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Scholarly gratitude in five geographical contexts: a diachronic and cross-generic approach of the acknowledgment paratext in medical discourse (1950–2010)

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  • Françoise Salager-Meyer

    (Universidad de Los Andes)

  • María Ángeles Alcaraz-Ariza

    (Universidad de Alicante)

  • Marianela Luzardo Briceño

    (Universidad de Los Andes)

  • Georges Jabbour

    (Universidad de Los Andes)

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This study analyzed the use of acknowledgements in medical articles published in five countries (Venezuela, Spain, France, UK and USA) from 1950 to 2010. For each country, we selected 54 papers (18 research papers, 18 reviews and 18 case reports), evenly distributed over six decades, from two medical journals with the highest impact factors. Only papers written by native speakers in the national language were included. The evolution of the frequency and length of acknowledgments was analyzed. Of 270 articles studied, 127 (47%) had acknowledgments. The presence of acknowledgments was associated with country (p = 0.001), this section being more common and longer in US and UK journals. Acknowledgments were most common in research papers (70 vs. 40% in case reports and 31% in reviews, p

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  • Françoise Salager-Meyer & María Ángeles Alcaraz-Ariza & Marianela Luzardo Briceño & Georges Jabbour, 2011. "Scholarly gratitude in five geographical contexts: a diachronic and cross-generic approach of the acknowledgment paratext in medical discourse (1950–2010)," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 86(3), pages 763-784, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:scient:v:86:y:2011:i:3:d:10.1007_s11192-010-0329-y
    DOI: 10.1007/s11192-010-0329-y
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