Academia

1. 90 percent of academic articles published are not even cited once.
2. Of those articles that are cited, only 20 percent have actually been read by the citing authors.
3. Over half of academic papers are never read by anyone other than their authors, peer reviewers, and journal editors.
4. A peer-reviewed journal article is read completely by no more than 10 people, on average

Me and Nic published an article on ResearchGate last month. It’s had 175 downloads and the document may have been circulated by email as well, but god knows how many people will actually read it.

Oddly, because it’s not peer reviewed, it will not add to any metrics like the H-Index if if it is cited. But the articles that cite it will if they are peer reviewed add to their author’s metrics.

It’s a bit odd.