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FAIR adoption & literature

Works mentioning “FAIR data”

OpenAlex

2.3M
works · 2026-07-20
4.9 yr
doubling time
2.7M
projected 2027
596K1.3M2.0M2.7M2016201820202022202420262.7M 2027
Exponential fitbest fit (AICc)N(t) = N₀·e^{r(t−t₀)}
growth rate r 14.1% / yrdoubling time 4.9 yrR² (window) 0.9986fit window last 6 yr · 10 ptsforecast 2.7M by 2027

Fitted on the last 6 yr (recent trend), anchored on the latest value. Forecast runs 1.1 yr ahead — 10% of the 11-yr record. Shaded = 95% CI.

SourceOpenAlex
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Live endpointhttps://api.openalex.org/works?search=FAIR%20data&per-page=1&mailto=chrmnch@icloud.com
Parsejson · meta.count
Dateworks
2026-07-202,321,771
2026-07-132,309,422
2026-07-062,298,364
2026-06-242,271,606
2026-01-012,121,698
2025-01-011,834,340
2024-01-011,590,372
2023-01-011,361,857
2022-01-011,212,958
2021-01-011,075,249
2020-01-01949,226
2019-01-01845,375
2018-01-01754,966
2017-01-01671,717
2016-01-01595,830

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