The Coverage of Basic and Applied Research in Press Releases in EurekAlert!

This dataset contains data from our research into the coverage of basic and applied research in EurekAlert! press releases. The data covers the years 2015 to 2022 and includes a detailed record of press releases and their associated academic research.

The following fields are described.

EUID: unique identifier for each press release. DOI: digital identifier for the associated research paper.DOI: Digital Object Identifier of the associated research paper.Research Level:Indicates whether the research is basic or applied.Research Area:The academic field or discipline of the research.Press Release Title:Title of the press release.Paper Title: Title of the associated research paper. AbstractAbstract:Abstract of the related research paper.cosine_similarity:similarity score between press release title and paper title.eu_flesch:Ease of reading of the full press release scorepaper_flesch: Ease of reading score for abstracts of papers

Source:EurekAlert! and OpenAlex.

Purpose: This dataset can be used to analyse the coverage of basic and applied research in press releases, as well as the types and fields of scientific research disseminated.