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| Title |
Investment into the future of microbial resources: culture collection funding models and BRC business plans for biological resource centres
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|---|---|
| Published in |
SpringerPlus, February 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/2193-1801-3-81 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
David Smith, Kevin McCluskey, Erko Stackebrandt |
| Abstract |
Through their long history of public service, diverse microbial Biological Resource Centres (mBRCs) have made myriad contributions to society and science. They have enabled the maintenance of specimens isolated before antibiotics, made available strains showing the development and change of pathogenicity toward animals, humans and plants, and have maintained and provided reference strains to ensure quality and reproducibility of science. However, this has not been achieved without considerable financial commitment. Different collections have unique histories and their support is often tied to their origins. However many collections have grown to serve large constituencies and need to develop novel funding mechanisms. Moreover, several international initiatives have described mBRCs as a factor in economic development and have led to the increased professionalism among mBRCs. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 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 | 3 | 60% |
| Unknown | 2 | 40% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 60% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 64 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |
| Brazil | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 62 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 11 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 9 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 13% |
| Other | 5 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 6 | 9% |
| Unknown | 21 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 28% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 8% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 6% |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 3 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 14% |
| Unknown | 22 | 34% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. 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 14 April 2021.
All research outputs
#4,562,724
of 23,340,595 outputs
Outputs from SpringerPlus
#290
of 1,856 outputs
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#56,332
of 316,085 outputs
Outputs of similar age from SpringerPlus
#11
of 62 outputs
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