Appendix
Extended disciplinary tables
This section includes additional details about the number of articles in the 8 largest disciplines and aggregated Humanities and Social Sciences subject areas, as well as the average and predicted citations and the average and predicted downloads.
Medicine & Public Health
Citations
Table 8. The number of articles and citations in Medicine & Public Health
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
22,772 |
6.12 |
100.00 |
4 |
6.28 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
4,760 |
6.03 |
98.53 |
3 |
6.51 |
103.61 |
|
Gold OA |
11,969 |
11.88 |
193.97 |
7 |
11.94 |
190.15 |
Downloads
Table 9. The number of articles and downloads in Medicine & Public Health
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
22,772 |
803.05 |
100.00 |
606 |
744.12 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
4,760 |
751.62 |
93.60 |
474 |
779.74 |
104.79 |
|
Gold OA |
11,969 |
4,733.99 |
589.50 |
3153 |
5,235.84 |
703.63 |
Engineering
Citations
Table 10. The number of articles and citations in Engineering
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
18,428 |
7.60 |
100.00 |
5 |
7.51 |
100.00% |
|
Green OA |
350 |
8.43 |
110.92 |
5 |
7.23 |
96.27% |
|
Gold OA |
3,113 |
9.72 |
127.79 |
6 |
10.85 |
144.39% |
Downloads
Table 11. The number of articles and downloads in Engineering
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
18,428 |
447.41 |
100.00 |
346 |
454.07 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
350 |
673.53 |
150.54 |
460.5 |
518.12 |
114.11 |
|
Gold OA |
3,113 |
3,040.06 |
679.48 |
2,404 |
2,934.00 |
646.15 |
Life Sciences
Citations
Table 12. The number of articles and citations in Life Sciences
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
14,600 |
6.32 |
100.00 |
4 |
6.33 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
1,306 |
8.69 |
137.49 |
5 |
13.68 |
216.16 |
|
Gold OA |
4,969 |
9.99 |
158.04 |
6 |
14.88 |
235.13 |
Downloads
Table 13. The number of articles and downloads in Life Sciences
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
14,600 |
672.16 |
100.00 |
519 |
640.31 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
1,306 |
1,032.56 |
153.62 |
597.5 |
1,033.21 |
161.36 |
|
Gold OA |
4,969 |
3,768.18 |
560.61 |
2870 |
4,896.12 |
764.65 |
Computer Science
Citations
Table 14. The number of articles and citations in Computer Science
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,352 |
9.23 |
100.00 |
5 |
9.54 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
339 |
9.27 |
100.50 |
5 |
10.30 |
107.99 |
|
Gold OA |
2,745 |
14.58 |
158.08 |
6 |
15.29 |
160.25 |
Downloads
Table 15. The number of articles and downloads in Computer Sciences
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,352 |
584.79 |
100.00 |
405 |
609.32 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
339 |
735.74 |
125.81 |
466 |
726.56 |
119.24 |
|
Gold OA |
2,745 |
4,493.50 |
768.40 |
2,935 |
4,210.88 |
691.07 |
Environment
Citations
Table 16. The number of articles and citations in Environment
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,389 |
9.68 |
100.00 |
6 |
11.77 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
264 |
11.14 |
115.13 |
6.5 |
20.52 |
174.32 |
|
Gold OA |
2,211 |
14.66 |
151.48 |
9 |
22.96 |
195.03 |
Downloads
Table 17. The number of articles and downloads in Environment
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,389 |
682.15 |
100.00 |
524 |
747.25 |
100.00% |
|
Green OA |
264 |
950.33 |
139.31 |
585.5 |
1,127.07 |
150.83% |
|
Gold OA |
2,211 |
4,597.81 |
674.02 |
3,009 |
5,543.91 |
741.91% |
Chemistry
Citations
Table 18. The number of articles and citations in Chemistry
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,276 |
8.39 |
100.00 |
5 |
12.18 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
821 |
7.39 |
88.03 |
5 |
11.07 |
90.87 |
|
Gold OA |
1,632 |
12.44 |
148.26 |
7 |
50.05 |
410.80 |
Downloads
Table 19. The number of articles and downloads in Chemistry
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,276 |
580.45 |
100.00 |
444 |
651.59 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
821 |
719.14 |
123.89 |
565 |
657.90 |
100.97 |
|
Gold OA |
1,632 |
3,896.86 |
671.35 |
2,737 |
6,259.77 |
960.69 |
Materials Science
Citations
Table 20. The number of articles and citations in Materials Science
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
10,502 |
7.81 |
100.00 |
5 |
8.72 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
190 |
6.26 |
80.21 |
5 |
6.09 |
69.79 |
|
Gold OA |
1,114 |
10.75 |
137.68 |
6 |
11.59 |
132.83 |
Downloads
Table 21. The number of articles and downloads in Materials Science
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
10,502 |
508.67 |
100.00 |
392 |
546.86 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
190 |
589.15 |
115.82 |
434 |
509.55 |
93.18 |
|
Gold OA |
1,114 |
2,998.97 |
589.58 |
2,316 |
3,194.73 |
584.20 |
Biomedicine
Citations
Table 22. The number of articles and citations in Biomedicine
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
6,390 |
7.95 |
100.00 |
5 |
7.67 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
1,312 |
10.06 |
126.58 |
6 |
14.48 |
188.81 |
|
Gold OA |
3,093 |
14.63 |
184.08 |
8 |
16.17 |
210.92 |
Downloads
Table 23. The number of articles and downloads in Biomedicine
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
6,390 |
924.33 |
100.00 |
718 |
843.63 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
1,312 |
1,282.17 |
138.71 |
871.5 |
1,374.84 |
162.97 |
|
Gold OA |
3,093 |
5,010.60 |
542.08 |
3,557 |
6,394.71 |
758.00 |
Humanities
Citations
Table 24. The number of articles and citations in the Humanities
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
1,565 |
3.70 |
100.00 |
1 |
3.66 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
47 |
3.45 |
93.17 |
2 |
3.62 |
98.85 |
|
Gold OA |
1,812 |
5.86 |
158.49 |
3 |
5.27 |
143.83 |
Downloads
Table 25. The number of articles and downloads in the Humanities
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
1,565 |
642.23 |
100.00 |
393 |
633.24 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
47 |
640.36 |
99.71 |
405 |
652.69 |
103.07 |
|
Gold OA |
1,812 |
4,013.41 |
624.92 |
2,895.5 |
3,759.10 |
593.63 |
Social Sciences
Citations
Table 26. The number of articles and citations in the Social Sciences
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean citations |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,975 |
5.66 |
100.00 |
3 |
5.99 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
871 |
6.13 |
108.41 |
4 |
5.69 |
95.01 |
|
Gold OA |
8,199 |
9.68 |
171.03 |
5 |
9.04 |
151.01 |
Downloads
Table 27. The number of articles and downloads in the Social Sciences
|
Access type |
Number of articles |
Mean downloads |
Mean (%) |
Median |
Prediction |
Prediction (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Non-OA |
11,975 |
782.78 |
100.00 |
551 |
800.85 |
100.00 |
|
Green OA |
871 |
879.22 |
112.32 |
621 |
916.66 |
114.46 |
|
Gold OA |
8,199 |
5,277.80 |
674.23 |
3575 |
5,034.64 |
628.66 |
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