comments	
date	20000802151900
ip	130.225.29.27
q1	
q10	Don\'t Know
q10_1	
q2	Browsing,Citations
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	No
q5	cond-mat,patt-sol
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Never
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802152619
ip	194.177.210.196
q1	astro-ph
q10	Some
q10_1	
q2	Browsing
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	No
q5	astro-ph
q5_1	Never
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Mostly
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	No
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802152743
ip	164.15.124.68
q1	gr-qc,quant-ph
q10	A Lot
q10_1	In some areas (including my own) a large fraction, say 70%, of articles are put on the archive when in preprint stage. Thus most researchers consult the archive to see what is new rather than look up new articles in journals. \r\n\r\nAlso the archive constitutes a quick way of finding an article one wants to read, even if it is already published in paper form (even more relevant if the journal in which the article is published is not widely distributed). \r\n\r\nHowever this last point is not really relevant for articles published in the Physical Review series because they have an efficient and free electronic access. (To be opposed for instance to Nuclear Physics).
q2	Browsing,Citations,SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	gr-qc,hep-th,quant-ph
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Occasionally
q8	No
q8_1	main reason is that the articles where written when subject area did not exist in archive
q8_2	90
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802163325
ip	131.176.13.66
q1	astro-ph
q10	A Lot
q10_1	Hit statistics of my publications web-page increase 10--600\r\nfold the weeks after placing a preprint on arXiv
q2	Browsing,Citations,Links from other sources
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research,Articles that have been Published
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	astro-ph
q5_1	Never
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Never
q8	No
q8_1	One 1994 MNRAS paper was not deposited as I only learned about arXiv sometime during 1994.\r\nAlso contributions to conference proceedings were not placed on arXiv as the material was presented well ahead of publication in a refereed journal.
q8_2	75
q9	No
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802171302
ip	142.132.6.100
q1	gr-qc,hep-ph,hep-th
q10	Don\'t Know
q10_1	
q2	Browsing,Citations,SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	No
q5	hep-ph,hep-th
q5_1	Once
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Mostly
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	100
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802172022
ip	128.174.118.185
q1	None
q10	A Lot
q10_1	this is the main source for new work
q2	Browsing,Citations
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	No
q5	hep-ph,hep-th
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Mostly
q8	No
q8_1	all since \'91
q8_2	70
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802172403
ip	158.227.194.218
q1	None
q10	Some
q10_1	Faster awareness of other authors, much easier to track the work done by me and others through the archives.
q2	Other (specify below)
q2_1	Daily perusal via web of hep-th, hep-ph, gr-qc and quant-ph\r\nPlus citations and browsing.
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	gr-qc,hep-th,quant-ph
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Occasionally
q8	No
q8_1	Some date before the archives...
q8_2	80
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802173006
ip	129.22.148.23
q1	astro-ph
q10	Some
q10_1	
q2	Browsing,Citations
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	astro-ph
q5_1	Never
q6	Refereed Post-Print
q7	-
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802173525
ip	128.165.23.179
q1	adap-org,cond-mat,math,nlin,patt-sol,solv-int
q10	A Lot
q10_1	immediate communication\r\nease of retreaval\r\njunk less likely on xxx (1000 simultaneous "referees")
q2	Browsing
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers,Articles that have been Published
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	cond-mat,nlin
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Never
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	95
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802174004
ip	128.165.23.179
q1	adap-org,cond-mat,math,nlin,patt-sol,solv-int
q10	A Lot
q10_1	immediate communication\r\nease of retreaval\r\njunk less likely on xxx (1000 simultaneous "referees")
q2	Browsing
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers,Articles that have been Published
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	cond-mat,nlin
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Never
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	95
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000802182926
ip	128.118.68.205
q1	astro-ph,gr-qc,hep-th
q10	A Lot
q10_1	Because no one in my field reads journals anymore. They are\r\ntoo thick. The index of PRD occupies 3 pages!
q2	Browsing,SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	astro-ph,gr-qc,hep-th
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Mostly
q8	No
q8_1	Some were before TeX.
q8_2	60
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	I think that arXiv is an excellent program that must be continued. The old peer review system is now suffering from too many deficiencies and could eventually become outmoded, or simply redundant, as well as the old method of publishing science articles. However, when applying for grants or government contracts, committees still seem to require that accepted articles be refreed for a journal.
date	20000802205345
ip	216.208.65.90
q1	gr-qc
q10	A Lot
q10_1	Because the arXiv is easily accessible to all readers of physics. The journals are not.
q2	Browsing
q2_1	
q3	New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	hep-th
q5_1	Always
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Mostly
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000803001158
ip	132.234.250.7
q1	quant-ph
q10	Some
q10_1	It attracts attention, and makes it easy for people to access.
q2	Citations,Links from other sources
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	quant-ph
q5_1	Once
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Occasionally
q8	No
q8_1	Couldn\'t be bothered with some of the less interesting ones.
q8_2	90
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000803081748
ip	148.81.25.15
q1	astro-ph
q10	A Lot
q10_1	I guess most people use arXiv for their current research - it is easily accessible and more up to date than published works.
q2	Citations,Links from other sources
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	astro-ph
q5_1	Never
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Mostly
q8	No
q8_1	My first paper was not deposited because I did not know of the archives at that time and did not bother to add it later because it was not related to my current research. I also do not deposit very short contributions to conference proceedings.
q8_2	86
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000803100631
ip	193.136.24.2
q1	None
q10	Some
q10_1	When you are working in a "hot topic" this is the best way to give to the others information about your work. 
q2	Citations,SPIRES,Other (specify below)
q2_1	xxx.lanl.gov
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	adap-org,cond-mat
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Occasionally
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	100
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000803134652
ip	35.8.34.56
q1	None
q10	A Lot
q10_1	The archive is more easily accessible than publications\r\nand appear more quickly. Also, the link to LANL seems \r\nfaster than the link to journals.
q2	Browsing,Citations,SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	No
q5	nucl-th
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Mostly
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000803163022
ip	140.105.16.64
q1	cond-mat
q10	A Lot
q10_1	In my field arXiv preprints are read daily by everybody.\r\nWhile journals are slow in publishing.\r\n
q2	Browsing,Citations
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	cond-mat
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Always
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000804134528
ip	128.118.147.204
q1	astro-ph
q10	Some
q10_1	
q2	Browsing,Citations
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	astro-ph
q5_1	Never
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Always
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000805195406
ip	132.72.138.1
q1	cond-mat
q10	Don\'t Know
q10_1	
q2	Browsing
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	No
q5	cond-mat
q5_1	Never
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Never
q8	No
q8_1	I started to deposit only when I became aware \r\nof the effects of depositing papers in th arXiv\r\n
q8_2	15
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000807110007
ip	134.157.10.44
q1	alg-geom,hep-th,math,math-ph,physics,q-alg
q10	A Lot
q10_1	
q2	SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	alg-geom,hep-th,q-alg
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Mostly
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000807192323
ip	128.118.68.214
q1	gr-qc
q10	A Lot
q10_1	Most people check the daily articles. 
q2	Browsing,Citations
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	gr-qc
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Mostly
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	My field is moving so fast that it is super important\r\nto get things off the web. They are old news by the\r\ntime the refereed journal article comes out.
date	20000809015423
ip	128.111.16.184
q1	None
q10	A Lot
q10_1	hunch.
q2	Browsing
q2_1	I browse astro-ph but do not subscribe to the email alert.
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	astro-ph
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Always
q8	No
q8_1	All journal articles and my thesis, but not conference\r\nproceedings that have material overlapping with\r\nan upcoming journal article of mine.
q8_2	60
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000809131110
ip	141.108.19.7
q1	None
q10	A Lot
q10_1	
q2	Browsing,Citations,SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research,New Papers
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	hep-lat,hep-ph,hep-th
q5_1	Always
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Always
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000810184416
ip	129.119.200.96
q1	hep-ph
q10	A Little
q10_1	
q2	SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	No
q5	astro-ph,hep-ph
q5_1	Never
q6	Un-refereed Pre-Prints
q7	Mostly
q8	Yes
q8_1	
q8_2	
q9	Yes
ref	1
comments	
date	20000814102406
ip	158.250.29.35
q1	hep-lat,hep-ph,hep-th,nucl-th
q10	Some
q10_1	
q2	Browsing,Citations,SPIRES
q2_1	
q3	Papers by recognised Authors,Titles/Abstracts related to my research
q3_1	
q4	Yes
q5	hep-ph
q5_1	Occasionally
q6	In between Pre-Print/Publication
q7	Never
q8	No
q8_1	Some of them is related to a very spesific question in astrophysics and are in russian. It is a hard work to prepare english version.
q8_2	80
q9	Yes
ref	1