Reprint

Reprint

WordNet (2005) provides the following definitions of the noun reprint: "

reissue: a publication (such as a book) that is reprinted without changes or editing and offered again for sale

offprint: a separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication "

Some databases, such as the Social Science Citation Index has a special categories for identifying reprints: Document Type: REPRINT.

Libraries and individuals often collect preprints and my use special software for managing reprint collections. In general do libraries not collect reprints of papers which are represented in the journals to which the library subscribe, because this is redundancy.

Reprints should be regarded as substitutes for real publications. They may however have separate paginations, which is an obstacle for precise scientific citation. Sometimes reprints have been corrected why researchers may have to compare the reprint with the official publication.

Literature:

Garfield, E. (1977). Can reprint requests serve as a new form of international currency for the scientific community? Current Contents, #47, 5-13. http://www.garfield.library.upenn.edu/essays/v3p307y1977-78.pdf

McGeachin, R. B. (2004). The impact of electronic bibliographic databases and electronic journal articles on the scholar's information-seeking behavior and personal collection of "reprints". Science & Technology Libraries, 25(1-2), 127-137.

Swales, J. (1988). Language and scientific communication - the case of reprint request. Scientometrics, 13(3-4), 93-101.

WordNet.(2005). http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=reprint