There is relatively little overlap between the PLOS Biology research articles recommended by F1000Prime and those articles mentioned in Wikipedia, indicating different audiences. Source data in CSV format available here.

Fig. 5

PLOS Biology articles: sites of recommendation and discussion. Number of PLOS Biology research articles published up to May 20, 2013 that have been recommended by F1000Prime (red) or mentioned in Wikipedia (blue). Originally published as Fig. 5 in http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001687.

Source code

# code for figure 5: Venn diagram F1000 vs. Wikipedia for PLOS Biology articles

# load required libraries
library("plyr")
library("VennDiagram")

# load May 20, 2013 ALM report
alm <- read.csv("../data/alm_report_plos_biology_2013-05-20.csv", stringsAsFactors=FALSE)

# only look at research articles
alm <- subset(alm, alm$article_type == "Research Article")

# group articles based on values in Wikipedia and F1000
reassignWikipedia<- function(x) if (x > 0) 1 else 0
alm$wikipedia_bin <- aaply(alm$wikipedia, 1, reassignWikipedia)
reassignF1000 <- function(x) if (x > 0) 2 else 0
alm$f1000_bin <- aaply(alm$f1000, 1, reassignF1000)
alm$article_group = alm$wikipedia_bin + alm$f1000_bin
reassignCombined <- function(x) if (x == 3) 1 else 0
alm$combined_bin <- aaply(alm$article_group, 1, reassignCombined)
reassignNo <- function(x) if (x == 0) 1 else 0
alm$no_bin <- aaply(alm$article_group, 1, reassignNo)

# remember to divide f1000_bin by 2, as this is the default value
summary <- colSums(subset(alm, select=c("wikipedia_bin","f1000_bin","combined_bin","no_bin")), na.rm=TRUE)
rows <- nrow(alm)

# options
plos.colors <- c("#c9c9c7","#0000ff","#ff0000")

# plot the chart
opar <- par(mai=c(0.5,.75,3.5,0.5), omi=c(0.5,0.5,1.5,0.5), mgp=c(3,.5,.5), fg="black", cex.main=2, cex.lab=1.5, col=plos.color, col.main=plos.color, col.lab=plos.color, xaxs="i", yaxs="i")

venn.plot <- draw.triple.venn(area1=rows,area2=summary[1],area3=summary[2]/2,n12=summary[1],n23=summary[3],n13=summary[2]/2,n123=summary[3],euler.d=TRUE,scaled=TRUE,fill=plos.colors,cex=2,fontfamily = rep("sans", 7))

par(opar)

Reference

Fenner M. What Can Article-Level Metrics Do for You? PLoS Biology. Public Library of Science (PLOS); 2013 Oct 22;11(10):e1001687. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1001687

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