Fig3ActionsMetrics "dataset Fig3ActionsMetrics gives a listing of publications with actions (share, explain or enrich) in Kudos and their available metrics (full text downloads, altmetric score, share referrals)" dataset Fig3ActionsMetrics is used to create Fig3. "There are seven variables in dataset Fig3ActionsMetrics: DOI_CODE, having_share_action, having_explain_action, having_enrich_action, having_full_text_downloads, having_altmetric_score, having_share_referrals" DOI_CODE Coded DOI of publication having_share_action "0: publication has no share action, 1: publication has share action(s)" having_explain_action "0: publication has no explain action, 1: publication has explain action(s)" having_enrich_action "0: publication has no enrich action, 1: publication has enrich action(s)" having_full_text_downloads "0: publication has no full text downloads available, 1: publication has full text downloads available" having_altmetric_score "0: publication has no altmetric score available, 1: publication has an altmetric score available" having_share_referrals "0: publication has no share referral, 1: publication has share referral(s)" FigsS1S2ShareDates "dataset FigsS1S2ShareDates gives a listing of publications that have been shared on the different channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Other) via Kudos. " The share date is also given and a flag to show if the share was made after Kudo's integration with LinkedIn. dataset FigsS1S2ShareDates is used to create Figures S1 and S2 "There are seven variables in dataset FigsS1S2ShareDates: DOI_CODE, share_date, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Other, shared_after_07July2015" DOI_CODE Coded DOI of publication Facebook "0: publication has no shares made to Facebook on this share date, 1: publication has shares made to Facebook on this share date" Twitter "0: publication has no shares made to Twitter on this share date, 1: publication has shares made to Twitter on this share date" LinkedIn "0: publication has no shares made to LinkedIn on this share date, 1: publication has shares made to LinkedIn on this share date" Other "0: publication has no shares made to other online channels on this share date, 1: publication has shares made to other online channels on this share date" shared_after_07July2015 "0: publication was not shared before 07 July 2015 when LinkedIn was integrated, 1: publication was shared after 07 July 2015 when LinkedIn was integrated" Tab123Fig45678ShareReferrals "dataset Tab123Fig45678ShareReferrals gives a listing of publications that have been shared via Kudos, the share channels (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn or Other) and their available share referrals. " The career level and discipline of the first author who claimed the publication are also given. "dataset Tab123Fig45678ShareReferrals is used to create Tables 1-3, Figures 4-8, and S1-S8 tables." "There are ten variables in dataset Tab123Fig45678ShareReferrals: DOI_CODE, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Other, metric_on_claim_date, metric_on_extraction_date, metric_increase_share_referrals, career, discipline" DOI_CODE Coded DOI of publication Facebook Number of shares made to Facebook for this publication Twitter Number of shares made to Twitter for this publication LinkedIn Number of shares made to LinkedIn for this publication Other Number of shares made to other online channels for this publication metric_on_claim_date Number of share referrals for this publication on the claim date (the date the publicaiton was first claimed in Kudos) blank: no metric available metric_on_extraction_date Number of share referrals for this publicaiton on extraction date (the date the dataset was extracted from Kudos) blank: no metric available metric_increase_share_referrals Increase in share referrals between claim date and extraction date for this publication blank: no metric available career the career level of the first author who claimed this publication "1: Professionals, 2: Students, 3: Researchers, 4: Faculty, 5: Other, 99: NA or blank (no career information available)" discipline the discipline of the first author who claimed this publication "1: Natural Sciences, 2: Engineering and Technology, 3: Medical and Health Sciences, 4: Agricultural Sciences, 5: Social Sciences, 6: Humanities, 7: Other, 99: NA or blank (no discipline information available)" Tab4ActionsFullTextDownloads "Tab4ActionsFullTextDownloads gives a listing of publications having actions in Kudos and full text downloads. Scopus document type, publication year and age are also given." Tab4ActionsFullTextDownloads is used to create Table 4 "There are nine variables in dataset Tab4ActionsFullTextDownloads: DOI_CODE, scopus_document_type, publication_year, publication_age, publication_age_group, having_action, metric_on_claim_date, metric_on_extraction_date and metric_increase_full_text_downloads" DOI_CODE Coded DOI of publication scopus_document_type the document type of the publication extracted from Scopus "1:Article, 2:Article in Press, 3:Conference Paper, 4:Editorial, 5:Erratum, 6:Letter, 7:Note, 8:Review, 9:Short Survey, 99: NA or blank (no document type available from Scopus)" publication_year the year this publication was published (publication year) publication_age the age (the number of years between the publication year and 2016) of the publication publication_age_group the age group of the publication "1: Below 3 years old publications, 2: 3-5 years old publications, 3: 6-8 years old publications, 4: 9-11 years old publications, 5: 12-14 years old publications, 6: 15 years old and above publications" having_action "0: publications having no action (control group), 1: publications having actiions (treatment group)" metric_on_claim_date Number of full text downloads for this publication on the claim date (the date the publicaiton was first claimed in Kudos) blank: no metric available metric_on_extraction_date Number of full text downloads for this publicaiton on extraction date (the date the dataset was extracted from Kudos) blank: no metric available metric_increase_full_text_downloads Increase in full text downloads between claim date and extraction date for this publication blank: no metric available