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This study examines the patterns of evaluation surrounding journal article comments which have appeared in theASR from 1970 through 1979. The data analyzed represent a complete enumeration of the demographic and prestige characteristics of 560 senior authors of articles, and 172 authors of comments written on 138 of the 560 articles published during the decade. Upon comparison, authors whose articles have been commented on are shown to be affiliated with significantly less prestigious institutions, than are authors whose articles have not been commented on. Furthermore, a significant inverse relationship is shown to exist between the academic ranks of article authors and comment writers.
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Snizek, W.E. Casting the first rock: Some observations on the bestowers and recipients of journal article comments in sociology. Scientometrics 6, 215–222 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02279356
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