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. 2021 Dec 8;16(12):e0261010. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261010

Table 1. Timeline and source characteristics from the extracted texts.

Study Characteristics No. %
Publication Date
Pre-2009 38 30.6%
2010–2015 34 27.4%
2016–2020 52 42.9%
Publication Type
Academic Journal 83 66.9%
Book 1 0.8%
Dissertation 7 5.6%
Thesis 5 4.0%
News Article 9 7.3%
White Paper 2 1.6%
Report 7 5.6%
Trade Journal 4 3.2%
Conference/Workshop Paper 3 2.4%
Website 1 0.8%
Datasheet 2 1.6%
Author Affiliation
University 89 71.8%
Government 7 5.6%
Experiment Station 2 1.6%
Industry 8 6.5%
Think Tank 2 1.6%
Advocacy Group 1 0.8%
University and Government 1 0.8%
University and Industry 1 0.8%
Government and Industry 2 1.6%
Group/Association 4 3.2%
Unspecified 7 5.6%
Country of Study
United States 67 54.0%
Canada 12 9.7%
Germany 7 5.6%
Single European Union Country 17 13.7%
United States and Canada 3 2.4%
Multiple European Union Countries 10 8.1%
Mixed European and North American Countries 5 4.0%
Unspecified 3 2.4%