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Collaboration and the Future of Research
John Hammersley, Co-founder & CEO, Overleaf
www.overleaf.com
UKSG, April 10th – 12th 2017
Source: http://olihb.com/2014/08/11/map-of-scientific-collaboration-redux/
Global scientific collaboration is increasing
Source: Knowledge, networks and nations. Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century - The Royal Society - 2011
This is a good thing
Collaboration can be frustrating• Multiple versions of
the same document • Long email chains • Formatting &
typesetting • Maintaining references• Long revision cycles
The more people involved, the more silos, and the more complicated it gets…
New cloud-based services help…
Source: https://innoscholcomm.silk.co/
101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication:
Almost every innovation from 2005 onwards is
cloud-based
Source: https://innoscholcomm.silk.co/
101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication:
8,000,000 documents
600,000 authors180 countries
in 4 years
Analytics dashboard helps librarians and administrators: • make sure it’s being used!
• see new signups • view collaborations
Overleaf provides real-time data on uptake, usage & collaborations
Simplifying submissions: Files and metadata are passed in the background – no rekeying
“Prior to the integration with Overleaf, F1000Research could not easily accept LaTeX submissions.
Now, approximately 10-15% of all submissions come in via the Overleaf template and submission link.
Case study: www.overleaf.com/blog/344
New Research Report (March 2017):The Connected Culture of Collaboration Rather than examining post-publication collaboration patterns, “The Connected Culture of Collaboration” explores how real-time information can provide insights in collaboration patterns on national, state and institution-level scales.
Full report available online via:www.overleaf.com/blog/457
Hardcopies available today – available at the Digital Science booth.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4702642.v2
