| Title |
Measuring Nepotism through Shared Last Names: The Case of Italian Academia
|
|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, August 2011
|
| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0021160 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Stefano Allesina |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 185 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Italy | 30 | 16% |
| United Kingdom | 16 | 9% |
| United States | 12 | 6% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 3% |
| Spain | 6 | 3% |
| Canada | 5 | 3% |
| Argentina | 2 | 1% |
| Austria | 2 | 1% |
| Germany | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 18 | 10% |
| Unknown | 86 | 46% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 126 | 68% |
| Scientists | 43 | 23% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 10 | 5% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 2 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 218 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 3% |
| Spain | 5 | 2% |
| Italy | 5 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 1% |
| Austria | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Malta | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 3 | 1% |
| Unknown | 189 | 87% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 54 | 25% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 26 | 12% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 17 | 8% |
| Professor | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 36 | 17% |
| Unknown | 31 | 14% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 60 | 28% |
| Social Sciences | 21 | 10% |
| Environmental Science | 18 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 14 | 6% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 13 | 6% |
| Other | 59 | 27% |
| Unknown | 33 | 15% |