Increase during 2014 in the use of biodiversity data accessed via GBIF’s open-access infrastructure, in Belgium and in the world
Preliminary statistics suggest that worldwide use of and interest in GBIF grew significantly in 2014.
While thorough analysis will require more time, GBIF Secretariat’s ongoing monitoring of scientific research literature suggests 35% increase during 2014 in the use of biodiversity data accessed via GBIF’s open-access infrastructure. Web traffic has also seen significant annual gains, with more people visiting GBIF.org more often. 738,649 users from 236 countries, islands and territories logged more than 1.13 million sessions during 2014, the first full year of operation of the redesigned GBIF.org.
What about Belgium ?
André Heughebaert, GBIF manager at the Belgian Biodiversity Platform, did similar graph narrowed down to Belgian research publications.
As you can see, articles of Belgian authors show a similar encouraging trend with 31% increase during 2014.
More info about global statistics on GBIF dedicated page.