Dear Stevan, > The three interpretations are not mutually exclusive, but my guess is that > the truth is more a combination of II and III than I. and IV? INTERPRETATION IV: Romeo is biased, at least as non-Angloamerican publishers/journals are concerned ;-) -- in a way I would expect similar results for a German survey ... All my best, Katja -- FQS - Forum Qualitative Sozialforschung / Forum: Qualitative Social Research (ISSN 1438-5627) English -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-eng.htm German -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs.htm Spanish -> http://www.qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-s.htm Dr. Katja Mruck Freie Universitaet Berlin Center fuer Digitale Systeme (CeDiS) Ihnestr. 24 D - 14195 Berlin E-mail: [log in to unmask] Phone: ++49 (0)30 838 - 55 725 / - 52 779 (off.) ++49 (0)30 791 54 31 (priv.) Fax: ++49 (0)30 838 - 52 843