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| Title |
Data publication: towards a database of everything
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, June 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1756-0500-2-113 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Vincent S Smith |
| Abstract |
The fabric of science is changing, driven by a revolution in digital technologies that facilitate the acquisition and communication of massive amounts of data. This is changing the nature of collaboration and expanding opportunities to participate in science. If digital technologies are the engine of this revolution, digital data are its fuel. But for many scientific disciplines, this fuel is in short supply. The publication of primary data is not a universal or mandatory part of science, and despite policies and proclamations to the contrary, calls to make data publicly available have largely gone unheeded. In this short essay I consider why, and explore some of the challenges that lie ahead, as we work toward a database of everything. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1 | 25% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 202 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 17 | 8% |
| Germany | 9 | 4% |
| Mexico | 3 | 1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| Canada | 2 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 2 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| South Africa | 1 | <1% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Unknown | 135 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 55 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 18% |
| Other | 24 | 12% |
| Librarian | 21 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 17 | 8% |
| Other | 39 | 19% |
| Unknown | 10 | 5% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 66 | 33% |
| Computer Science | 49 | 24% |
| Social Sciences | 29 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 5% |
| Environmental Science | 6 | 3% |
| Other | 29 | 14% |
| Unknown | 13 | 6% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 40. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 October 2019.
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#1,025,882
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#98
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#2,767
of 123,462 outputs
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#1
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