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EPL
Volume 108, Number 5, December 2014
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Article Number | 50011 | |
Number of page(s) | 6 | |
Section | General | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/108/50011 | |
Published online | 16 December 2014 |
Is your EPL attractive? Classification of publications through download statistics
1 Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - 79011 Lviv, Ukraine
2 Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University - Coventry, CV1 5FB, England, UK
Received: 28 September 2014
Accepted: 25 November 2014
Here we consider the download statistics of EPL publications. We find that papers in the journal are characterised by fast accumulations of downloads during the first couple of months after publication, followed by slower rates thereafter, behaviour which can be represented by a model with predictive power. We also find that individual papers can be classified in various ways, allowing us to compare categories for open-access and non–open-access papers. For example, for the latter publications, which comprise the bulk of EPL papers, a small proportion (2%) display intense bursts of download activity, possibly following an extended period of less remarkable behaviour. About 18% have an especially high degree of attractiveness over and above what is typical for the journal. One can also classify the ageing of attractiveness by examining download half-lives. Approximately 18% have strong interest initially, waning in time. A further 20% exhibit “delayed recognition” with relatively late spurs in download activity. Although open-access papers enjoy more downloads on average, the proportions falling into each category are similar.
PACS: 01.75.+m – Science and society / 89.65.-s – Social and economic systems / 89.75.-k – Complex systems
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