Title |
Quantifying and addressing the prevalence and bias of study designs in the environmental and social sciences
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Published in |
Nature Communications, December 2020
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DOI | 10.1038/s41467-020-20142-y |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Alec P. Christie, David Abecasis, Mehdi Adjeroud, Juan C. Alonso, Tatsuya Amano, Alvaro Anton, Barry P. Baldigo, Rafael Barrientos, Jake E. Bicknell, Deborah A. Buhl, Just Cebrian, Ricardo S. Ceia, Luciana Cibils-Martina, Sarah Clarke, Joachim Claudet, Michael D. Craig, Dominique Davoult, Annelies De Backer, Mary K. Donovan, Tyler D. Eddy, Filipe M. França, Jonathan P. A. Gardner, Bradley P. Harris, Ari Huusko, Ian L. Jones, Brendan P. Kelaher, Janne S. Kotiaho, Adrià López-Baucells, Heather L. Major, Aki Mäki-Petäys, Beatriz Martín, Carlos A. Martín, Philip A. Martin, Daniel Mateos-Molina, Robert A. McConnaughey, Michele Meroni, Christoph F. J. Meyer, Kade Mills, Monica Montefalcone, Norbertas Noreika, Carlos Palacín, Anjali Pande, C. Roland Pitcher, Carlos Ponce, Matt Rinella, Ricardo Rocha, María C. Ruiz-Delgado, Juan J. Schmitter-Soto, Jill A. Shaffer, Shailesh Sharma, Anna A. Sher, Doriane Stagnol, Thomas R. Stanley, Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, Aurora Torres, Oliver Tully, Teppo Vehanen, Corinne Watts, Qingyuan Zhao, William J. Sutherland |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 16 | 17% |
Spain | 7 | 7% |
United States | 7 | 7% |
Portugal | 4 | 4% |
Finland | 4 | 4% |
Canada | 3 | 3% |
Brazil | 3 | 3% |
Estonia | 2 | 2% |
France | 2 | 2% |
Other | 11 | 12% |
Unknown | 35 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Scientists | 49 | 52% |
Members of the public | 41 | 44% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | 3% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 1% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 192 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Researcher | 34 | 18% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 27 | 14% |
Student > Bachelor | 18 | 9% |
Student > Master | 16 | 8% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 5% |
Other | 24 | 13% |
Unknown | 64 | 33% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 41 | 21% |
Environmental Science | 37 | 19% |
Social Sciences | 6 | 3% |
Psychology | 5 | 3% |
Engineering | 4 | 2% |
Other | 25 | 13% |
Unknown | 74 | 39% |