Networks,

metrics

and

#openresearch

Open Research Leeds@OpenResLeeds

“without some additional activity, such as that undertaken by Terras (2012), simply making it available online is not going to ensure people stumble across it”

Mark Carrigan

Social Media for Academics (2016)

Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it? The Verdict

Melissa Terras (April 2012)

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

OA and impact

• Fundamentals of research

• REF impact agenda

• Increases efficiency of research

process

• Evidence of increased citation

• The Open Access Citation Advantage

Service - http://sparceurope.org/oaca/

As scholarly communication moves

increasingly online, more indicators

have become available: how many

times an article has been bookmarked,

blogged about, cited in Wikipedia and

so on. These metrics can be considered

altmetrics – alternative metrics of

impact. (Piwowar 2013)

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

• IRUS-UK - http://irus.mimas.ac.uk/• IRUSdata-UK (beta) -

https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/research-data-metrics-for-usage

• Altmetrics - https://www.altmetric.com/

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

Do researchers disseminate datasets independently from

papers?

• Take the lead in dissemination• Promote data as a primary research output• Research data is esoteric• Promote discovery by specialists

https://twitter.com/search?q=%40OpenResLee

ds%20%23dataset&src=typd

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

DOI Title Files Total Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17

1369 18 321 340 245 445

10.5518/54 An Ontology of Soil Properties and Processes. 6 191 3 42 42 40 64

10.5518/41

Mapping the field of children's literature translation in Saudi Arabia: Translation

flow in accordance with Socio-Cultural norms. Bibliographical Data List - Part of 2 90 1 21 18 28 22

10.5518/57

Hugh Davies, "Galactic Interfaces", "Mobile with Differences", and "Printmusic";

Alex McLean, "Printmusic - Live Coded"; and David Keane, "Les Voix

Spectrales": Performances by Grey Area and Alex McLean, with pre-concert 7 76 0 15 11 16 34

10.5518/2 Ovine annulus fibrosus interlamellar material model calibration data set 13 48 2 15 4 2 25

10.5518/4 Nepal Energy Gardens Qualitative Dataset and Quantitative Survey Dataset 11 41 0 14 7 6 14

10.5518/96 Aggregated fluvial flood hazard output for six Global Flood Models for the African 6 38 0 9 20 5 4

10.5518/38

Hugh Davies, "Quintet" and "Music for a Single Spring"; Stockhausen,

"Verbindung" and "Intensitat" from "Aus den Sieben Tagen"; Christian Wolff,

"Edges"; and Owen Green, "Neither the Time nor the Energy": Performances by 9 37 0 6 11 7 13

10.5518/174 Headlines data for social media popularity prediction 7 32 0 0 0 0 32

Empirical datasets for Energies journal article 'From theory to econometrics to

energy policy: Cautionary tales for policymaking using aggregate production 12 28 0 1 27 0 0

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

Sheffield Figshare (ORDA)

Edinburgh Datashare

Apollo Cambridge

LSHTM

Twitter Analytics• Followers

• Top tweets

• Impressions / Engagements

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

TweepsMap• Global distribution

Lots more…• NodeXL, Storify, Tweetstats

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

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Power of the #hashtag• Conferences

• Tweet curation

• Storify

Leeds University LibraryResearch Data Leeds

If (social media interaction is often) then (Open access + social media = increased downloads)

Melissa Terras (April 2012)