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| Title |
Experimental Study of Informal Rewards in Peer Production
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PLOS ONE, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0034358 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael Restivo, Arnout van de Rijt |
| Abstract |
We test the effects of informal rewards in online peer production. Using a randomized, experimental design, we assigned editing awards or "barnstars" to a subset of the 1% most productive Wikipedia contributors. Comparison with the control group shows that receiving a barnstar increases productivity by 60% and makes contributors six times more likely to receive additional barnstars from other community members, revealing that informal rewards significantly impact individual effort. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 24 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 | 4 | 17% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | 13% |
| Denmark | 2 | 8% |
| India | 2 | 8% |
| Australia | 2 | 8% |
| France | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| Norway | 1 | 4% |
| Italy | 1 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 8% |
| Unknown | 5 | 21% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 18 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 13% |
| Scientists | 3 | 13% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 101 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 8% |
| Canada | 3 | 3% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Poland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 87 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 38 | 38% |
| Researcher | 15 | 15% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 6% |
| Other | 16 | 16% |
| Unknown | 6 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 34 | 34% |
| Computer Science | 18 | 18% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 13 | 13% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 5% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 19% |
| Unknown | 8 | 8% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 32. 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 08 November 2022.
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#1,177,018
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Outputs from PLOS ONE
#15,168
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#5,957
of 164,795 outputs
Outputs of similar age from PLOS ONE
#226
of 3,707 outputs
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