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Exploring scientists’ working timetable: Do scientists often work overtime?

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  • Wang, Xianwen
  • Xu, Shenmeng
  • Peng, Lian
  • Wang, Zhi
  • Wang, Chuanli
  • Zhang, Chunbo
  • Wang, Xianbing

Abstract

A novel method is proposed to monitor and record scientists’ working timetable. We record the downloads information of scientific papers real-timely from Springer round the clock, and try to explore scientists’ working habits. As our observation demonstrates, many scientists are still engaged in their research after working hours every day. Many of them work far into the night, even till next morning. In addition, research work also intrudes into their weekends. Different working time patterns are revealed. In the US, overnight work is more prevalent among scientists, while Chinese scientists mostly have busy weekends with their scientific research.

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  • Wang, Xianwen & Xu, Shenmeng & Peng, Lian & Wang, Zhi & Wang, Chuanli & Zhang, Chunbo & Wang, Xianbing, 2012. "Exploring scientists’ working timetable: Do scientists often work overtime?," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 6(4), pages 655-660.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:infome:v:6:y:2012:i:4:p:655-660
    DOI: 10.1016/j.joi.2012.07.003
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    1. Guangyao Zhang & Yuqi Wang & Weixi Xie & Han Du & Chunlin Jiang & Xianwen Wang, 2021. "The open access usage advantage: a temporal and spatial analysis," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 126(7), pages 6187-6199, July.
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    3. Xuemei Wang & Mingguo Ma, 2017. "The luminous intensity of regional ‘night-light’ output can predict the growing volume of published scientific research by ‘luminaries’ in developing countries," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 110(2), pages 1005-1010, February.
    4. Frei, Irina & Grund, Christian, 2017. "Antecedents of Overtime Work: The Case of Junior Academics," IZA Discussion Papers 11065, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
    5. Erzi Tang & Fengchao Liu & Jia Sun & Zulfqar Haider, 2014. "The relationship between scientists and science: knowledge-based innovation output," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 98(3), pages 1827-1835, March.
    6. Wang, Xianwen & Wang, Zhi & Mao, Wenli & Liu, Chen, 2014. "How far does scientific community look back?," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 8(3), pages 562-568.
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    8. Yu Geng & Renmeng Cao & Xiaopu Han & Wencan Tian & Guangyao Zhang & Xianwen Wang, 2022. "Scientists are working overtime: when do scientists download scientific papers?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(11), pages 6413-6429, November.
    9. Wang, Xianwen & Peng, Lian & Zhang, Chunbo & Xu, Shenmeng & Wang, Zhi & Wang, Chuanli & Wang, Xianbing, 2013. "Exploring scientists’ working timetable: A global survey," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 7(3), pages 665-675.
    10. Xianwen Wang & Zhi Wang & Shenmeng Xu, 2013. "Tracing scientist’s research trends realtimely," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 95(2), pages 717-729, May.
    11. Jennifer A. Byrne & Cyril Labbé, 2017. "Striking similarities between publications from China describing single gene knockdown experiments in human cancer cell lines," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 110(3), pages 1471-1493, March.
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    13. Xianwen Wang & Chen Liu & Wenli Mao & Zhichao Fang, 2015. "The open access advantage considering citation, article usage and social media attention," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 103(2), pages 555-564, May.
    14. Sun, Zhuanlan & Liu, Sheng & Li, Yiwei & Ma, Chao, 2023. "Expedited editorial decision in COVID-19 pandemic," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 17(1).
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    16. Bikun Chen & Dannan Deng & Zhouyan Zhong & Chengzhi Zhang, 2020. "Exploring linguistic characteristics of highly browsed and downloaded academic articles," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 122(3), pages 1769-1790, March.
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    19. Xianwen Wang & Zhichao Fang & Xiaoling Sun, 2016. "Usage patterns of scholarly articles on Web of Science: a study on Web of Science usage count," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 109(2), pages 917-926, November.

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