| Title |
Public Availability of Published Research Data in High-Impact Journals
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0024357 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Alawi A. Alsheikh-Ali, Waqas Qureshi, Mouaz H. Al-Mallah, John P. A. Ioannidis |
| Abstract |
There is increasing interest to make primary data from published research publicly available. We aimed to assess the current status of making research data available in highly-cited journals across the scientific literature. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 119 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 | 27 | 23% |
| United Kingdom | 12 | 10% |
| Spain | 7 | 6% |
| Australia | 3 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 2 | 2% |
| Brazil | 2 | 2% |
| France | 2 | 2% |
| Canada | 2 | 2% |
| Indonesia | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Unknown | 53 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 79 | 66% |
| Scientists | 26 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 7 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 5 | 4% |
| Unknown | 2 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 417 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 3% |
| Nigeria | 12 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1% |
| Germany | 4 | <1% |
| Spain | 4 | <1% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 3 | <1% |
| Sweden | 3 | <1% |
| Other | 21 | 5% |
| Unknown | 325 | 78% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 95 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 60 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 10% |
| Other | 42 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 39 | 9% |
| Other | 112 | 27% |
| Unknown | 26 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 76 | 18% |
| Social Sciences | 65 | 16% |
| Computer Science | 57 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 51 | 12% |
| Arts and Humanities | 24 | 6% |
| Other | 104 | 25% |
| Unknown | 40 | 10% |