Title |
Data Sharing by Scientists: Practices and Perceptions
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, June 2011
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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 160 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 | 47 | 29% |
United Kingdom | 13 | 8% |
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 | 58 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 109 | 68% |
Scientists | 23 | 14% |
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 1,133 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 | 45 | 4% |
Unknown | 956 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 216 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 165 | 15% |
Student > Master | 153 | 14% |
Librarian | 148 | 13% |
Other | 79 | 7% |
Other | 244 | 22% |
Unknown | 128 | 11% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Social Sciences | 221 | 20% |
Computer Science | 219 | 19% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 164 | 14% |
Environmental Science | 55 | 5% |
Engineering | 44 | 4% |
Other | 263 | 23% |
Unknown | 167 | 15% |