I want to know if there is reduction in value in terms of academic usefulness by converting an original article to short communication. Are these two article types the same?. Or, do they rate them differently in academic environment?
A short communication in a journal is generally considered a preliminary study that insufficiently complete to merit publication as a full research article. ... As with Original Articles, manuscripts submitted as Short Communications should be novel and of wide general interest.
Please also check the answer to a similar question posted in RG: "Does a short communication paper carry the same impact factor as the full length paper?"
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_a_short_communication_paper_carry_the_same_impact_factor_as_the_full_length_paper
IMO, the reader should treat all articles based on their usefulness, rigor, originality, novelty, etc. not on their mere size. Personally, I have published a few short articles in good journals and never regretted it. However, some incompetent administrators may assign lower weight to 'brief communication' works in P&T decisions. But we should completely disregard their opinion and do what's truly needed to advance science - regardless of the length of each paper.
They do - implicitly - have a slightly lower "impact" in the eyes of your bosses, but as long as you write "normal length" papers as well no-one can actually complain, and you probably have a very good motive when you do write a short paper anyway.
No problem.
A short communication in a journal is generally considered a preliminary study that insufficiently complete to merit publication as a full research article. ... As with Original Articles, manuscripts submitted as Short Communications should be novel and of wide general interest.
Please also check the answer to a similar question posted in RG: "Does a short communication paper carry the same impact factor as the full length paper?"
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_a_short_communication_paper_carry_the_same_impact_factor_as_the_full_length_paper
@Mahmoud Omid you've done greatly. The link answers it all. Kudos. I have gained a lot from the discussion.
Michael Patriksson Mahmoud Omid and Alexander Serenko your contributions are very informative and educative, thank you.
Both short communication and original article are equally important, and worthy according to me. Sometimes a short communication on a very important topic when published in a good journal can get cited a lot. So also original articles when presented systematically gain a lot of appreciation and recognition.
Short communication can be seen as a preliminary or pilot study from the original article/ full study. However, in a real sense, little difference is what you are going to experience in the overall conclusion of the original article. Although, scholars published short communication first so that readers would be aware of what is going on in their field and some do that to make the mark as the first person to do such as study. Therefore, you need to strike a balance by informing your readers about the two publications i.e the pilot study (short communication) and the real or original articles, and you must, as a matter of fact informed the readers that (the pilot) is a part of the original study, so that the readers would be aware of the trend in your communication to them. Also, when the original article/full paper is ready, you need to inform the readers about their correlations/differences and make your conclusions. I hope this is useful! Good luck!!
Oluwaseyi Wusu THANK YOU DOC FOR THE INCLUSIVE COMMENT. IT'S APPRECIATED.
Short/Rapid/Brief Communication Article is a shorter version of "Original Paper", whose methods, findings, etc. don't justify a full length paper. They still contain original findings, but are general much more straightforward. They are both useful. However, original article is more comprehensive and informative.
Hassan Izzeddin Sarsak thank you for the straightforward and informative answer.
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short communication has less words count and less references when compared to original also the methodology may be the same including ample size and the results. i had a previous experience of original article being accepted for short communication , editors requested shortening of the introduction and references.
so I think they should be totally differ in their format and design.
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