| Title |
The Spread of Scientific Information: Insights from the Web Usage Statistics in PLoS Article-Level Metrics
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, May 2011
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0019917 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Koon-Kiu Yan, Mark Gerstein |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 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 | 5 | 31% |
| Canada | 3 | 19% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| South Africa | 1 | 6% |
| Colombia | 1 | 6% |
| Sweden | 1 | 6% |
| Curaçao | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 3 | 19% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 10 | 63% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 19% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 179 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 14 | 8% |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 6% |
| Spain | 9 | 5% |
| Germany | 5 | 3% |
| Italy | 3 | 2% |
| Japan | 3 | 2% |
| Singapore | 2 | 1% |
| Canada | 2 | 1% |
| Mexico | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 13 | 7% |
| Unknown | 116 | 65% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 34 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 25 | 14% |
| Librarian | 23 | 13% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 10% |
| Other | 51 | 28% |
| Unknown | 10 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 52 | 29% |
| Computer Science | 45 | 25% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 12% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 7% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 28 | 16% |
| Unknown | 15 | 8% |