin¹, Raymond R Tan²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Philosophy, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines.
² Department of Chemical Engineering, De La Salle University, 2401 Taft Avenue, 0922 Manila, Philippines.

Abstract

Short communications are an integral part of academic journal publishing since they serve as a forum for scholarly debate on recently published journal articles. Their prestige and popularity, however, have been declining in the present academic setting. In this short note, we offer several reasons for this phenomenon.

Keywords: Citation; Commentaries; Indexing; Letters to the editor; Peer review; Short communications.