| Title |
How the Scientific Community Reacts to Newly Submitted Preprints: Article Downloads, Twitter Mentions, and Citations
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, November 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0047523 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Xin Shuai, Alberto Pepe, Johan Bollen |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 385 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 | 76 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 42 | 11% |
| Spain | 29 | 8% |
| Canada | 28 | 7% |
| Australia | 18 | 5% |
| Germany | 12 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 6 | 2% |
| Belgium | 5 | 1% |
| Sweden | 5 | 1% |
| Other | 53 | 14% |
| Unknown | 111 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 230 | 60% |
| Scientists | 108 | 28% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 33 | 9% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 13 | 3% |
| Unknown | 1 | <1% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 420 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 20 | 5% |
| Spain | 11 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 9 | 2% |
| Germany | 7 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1% |
| Canada | 5 | 1% |
| Italy | 5 | 1% |
| Australia | 3 | <1% |
| Norway | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 26 | 6% |
| Unknown | 327 | 78% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 71 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 63 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 50 | 12% |
| Librarian | 48 | 11% |
| Other | 34 | 8% |
| Other | 111 | 26% |
| Unknown | 43 | 10% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 100 | 24% |
| Social Sciences | 90 | 21% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 38 | 9% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 29 | 7% |
| Arts and Humanities | 22 | 5% |
| Other | 80 | 19% |
| Unknown | 61 | 15% |