Tag: Internet

Webinar Series for Researchers now in German and French

Christian DeFeo
Researchers are working hard, but what does the internet think of what they do?

Researchers are working hard to achieve results that matter. But what happens to the scientific output, and how does it receive attention? Since the beginning of this year, Elsevier provides PlumX Metrics. These metrics measure the awareness and attention your research receives online. In our first webinar of the series, we want to demonstrate how PlumX Metrics are used, and give you a crash course on alternative metrics.

Join the webinar: “What does the internet think about your research? Alternative metrics to measure research output”:

In German: Scopus Bootcamp – “Was denkt das Web über Ihre Forschung? Alternative Metriken zur Messung von Forschungsoutput.”

25 September 2017, 11:30-12:00 CEST

Speakers:

–          Christina Lohr, Product Manager, Research Products

–          Eva Podgorsek, Customer Consultant

–          Anja Zimmermann, Customer Consultant

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In French: “Qu’est-ce que le Web dit de vos publications de recherche ? Des alternatives pour mesurer leur impact”.

26 September 2017, 11:30-12:00 CEST

Speaker: Anne-Catherine Rota, Relations Instiutionnelles, Research Intelligence

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Can’t make the live event? You can still register and you will be notified once the webinar recordings are available!

 

Who is killing science on the Web? Publishers or Scientists?

Jason Hoyt14 Comments

Killing the advancement of science on the Web is killing the advancement of science as a whole.

A few weeks ago I attended a panel session at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco called, “Making the Web work for science.” (Video wrap-up here) Really, the focus was on how to get scientists to put their data up on the Web. Later that evening, I attended a post-reception gathering and briefly spoke with (name shall remain anonymous), the founder of a very popular social news media site; sites like Mixx, Digg, Reddit, Slashdot, Del.ic.ious, Stumbleupon, etc. I told him what I do and his enthusiastic response was, “Fuck the academic publishing industry!”

Now, perhaps his bold statement was due, in part, to the flow of alcoholic beverages at the event. There is more to it than that, however. He is not a trained scientist, but as the founder of a popular social news site, is very well aware of the state of science on the Interwebs. Like many people (notice the avoidance of the worn phrase ‘members of the public’ as if they are unable to contribute to science), he has a personal interest in the domain, and is trying to figure out how his business can enable scientists.

We have to wonder though, why are things so bad with science on the Web, that even an Internet entrepreneur recognizes the problem? And who or what is responsible for this mess?

Two groups are responsible: Scientists and, as you can tell, Publishers. Let’s start with the bad guys first, and then talk about the even more guilty party of bad guys.

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