| Title |
Access to Scientific Publications: The Scientist's Perspective
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2011
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0027868 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Yegor Voronin, Askar Myrzahmetov, Alan Bernstein |
| Abstract |
Scientific publishing is undergoing significant changes due to the growth of online publications, increases in the number of open access journals, and policies of funders and universities requiring authors to ensure that their publications become publicly accessible. Most studies of the impact of these changes have focused on the growth of articles available through open access or the number of open-access journals. Here, we investigated access to publications at a number of institutes and universities around the world, focusing on publications in HIV vaccine research--an area of biomedical research with special importance to the developing world. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 38 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 | 7 | 18% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 8% |
| Canada | 2 | 5% |
| Australia | 2 | 5% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| China | 1 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 18 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 23 | 61% |
| Scientists | 11 | 29% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 8% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 205 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Malaysia | 7 | 3% |
| United States | 5 | 2% |
| Portugal | 4 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 2 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | <1% |
| Ecuador | 1 | <1% |
| North Macedonia | 1 | <1% |
| Tanzania, United Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 6 | 3% |
| Unknown | 175 | 85% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 39 | 19% |
| Student > Master | 32 | 16% |
| Researcher | 22 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 21 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 10% |
| Other | 56 | 27% |
| Unknown | 15 | 7% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 53 | 26% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 28 | 14% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 22 | 11% |
| Arts and Humanities | 20 | 10% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 9% |
| Other | 47 | 23% |
| Unknown | 17 | 8% |