CrossRef's Scholarly Publishing Survey
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1. Which field best describes your research area or profession?
1. Which field best describes your research area or profession?
biology/medicine
physics
chemistry
other natural science
math/computer science
engineering/applied sciences
social sciences
humanities/arts
professional
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2. How frequently do you read or browse journal articles online?
2. How frequently do you read or browse journal articles online?
never
rarely
sometimes
frequently
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3. How often do you click on hyperlinked citations in your online research and reading?
3. How often do you click on hyperlinked citations in your online research and reading?
never
rarely
sometimes
frequently
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4. Please give us your opinion of the usefulness of hyperlinked citations:
4. Please give us your opinion of the usefulness of hyperlinked citations:
very useful
somewhat useful
not useful
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5. Do you know what a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is?
5. Do you know what a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is?
yes
no
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6. Have you heard of the organization called CrossRef that enables citation linking among scholarly/scientific works using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)?
6. Have you heard of the organization called CrossRef that enables citation linking among scholarly/scientific works using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)?
yes
no
7. Do you encounter DOIs in your online research?
7. Do you encounter DOIs in your online research?
never
occasionally
sometimes
frequently
8. Where have you come across DOIs? (click all that apply)
8. Where have you come across DOIs? (click all that apply)
have not
search results in Google
search results elsewhere
online journal articles
other web pages
online databases
print citations
9. Have you ever knowingly clicked on a DOI link?
9. Have you ever knowingly clicked on a DOI link?
yes
no
10. How would you describe your experience clicking on DOIs?
10. How would you describe your experience clicking on DOIs?
good; the link resolved as I expected
frustrating; the link didn't get me to the full text
mixed
N/A
11. What other types of hyperlinked citations have you used? (click all that apply)
11. What other types of hyperlinked citations have you used? (click all that apply)
OpenURL
SFX
PubMed
ISI
ChemPort
Other Abstracting and Indexing Service (please specify) here:
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12. Please select a phrase below to complete this sentence: "I would consider it _______________ to learn more about CrossRef and the DOI."
12. Please select a phrase below to complete this sentence: "I would consider it _______________ to learn more about CrossRef and the DOI."
useful
interesting
not relevant
Please use the space here to provide comments on DOIs and/or CrossRef (optional):
Please use the space here to provide comments on DOIs and/or CrossRef (optional):
Thank you for your time and input. If you would like additional information about CrossRef, please visit www.crossref.org.
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