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Works mentioning “FAIR data”

OpenAlex

2.7M
works · 2026-09-07
S-curve
best-fit model
3.1M
projected 2027
596K1.4M2.3M3.1M2016201820202022202420263.1M 2027
Logistic (S-curve) fitbest fit (AICc)N(t) = L / (1 + e^{−k(t − t₀)})
carrying capacity L 151Msteepness k 0.137 / yrmidpoint t₀ 2055 0.9807forecast 3.1M by 2027

Forecast = 10% of the 11-yr record. ⚠ No saturation yet, so the carrying capacity L is poorly constrained — treat the logistic curve as a lower-bound scenario.

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Dateworks
2026-09-072,697,071
2026-08-242,596,622
2026-08-172,515,353
2026-08-102,499,066
2026-08-032,390,242
2026-07-272,330,201
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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