2024 dataset on independent researchers collected from OpenAlex

This dataset belongs to a paper about independent researchers submitted for the STI conference 2024 (https://sti2024.org/). It consists of several files described below. The data is from OpenAlex, collected through the InSySPo instance of the february snapshot of OpenAlex, hosted on Google Cloud. Since Topics are a new feature of OpenAlex data and therefore not part of the snapshot, this data as well as some other data not available at the InSySPo instance at the time of collection have been collected through the OpenAlex API, and incorporated in the files. Data from Scopus and Web of Science may be retrieved by using the search string in the appendix of the article.

Files all domains

240307_open_alex_works.tsv

contains all works retrieved with the search string for Independent researchers in OpenAlex in the article's appendix.

Files Social Sciences and/or Arts & Humanities

240312_open_alex_works_soc_sci_arts_2010.tsv

contains articles by Independent researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities published from 2010 and retrieved from OpenAlex.

240312_open_alex_authors_soc_sci_arts_2010.tsv

contains authors who are Independent researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities published from 2010 and retrieved from OpenAlex.

240313_open_alex_authors_all_works_soc_sci_arts_2010.tsv

contains all works by Independent researchers in Social Sciences and Humanities published from 2010 and retrieved from OpenAlex. All works mean that the researcher has at least once indicated independent status in the affiliation, and the author's other works are also included.

author_distribution_domain1.csv

contains number of works per number of authors in the domain Social Sciences (includes Arts & Humanities).

author_distribution_field33.csv

contains number of works per number of authors in the field Social Sciences.

author_distribution_field12.csv

contains number of works per number of authors in the field Arts & Humanities.

all_ssh_oa.csv

contains data for analyzing open access patterns for the domain Social Sciences (includes Arts & Humanities).