Poll results

We run regular polls on the Dove Press site and the outcome of these polls is useful to us so we thought we'd make the results available to you as well.

1. Which social media do you use at least once a week?
   48%  Facebook
   16%  YouTube  
   15%  LinkedIn  
   12%  Twitter  
   3%  Other (various)
   1%  Flickr  
   1%  Tumblr  
   1%  Delicious  
   1%  Digg  
   1%  Bebo  
   1%  MySpace  
2. Does your institution have a formal policy favoring publication in Open Access journals? 46%  No
   35%  Yes
   19%  Not sure
3. What sort of mobile phone do you use?
   27%  Nokia   
   18%  iPhone 
   15%  Samsung
   13%  Blackberry  
   10%  Sony Ericsson
   9%    Motorola 
   4%    LG    
   4%    Other
4. How do you share your findings with your colleagues?
   37%  Publish in journals
   20%  Conferences and meetings      
   17%  Email    
   13%  Give them a hard copy 
   10%  In conversation
   3%    Other  
5. Do you use any Social Networking websites? 
   56%  No
   44%  Yes
6. Would you join an Author Rewards program offering benefits from a publisher?
   70%  Yes   
   25%  No   
   5%    Other 
7. Is having an Impact Factor important for a journal?
   93%  Yes   
   7%    No   
8. As an author, what do you look for in a medical journal?
   33%  Indexed on PubMed 
   23%  Quick and fair peer review 
   17%  Fast publication of your paper
   14%  Wide readership   
   11%  Good communication with publisher  
   2%   Other
9. Which reference management software do you use?
   68% EndNote
   20% Reference Manager
   6% RefWorks
   2% Zotero
   1% ProCite
   1% JabRef
   1% Connotea
   1% Other

Updated 31 August 2017