About the Authors

Cassidy R. Sugimoto

sugimoto@indiana.edu

Affiliation School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Mike Thelwall

Affiliation School of Technology, University of Wolverhampton, Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Vincent Larivière

Affiliations École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies (OST), Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur la Science et la Technologie (CIRST), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Andrew Tsou

Affiliation School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

Philippe Mongeon

Affiliation École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Benoit Macaluso

Affiliations École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l’information, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada, Observatoire des Sciences et des Technologies (OST), Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche sur la Science et la Technologie (CIRST), Université du Québec à Montréal, Montréal, Canada

Competing Interests

Co-author Vincent Lariviere currently serves as an editor for PLOS ONE. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies, particularly those on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CRS MT VL. Performed the experiments: CRS MT VL AT PM BM. Analyzed the data: CRS MT VL AT PM BM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT VL. Wrote the paper: CRS MT VL AT PM.