the benefits of participation in the social web of science

The Benefits of Participation in the Social Web of Science

Antony WilliamsResearch Square

October 30th 2014

My background…

• From 1985-present day• PhD’ed in the UK• Canadian Government lab as postdoc• Academia as NMR Facility Manager• Fortune 500 Company as Technology Leader• Start-up – product manager and CSO• Consultant – chemistry informatics industry• Entrepreneur – Created “ChemSpider”• Publisher - Royal Society of Chemistry

My greatest contribution so far?

I am a set of statistics & profiles

• My Blog: www.chemconnector.com

• Twitter: http://twitter.com/ChemConnector

• ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2668-4821

• Amazon Author Page: Follow Link to Author Page

• My Klout: http://www.klout.com/#/ChemConnector

• LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/antonywilliams

• SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/AntonyWilliams

• Google Scholar Citations Profile: Antony Williams Citations

• Wikipedia : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antony_John_Williams

My Brand: ChemConnector

Scientists measured by Impact

My New Interest? Teaching…

My new interest…

Helping build profiles…

• Can I help scientists have a greater impact?

• Other thank providing access to scientific data how can I help?

• Researchers focus on discovery but are measured by publications, funding and patents.

• Tenure is a common goal - IMPACT matters

• How will researchers achieve societal impact ?

Measuring Impact?

My Judgments…

• Researchers do not work hard enough on sharing their research, teachings or data

• Impact is more than “Published XX papers in YY journals with Impact Factors of ZZ”

• The Metrics of Impact are changing

• Collaboration is more necessary than ever

• Platforms for sharing activities can result in broader exposure

Research Outputs

• Blogs

• Research datasets

• Scientific software

• Posters and presentations at conferences

• Electronic theses and dissertations

• Performances in film and audio

• Lectures, online classes and teaching activities

The Alt-Metrics Manifesto

National Information Standards Organization and “Altmetrics”

http://www.niso.org/apps/group_public/download.php/13295/niso_altmetrics_white_paper_draft_v4.pdf

https://impactstory.org/ChemConnector

AltMetrics via Plum Analytics

Usage, Citations, Social Media

Detailed Usage Statistics

Ask a researcher these Qs…

• How much work generating and analyzing data?

• How much effort to represent your research – presentations, publications?

• How long does it take to write a publication?

• How much work/time for the peer review process?

• Does anyone now argue against Open Access?

• What about the future of Open Data?

Publications First…• Impact Factors DO still matter…

• I want the BEST peer review process, with the highest chance of publication, in the fastest time, with the greatest exposure, and the highest impact factor (Research Square helps)

• Increasingly important to consider for me…• Open Access/Open Data (funding aside!)• Article Level Metrics are VERY IMPORTANT• Post-publication annotation/enhancement• Supplementary Info Data handling

A shift to Openness

Open Data is here…

Article Level Metrics

Article Level Metrics

Article Level Metrics

POST-publication comments

Oops…

>2 Years to Resolution

Oxidation by Sodium Hydride?

The Blogosphere Analyzes…

The Blogosphere Analyzes…

POST-publication comments

POST-publication comments

What I try to teach now…

• Scientists need to participate in building their own profile

• Generally visibility means discoverability• Establish a public profile• Get on the record• Collaborative Science• Demonstrate a skill set• You are already quantified• Contribute to the public peer review process

LinkedInhttp://www.linkedin.com/in/AntonyWilliams

My Google Scholar Profile

Mendeleyhttp://www.mendeley.com/profiles/antony-williams/

Sharing your works online

Academia.edu

Academia.edu

How I am Quantified…

How I am Quantified…

Participating in your profile

Kudos

Kudos

Kudos

Kudos and Forward Citations!

What will researchers change?

• There will be less denial of the power of the network – and especially the platforms

• Funding agencies are pushing hard to track impact – and Altmetrics are high on the list

• Supervisors will encourage student participation for a cascaded impact

• It won’t be just about the publications – data sharing and reuse, blogs, presentations

• Hopefully sharing RESEARCH DATA

Research Square and ORCID?

Research Data

Micropublishing with Peer Review

Compounds

Reactions

Analytical data

Crystallography data

• My hopes for publishing research:– Peer review will no longer be anonymous– Open Annotation and post-publication review

available from every publisher – Access to “raw data” for interrogration, download

and reuse is expected from SI data– Article Level Metrics will be the norm and Altmetrics

measures of impact have settled– “Micropublishing” of unpublished results increased– Publications are not “dead” and can be extended..

Publishing 10 years from now?

Open Annotation accepted

Open Annotation

Thank you

Email: williamsa@rsc.orgORCID: 0000-0002-2668-4821 Twitter: @ChemConnectorPersonal Blog: www.chemconnector.com SLIDES: www.slideshare.net/AntonyWilliams