Has this always been a thing?
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Has this always been a thing?
I just got an email from a scientific journal publisher, informing me that an article of mine from 2024 was “among the most viewed articles” (in 2025, of the articles published in 2024).
And I mean, OK, I'll take it, but I'm sitting here wondering: is this something new, or has it been going around for a while and I just haven't heard of it? Are they really trying to get authors to publish with them with such “dopamine hit”?
I knew that sites like academia.edu and researchgate.net were trying to go the way of “social media for researchers” but this is the first time I see something like that from a more “serious” publisher.
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Has this always been a thing?
I just got an email from a scientific journal publisher, informing me that an article of mine from 2024 was “among the most viewed articles” (in 2025, of the articles published in 2024).
And I mean, OK, I'll take it, but I'm sitting here wondering: is this something new, or has it been going around for a while and I just haven't heard of it? Are they really trying to get authors to publish with them with such “dopamine hit”?
I knew that sites like academia.edu and researchgate.net were trying to go the way of “social media for researchers” but this is the first time I see something like that from a more “serious” publisher.
@giuseppebilotta I have honestly no idea because nothing I've ever published is likely to come close to being a journal's most viewed articles
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@giuseppebilotta I have honestly no idea because nothing I've ever published is likely to come close to being a journal's most viewed articles
@afewbugs TBH this was a in a relatively less-known journal, and when I actually look at the statistics it shows something like 800 views so it's not exactly OH WOW I'M WORLD-RENOWN level
. I'm pretty sure my posts here on Fedi get more views!
