| Title |
Ten Simple Rules for Getting Help from Online Scientific Communities
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLoS Computational Biology, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002202 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Giovanni M. Dall'Olio, Jacopo Marino, Michael Schubert, Kevin L. Keys, Melanie I. Stefan, Colin S. Gillespie, Pierre Poulain, Khader Shameer, Robert Sugar, Brandon M. Invergo, Lars J. Jensen, Jaume Bertranpetit, Hafid Laayouni |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 125 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 | 35 | 28% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 8% |
| Canada | 7 | 6% |
| France | 5 | 4% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 2% |
| Japan | 3 | 2% |
| Australia | 3 | 2% |
| India | 2 | 2% |
| Colombia | 2 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 14% |
| Unknown | 38 | 30% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 70 | 56% |
| Scientists | 43 | 34% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 2 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 330 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 11 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 2% |
| France | 6 | 2% |
| Spain | 5 | 2% |
| Brazil | 4 | 1% |
| Sweden | 3 | <1% |
| Germany | 2 | <1% |
| Italy | 2 | <1% |
| Russia | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 22 | 7% |
| Unknown | 267 | 81% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 91 | 28% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 75 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 9% |
| Other | 17 | 5% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 17 | 5% |
| Other | 62 | 19% |
| Unknown | 39 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 152 | 46% |
| Computer Science | 26 | 8% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 23 | 7% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 4% |
| Chemistry | 10 | 3% |
| Other | 55 | 17% |
| Unknown | 52 | 16% |