<![CDATA[Has this always been a thing?]]>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.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/ad6aa892-2595-4c0d-8ba9-f8c7d3461d9a/has-this-always-been-a-thingRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 06:29:17 GMTFri, 15 May 2026 14:48:03 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Has this always been a thing? on Fri, 15 May 2026 14:55:06 GMT]]>@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!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/giuseppebilotta/statuses/116579166204409757https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/giuseppebilotta/statuses/116579166204409757Fri, 15 May 2026 14:55:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Has this always been a thing? on Fri, 15 May 2026 14:50:29 GMT]]>@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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