| Title |
Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2011
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0021101 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Carol Tenopir, Suzie Allard, Kimberly Douglass, Arsev Umur Aydinoglu, Lei Wu, Eleanor Read, Maribeth Manoff, Mike Frame |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 161 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 48 | 30% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 9% |
| Canada | 6 | 4% |
| France | 5 | 3% |
| Spain | 5 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2% |
| Belgium | 3 | 2% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| Sweden | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 16 | 10% |
| Unknown | 57 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 109 | 68% |
| Scientists | 24 | 15% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 17 | 11% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 8 | 5% |
| Unknown | 3 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 1,137 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 61 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 23 | 2% |
| Spain | 11 | <1% |
| Canada | 10 | <1% |
| Germany | 8 | <1% |
| France | 6 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 5 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 4 | <1% |
| Italy | 4 | <1% |
| Other | 44 | 4% |
| Unknown | 961 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 215 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 168 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 153 | 13% |
| Librarian | 148 | 13% |
| Other | 79 | 7% |
| Other | 243 | 21% |
| Unknown | 131 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 221 | 19% |
| Social Sciences | 221 | 19% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 164 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 54 | 5% |
| Engineering | 44 | 4% |
| Other | 263 | 23% |
| Unknown | 170 | 15% |