Analysis of dataset on editorial board composition of Dove Medical Press by continent

This article presents the frequency of distribution of editorial members of Dove Medical press, across the world based on their official stated affiliations. Uneven distributions across the six continents were observed and this was confirmed by the Chi-square test of goodness of fit. Further researc...

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Main Authors: Hilary I. Okagbue, Aderemi A. Atayero, Muminu O. Adamu, Pelumi E. Oguntunde, Abiodun A. Opanuga, Patience I. Adamu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-10-01
Series:Data in Brief
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352340918310564
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Summary:This article presents the frequency of distribution of editorial members of Dove Medical press, across the world based on their official stated affiliations. Uneven distributions across the six continents were observed and this was confirmed by the Chi-square test of goodness of fit. Further research can focus on data on the gender composition, distribution of the affiliations of the first or corresponding authors of the respective journals, citation and editorial board composition based on the abstraction and indexation of the journals. Keywords: Dove Medical Press, Bibliometrics, Data analysis, Random, Smart campus, Ranking analytics, Statistics
ISSN:2352-3409