Exciting news: Jason Hoyt, the founder of Ologeez (a semantic frontend for PubMed), is joining Mendeley! Jason holds a Ph.D. in Genetics from Stanford University. At the moment, he is still based in Palo Alto, but once the visa issues are sorted out, Jason will be joining us here in London as our new Research Director. TechCrunch broke the story today with a headline that made our geek hearts beat faster, comparing us to a Klingon battle cruiser de-cloaking in London.
To get started, Jason wrote up his reasons for joining us, and how Mendeley can help change the Impact Factor. Over to him:
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Changing the Journal Impact Factor
Right, so the first thing I had to ask myself was “Why on earth would I move from San Francisco, lea
ving behind a cushy life for London, and work for a reference management start-up?” Surely any rational person would find this a bit odd.
Well, I’m not going to answer by talking about how great the team is or how enthusiastic the founders are about improving research, which is certainly all true. Rather, let’s take a real-world example of how the “tech” behind Mendeley is already making a difference with how we view the impact factors of research.
