Figshare

research output digital online sharing platform; operated by Figshare LLP, part of Digital Science
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Figshare

Summary

Figshare is a web service[1]. Figshare draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (web_service category, ranking #6 of 16).[2]

Key Facts

  • Figshare was a member of ORCID, Inc.[3].
  • Figshare's instance of is recorded as web service[4].
  • Figshare's instance of is recorded as open-access repository[5].
  • Figshare's instance of is recorded as data library[6].
  • Figshare's owned by is recorded as Digital Science[7].
  • Figshare's operator is recorded as Figshare LLP[8].
  • Figshare's logo image is recorded as Figshare logo.svg[9].
  • Figshare's developer is recorded as Mark Hahnel[10].
  • Figshare's collection is recorded as Social Sciences and Humanities Open Marketplace[11].
  • Figshare's collection is recorded as Text Analysis Portal for Research[12].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as data sharing[13].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as research data archiving[14].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as digital capturing[15].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as publishing[16].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as collaboration[17].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as gathering[18].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as archiving[19].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as disseminating[20].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as arranging[21].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as digital preservation[22].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as sharing[23].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as storing[24].
  • Figshare's has use is recorded as identification[25].
  • Figshare's Commons category is recorded as Media from Figshare[26].
  • Figshare's country of origin is recorded as United Kingdom[27].

Body

Founding

+2011-01-12T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Figshare[28].

Operations

Parent organizations include Macmillan Publishers[29], a publishing house[30], in United Kingdom[31], founded in 1843[32], headquartered in London[33]; Springer Nature[34], a publishing house[35], in Germany[36], founded in 2015[37], headquartered in Berlin[38]; and Digital Science[39], a business[40], in United Kingdom[41], founded in 2010[42], headquartered in London[43]. Figshare's operator is recorded as Figshare LLP[8].

Ownership

Figshare's owned by is recorded as Digital Science[7].

Why It Matters

Figshare draws 34 Wikipedia views per month (web_service category, ranking #6 of 16).[2] Figshare has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Figshare is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . figshare.com. Retrieved . figshare.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . Open Access Directory. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] . figshare.com. Retrieved . figshare.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [9] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . Wired. wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . tapor.ca. tapor.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . 400+ Tools and Innovations in Scholarly Communication. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . 400+ Tools and Innovations in Scholarly Communication. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. marketplace.sshopencloud.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . orcid.org. orcid.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . wikidata.org.
  29. [39] . digital-science.com. Retrieved . digital-science.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [42] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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