In the 1970s increasing publication and mailing costs, far outstripping revenues from subscriptions and meagre advertising sales, nearly shut the magazine down.
Increasing publication and postage expenses exceeded revenues in the late 1960s, causing financial problems at Harper's to worsen enough that its parent company, the Minneapolis Star and Tribune Company, planned to close the magazine in 1980.
However, there is an increasing publication rate worldwide, which reflects the interest in and relevance of this research field.
By analyzing the research profiles of prolific scientists within elite journals, our quantitative method shows how cumulative advantage manifests as an increasing publication rate.
As a consequence, we find a much faster and increasing publication activity.
Besides, there are also other mechanisms to be considered when judging the overall increasing publication amount.
Also, the proportion of methodological quality items fulfilled increased with increasing publication year, which is consistent with trends in internal medicine journals [ 17].
Given the increasing publication of papers describing how to conduct an appropriate meta-analysis [ 5- 8], one might expect that the number of discrepancies between reviews is less now than before.
The period from 2000 to the present is described as a period of expansion, reflecting consolidation of the field, a rapidly increasing publication count, and a tendency of methods to become more inclusive of new analysis features.
It took over the Journal newspapers in 1981 and increased publication to five days a week.
