The pie charts below illustrate the number of journal articles read
| You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. The pie charts below illustrate the number of journal articles read per week by all students, PhD students, and junior lecturers at an Australian university. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words. |
The pie charts illustrate the number of journal articles read per week by all students, PhD students, and junior lecturers at an Australian university.
Overall, PhD students read the highest number of articles, whereas the majority of all students read only a few journals each week. Junior lecturers fall in between these two groups, with most reading a moderate number of articles.
Among all students, 67% read just 1 to 5 journal articles weekly, while only 12% read more than 12. Around 21% read between 6 and 11 articles each week. In contrast, PhD students display the opposite pattern: the vast majority (80%) read more than 12 articles weekly, whereas only 5% read 1 to 5 journals.
For junior lecturers, three-quarters read 6 to 11 articles per week, and approximately 24% read more than 12. Very few, just 1%, read only 1 to 5 articles.
These data suggest that journal reading habits increase with academic experience, with PhD students being the most engaged, followed by junior lecturers, while general students tend to read relatively few journal articles.