| Title |
BioStar: An Online Question & Answer Resource for the Bioinformatics Community
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLoS Computational Biology, October 2011
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002216 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laurence D. Parnell, Pierre Lindenbaum, Khader Shameer, Giovanni Marco Dall'Olio, Daniel C. Swan, Lars Juhl Jensen, Simon J. Cockell, Brent S. Pedersen, Mary E. Mangan, Christopher A. Miller, Istvan Albert |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 73 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 | 9 | 12% |
| Canada | 4 | 5% |
| Spain | 3 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Sweden | 2 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Norway | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 46 | 63% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 63 | 86% |
| Scientists | 15 | 21% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 181 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 5% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Norway | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 2% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Spain | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 2% |
| Unknown | 152 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 58 | 32% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 33 | 18% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 8% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 7% |
| Other | 11 | 6% |
| Other | 29 | 16% |
| Unknown | 23 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 77 | 43% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 27 | 15% |
| Computer Science | 14 | 8% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 9 | 5% |
| Engineering | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 20 | 11% |
| Unknown | 28 | 15% |