Obtaining Reprints--The Effects of Self-Addressed Return Labels

This article compares the response rates for obtaining journal reprints from colleagues when the requests are made using postcards with or without a self-addressed return label. Higher response rates were obtained from the cards with the self-addressed return labels, and more women responded than did men, but these differences were not statistically significant.
Hartley, James. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication (2002). Articles>Research>Collaboration>Gender