Is email a reliable means of contacting authors of previously published papers? A study of the Emergency Medicine Journal for 2001. Export

@article{citeulike:3723077, abstract = {OBJECTIVES: To determine whether it is possible to contact authors of previously published papers via email. METHODS: A cross sectional study of the Emergency Medicine Journal for 2001. RESULTS: 118 articles were included in the study. The response rate from those with valid email addresses was 73\%. There was no statistical difference between the type of email address used and the address being invalid (p=0.392) or between the type of article and the likelihood of a reply (p=0.197). More responses were obtained from work addresses when compared with Hotmail addresses (86\% v 57\%, p=0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Email is a valid means of contacting authors of previously published articles, particularly within the emergency medicine specialty. A work based email address may be a more valid means of contact than a Hotmail address.}, author = {O'Leary, F.}, citeulike-article-id = {3723077}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12835347}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=12835347}, issn = {1472-0213}, journal = {Emergency medicine journal : EMJ}, keywords = {all, data-persistance, data-sharing, evaluation, publishing}, month = {July}, number = {4}, pages = {352--353}, posted-at = {2008-11-28 22:13:39}, priority = {2}, title = {Is email a reliable means of contacting authors of previously published papers? A study of the Emergency Medicine Journal for 2001.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12835347}, volume = {20}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3723077 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3723077 N2 - OBJECTIVES: To determine whether it is possible to contact authors of previously published papers via email. METHODS: A cross sectional study of the Emergency Medicine Journal for 2001. RESULTS: 118 articles were included in the study. The response rate from those with valid email addresses was 73%. There was no statistical difference between the type of email address used and the address being invalid (p=0.392) or between the type of article and the likelihood of a reply (p=0.197). More responses were obtained from work addresses when compared with Hotmail addresses (86% v 57%, p=0.02). CONCLUSIONS: Email is a valid means of contacting authors of previously published articles, particularly within the emergency medicine specialty. A work based email address may be a more valid means of contact than a Hotmail address. IS - 4 JF - Emergency medicine journal : EMJ SN - 1472-0213 EP - 353 TI - Is email a reliable means of contacting authors of previously published papers? A study of the Emergency Medicine Journal for 2001. VL - 20 SP - 352 KW - all KW - data-persistance KW - data-sharing KW - evaluation KW - publishing AU - O'Leary, F PY - 2003/07// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12835347 ER -