SSRN文學研究網絡之預行本作者及其預行本出版探討

雖然愈來愈多自然科學、社會科學學科開始使用預行本，人文學預行本之發展卻未受到關注。為此，本研究以1997至2020年間發表在SSRN文學研究網絡之1,734篇預行本為研究對象，發現跨領域文學及傳統文學2大類預行本數量均自2007年起明顯成長，而發表預行本的1,376位作者係來自25個學科，隸屬75個國家之676個機構，僅有6位作者同時發表跨領域文學及傳統文學預行本，但皆為發表8至100篇之高產量作者。跨領域文學預行本以法律與文學主題為主，因此作者大多來自法律學科，不同於傳統文學預行本以語言文學作者為最多。此外，跨領域文學預行本之出版率（36.6%）略高於傳統文學預行本（31.8%），但傳統文學預行本比跨領域文學預行本更明顯偏好以期刊文章形式出版（88.7% vs. 77.3%）。

With the increasing embrace of preprints by scientific and social science disciplines, the humanities have garnered comparatively less attention in their development. This study targeted 1,734 preprints uploaded on the SSRN Literature Research Network between 1997 and 2020. The findings reveal substantial preprint growth in both traditional and interdisciplinary literature categories since 2007. A total of 1,376 authors were identified as affiliated with 676 institutions across 75 countries and represented 25 disciplines. Only 6 authors shared preprints in both interdisciplinary and traditional literature, but they were productive, contributing 8-100 preprints. Law authors dominated interdisciplinary literature preprints because most preprints were related to law and literature. This differed in that language and literature authors predominantly shared preprints in traditional literature.
Additionally, there is a slightly higher publication rate in interdisciplinary literature preprints than in traditional literature preprints (36.6% vs. 31.8%). Traditional literature preprints showed a significantly higher preference for publishing in the format of journal articles compared to interdisciplinary literature preprints (88.7% vs. 77.3%).