Abstract
A questionnaire was mailed to 157 behavioral scientists who failed to comply with requests for reprints. For the 75 respondents to the survey, the reasons for noncompliance fell into two categories; 58% reportedly failed to comply because there were “problems in communication” (e.g., not receiving the request) and 42% specifically chose not to comply (called refusers). The two groups indicated that they were equally prolific in publishing, but refusers reported receiving more than twice as many requests for reprints in the past 12 months as those who failed to comply because there were “problems in communication.” While neither group was prone to request reprints from other scientists to the extent that they were receiving requests, refusers were especially unlikely to ask others for reprints.
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