The three pie charts illustrate the weekly frequency of journal article reading among all students, PhD students, and junior lecturers at an Australian university. Overall, it is clear that reading habits vary significantly across these groups, with PhD students and junior lecturers demonstrating much higher engagement with academic literature than the general student population.
For all students, the vast majority (67%) read between 1 and 5 articles per week. Only 21% read 6 to 11 articles, while a minority of 12% read 12 or more. In stark contrast, PhD students show a strong preference for high-volume reading; 80% of this group read 12 or more articles weekly. Only 15% read between 6 and 11, and a negligible 5% read between 1 and 5.
Junior lecturers occupy a middle ground regarding high-volume reading but are the most consistent group in the moderate category. Three-quarters (75%) of junior lecturers read between 6 and 11 articles per week, while 24% read 12 or more. Only 1% of this group read between 1 and 5 articles, making them the least likely to read the lowest number of journals.