Most leading publishers provide access to articles released online ahead of print publication; however, the relationship between print publication and electronic access has seldom been examined. This study investigated the effects of online release on readership by examining the weekly accesses to 75 articles released online between December 2019 and March 2020 in Scientometrics, a hybrid journal. The results revealed that the electronic access increased rapidly following the articles’ online release, but declined immediately, and increased again after the print publication. Publishing articles in two formats not only enables speedy distribution of research, but also increases the electronic access to journals.

大多数领先的出版商都提供在印刷出版之前在线发布的文章的访问权限；然而，印刷出版与电子访问之间的关系却很少受到审查。本研究通过检查 2019 年 12 月至 2020 年 3 月期间在混合期刊Scientometrics上在线发布的 75 篇文章的每周访问量，调查了在线发布对读者群的影响。结果表明，文章在线发布后电子访问量迅速增加，但立即下降，并在印刷发表后再次增加。以两种格式发表文章不仅可以快速分发研究成果，还可以增加对期刊的电子访问。