Charts tracking usage of 'open access'

Interactive charts on this page show usage of the term 'open access' in Ariadne articles, tracking usage from 1996 (when publication started) to present (as of most recently published issue).

Data used in these charts is drawn from all articles tagged with 'open access', via our automated tagging system.

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Timeline of references to 'open access'

This data chart includes two timelines:

• 'articles' timeline tracks the number of articles that mention 'open access' (per date)
• 'total usage' timeline tracks all references throughout articles to 'open access' (per date)

Relative recency of references to 'open access'

This data chart highlights bands of recency:

• numbers of articles referring to 'open access' recently (within previous year), mid-term (between one and three years), and longer-term (older than three years)
• total usage of 'open access' recently (within previous year), mid-term (between one and three years), and longer-term (older than three years)

Top 10: authors most frequently referring to 'open access'

This chart shows up to 10 authors most frequently using this term 'open access'.

• select author name label (near bottom of each column) to see an overview of all articles by author referring to 'open access'
• the default view of articles and total usage shows how these authors compare overall
• de-select the 'articles' label to hide this data set and focus on how these authors compare by total usage of 'open access'
• de-select the ''total usage' label to hide this data set to focus on how these authors compare by total numbers of articles referring to 'open access'

Long tail: all authors referring to 'open access'

This data chart shows all authors referring to 'open access', ordered by each author's number of articles mentioning this term versus total usage of this term:

• points in red plot data related to the top 10 authors most frequently referring to 'open access'
• points in blue plot the (more or less) long tail of other authors also referring to 'open access'
• vertical axis marks the number of articles by an author referring to 'open access'
• horizontal axis marks an author's total usage of term 'open access'

Note that darker points in this chart can indicate overlaps where several authors have written the same numbers of articles with the same total usage of this term 'open access'.

Complete list of authors discussing 'open access'

Here is a list of all authors referring to 'open access', ordered by total usage of this term.

• numbers in parentheses indicate each author's relative distribution in the chart above (total usage / number of articles).
• author names provide links to overviews of articles by each author discussing 'open access'

leo waaijers (124/3), michel wesseling (110/2), malcolm heath (44/1), michael jubb (44/1), david robey (44/1), theo andrew (36/2), stevan harnad (34/1), sarah pearson (31/2), leslie chan (27/2), esther hoorn (27/1), barbara kirsop (27/2), heila pienaar (25/1), subbiah arunachalam (25/1), martie van deventer (25/1), julie allinson (23/7), dave puplett (21/2), martin feijen (20/4), jessie hey (19/6), shirley keane (19/5), mahendra mahey (19/5), sarah callaghan (18/3), fiona hewer (17/2), derek law (17/1), paul hardaker (17/2), sam pepler (17/2), alan gadian (17/2), alex ball (16/3), maurits van der graaf (16/2), annemiek van der kuil (16/3), sugita shigeki (15/1), suziki masako (15/1), morag mackie (15/1), william nixon (13/4), charles oppenheim (11/5), robin rice (10/1), najla semple (10/1), rosemary russell (10/4), steve hitchcock (10/2), marieke guy (10/4), ruth martin (9/1), david tarrant (9/1), martin white (8/1), john maccoll (8/3), olivia walsby (8/1), marjan vernooy-gerritsen (8/1), jill russell (8/2), sophia ananiadou (8/3), richard jones (8/2), sarah rayner (8/1), gera pronk (8/1), amber thomas (7/2), stuart lewis (7/2), pete johnston (7/2), r. john robertson (7/2), andy powell (7/2), stephen pinfield (6/2), dana mckay (6/1), marie-therese gramstadt (6/1), sue manuel (6/2), simeon warner (6/1), linda kerr (5/1), richard davis (5/1), vic lyte (5/1), michelle pauli (5/2), phil barker (5/1), j max wilkinson (5/1), morag greig (5/1), tobias blanke (5/1), philip hunter (5/3), maureen pennock (5/1), ann borda (5/1), bridget soulsby (5/1), tom pollard (5/1), nick sheppard (5/1), sophia jones (5/1), manjula patel (5/2), gaby bright (5/1), jane ronson (4/1), andrew cox (4/1), paolo manghi (4/1), pauline simpson (4/1), barbara sen (4/1), chris awre (4/2), wolfram horstmann (4/1), andrew rothery (4/1), michael a. fraser (4/2), mary robinson (4/1), pete cliff (4/2), eddy verbaan (4/1), debra hiom (3/1), mike gardner (3/1), michael day (3/2), bernard m scaife (3/1), jean godby (3/2), emma tonkin (3/2), phil cross (3/1), heleen gierveld (3/1), robin taylor (3/1), adrian stevenson (3/1), elizabeth harbord (3/1), william j. nixon (3/2), margaret henty (3/1), talat chaudhri (3/2), brigitte jorg (3/1), amy gibbons (3/1), emma place (3/1), julian cheal (2/1), guenter waibel (2/1), derek sergeant (2/1), graeme west (2/1), tertia coetsee (2/1), edgardo civallero (2/1), selenay aytac (2/1), stuart macdonald (2/1), luis martinez (2/1), david donald (2/1), neil beagrie (2/2), arjan hogenaar (2/1), claire tylee (2/1), sarah molloy (2/1), katrin flemming (2/1), mariion prudio (2/1), jodi schneider (2/1), neil jacobs (2/1), stuart hannabuss (2/2), iain wallace (2/1), debra morris (2/1), stephanie taylor (2/1), richard mount (2/1), elly cope (2/1), ed fay (2/1), debbie campbell (1/1), grainne conole (1/1), karen coyle (1/1), paul watry (1/1), david walton (1/1), clive field (1/1), joanna richardson (1/1), andrew gray (1/1), david fuegi (1/1), lorcan dempsey (1/1), julian prior (1/1), kara jones (1/1), david pearson (1/1), nicola clare (1/1), malcolm wolski (1/1), dicky maidment-otlet (1/1), philippa dolphin (1/1), monica duke (1/1), brian westra (1/1), alan hopkinson (1/1), asif akram (1/1), paul walk (1/1), eilidh mackay (1/1), marie salter (1/1), don revill (1/1), dave pattern (1/1), lesly huxley (1/1), simon choppin (1/1), tigran zargaryan (1/1), constance rinaldo (1/1), bryony ramsden (1/1), monika elbert (1/1), elizabeth mchugh (1/1), lynne brindley (1/1), ray harper (1/1), liz lyon (1/1), ken eason (1/1), sebastien francois (1/1), muhammad rafiq (1/1), rob davies (1/1), tom baione (1/1), judith warnement (1/1), leona carpenter (1/1), helen forde (1/1), meriel patrick (1/1), tessa bruce (1/1), luis martinez-uribe (1/1), andrew treloar (1/1), judy redfearn (1/1), isobel stark (1/1), kurt paulus (1/1), sally rumsey (1/1), martin r. kalfatovic (1/1), martin donnelly (1/1), naomi korn (1/1), nick lewis (1/1), roy lowry (1/1), julia chruszcz (1/1), david groenewegen (1/1), tahir mansoori (1/1), john azzolini (1/1), denise lievesley (1/1), james a. j. wilson (1/1), bridget winstanley (1/1), ian dolphin (1/1), graham stone (1/1), brian whalley (1/1), susan fraser (1/1), caren milloy (1/1), philip pothen (1/1), daniel teruggi (1/1), rachel heery (1/1), richard green (1/1), john keane (1/1), mark bide (1/1), jennie grimshaw (1/1), paul jeffreys (1/1), vicky mays (1/1), john mcnaught (1/1), sarah higgins (1/1)