Which people use which scientific papers? An evaluation of data from F1000 and Mendeley
This study used the Mendeley API to download Mendeley counts for a comprehensive F1000Prime data set. F1000Prime is a post-publication peer review system for papers from the biomedical area. The F1000 papers are provided with tags from experts in this area which can characterise a paper more exactly (such as good for teaching). Regression models with Mendeley counts as dependent variables have been calculated. In the case of a well written article that provides a good overview of a topic, it tends to be better received by people outside research.
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