About the Authors

Carol Tenopir

ctenopir@utk.edu

Affiliation School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Suzie Allard

Affiliation School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kimberly Douglass

Affiliation School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Arsev Umur Aydinoglu

Affiliation School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Lei Wu

Affiliation School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Eleanor Read

Affiliation University of Tennessee Libraries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Maribeth Manoff

Affiliation University of Tennessee Libraries, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States of America

Mike Frame

Affiliation Center for Biological Informatics, United States Geological Survey, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CT SA KLD AUA LW ER MM MF. Performed the experiments: CT SA KLD AUA LW ER MM MF. Analyzed the data: CT SA KLD AUA LW ER MM MF. Wrote the paper: CT SA KLD AUA LW ER MM MF.