DataONE:GEO reuse study/Phase 1

Research Plan

• Query PubMed Central for GEO accession number patterns
• Only look at one year of PMC because deposit rate (and possibly spectrum) not constant over time

Open Questions

• Also look at Highwire Press, Google Scholar, other full text sources?
  • More difficult because can't process queries automatically
• Look for accession number patterns for datasets and data series?

Limitations

Important for argument

This is a conservative estimate because:

• Many papers not in PMC (source for percentages?)
• Many data citations not attributed using accession numbers (source for percentages?)

Less important for argument

• Doesn't capture reuse outside the peer-reviewed literature (for example, reuse during training)
• Deposits into PMC not stable over time, distribution may change over time