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Heather Piwowar @researchremix cofounder, ImpactStory. Postdoc at NESCent.
#RDS2013
Analyzing Data about our Data
some photos NC, SA
We want to understand the impact of our datasets
Something that we data-people often forget:
IMPACT ISN’T JUST CITATIONS
Many types of engagement:
• views• saves• discussions• formal references• recommendations
Many engagement groups:
• researchers• teachers• students• policy makers• practitioners
journal article citation formal reference from a scholar
journal article in-text link formal reference from a scholar
blog in-text link informal discussion from a scholar
tweet in-text link informal discussion from a scholar... or a teacher, student, policy maker, ...
Mendeley, delicious bookmark saveby someonefor some reason :)
GitHub star
recommendationby someone
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixscapes/4331070047
Analyze Data about our Data
CC-BY-NC by maniacyak on flickrhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/maniacyak/3432589472
Impact flavour
How can we do this?
What is possible now?
What data exists, and how can we analyze it?
Board: Cameron Neylon John Wilbanks
Open metrics, with context, for diverse products.!
Also:
Altmetric.comPlum AnalyticsData Citation Index
1. More data about our data
a) More metrics exposed
http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/3131/utilization
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/3131/utilization
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/3131/utilization
b) More support for all types of engagement
Today: full pallet for articles
Tools to support all stages of web-native engagementstill lacking for datasets.
#callToAction
c) more derived metrics, more context
2) More open
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/2055471833
OPEN text mining of articlesOPEN data from reposOPEN metrics from aggregators
1. More data about our data2. More open
3. More awareness
http://datapub.cdlib.org/nsf-now-allows-data-in-biosketch-accomplishments/
Piwowar H. (2013). Value all research products, Nature, 493 (7431) 159-159. DOI: 10.1038/493159a
Drive demandDrive change
1. More data about our data2. More open3. More awareness
http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/722900022/
thank you!Jason Priem: cofounder of ImpactStory
Also: Todd Vision, Mike Whitlock, the open science community, and those who release their articles, datasets and photos openly.
@ImpactStory
ImpactStory.org