An investigation on Graphical Abstracts use in scholarly articles

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Highlights：

• From 2011 to 2015, a 350% increase of graphical abstracts use is revealed in social sciences journals.

• 50% of graphical abstracts are simply duplicated from the manuscript’s existing visual components.

• Contents of graphical abstracts vary: overview, results, methods, and background.

• Different types of visualizations are used depending on the contents of graphical abstracts.

摘要

•From 2011 to 2015, a 350% increase of graphical abstracts use is revealed in social sciences journals.•50% of graphical abstracts are simply duplicated from the manuscript’s existing visual components.•Contents of graphical abstracts vary: overview, results, methods, and background.•Different types of visualizations are used depending on the contents of graphical abstracts.

论文关键词：Graphical abstracts,Scholarly communication,Visualization of knowledge

论文评审过程：Received 4 August 2016, Revised 25 September 2016, Accepted 26 September 2016, Available online 24 October 2016, Version of Record 24 October 2016.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2016.09.005