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In general, an averagely successful paper in most disciplines will get 200-250 readers. It’s only when there is outsized media attention that there is any issue
by ebiester 5y ago
In general, an averagely successful paper in most disciplines will get 200-250 readers. It’s only when there is outsized media attention that there is any issue.
And luckily, for those cases today, sci-hub is available.
- worik 5y agoA lot more readers than that, surely? In most disciplines there are a lot of, er, disciples. What is the definition of "moderately successful?" Perhaps you mean citations?
- pmyteh 5y agoThe modal number of citations for an academic paper is ~0. 200 citations is a very successful paper in any discipline.