Addressing researcher needs in the changing scientific landscape

Youngsuk ‘YS’ Chi

November 14, 2014

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Doctor Who

Source: Wikipedia

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Support system: the TARDIS and publishers

Source: Wikipedia

Time and Relative Dimension in

Space

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Changing global research landscape

Funding Competition

International

Collaboration

Data Analytics

Rapid Growth

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1. Rapid growth: inputs

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics; SciVal data

$ billions

(PPP eq)

Input: R&D

Personnel(1996 –2010)

Input: Global R&D

Spending(2014: $1.6 trillion+)

2M

4M

6M

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1. Rapid growth: output

Source: SciVal data

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2. Fierce competition for funding

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3. Rising international collaboration

Source: NSF Science Indicators (2014)

0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

0

50,000

100,000

150,000

200,000

250,000

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Total internationally collaborative articles

% of total articles with international collaboration

90,867 211,841

articles from 1997-

2012

133% increase in

volume

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4. Data Analytics

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TARDIS changing with the Doctor

Changing faces…11th Doctor’s

TARDIS

12th Doctor’s

TARDIS

Source: Wikipedia; TardisWikia

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The life of a researcher

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EDITOR

REVIEWER

RESEARCHER

COLLABORATOR

READER

AUTHOR

PROFESSOR

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Moving toward digital tools

Source: Wikipedia

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Researcher question: How can I find the exact information that I need?

“Information that’s hard to find will remain information that’s hardly found”

– Information Architecture Institute

How can I find answers,

rather than just information?

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Geofacets

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Intuitive

search

features

Visual

representation of

search results Map overlays from

leading information

providers

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Researcher question: How can I analyze my performance/ my institution’s performance?

How impactful

is my

research?

How frequently do researchers

at my institution collaborate

with international institutions or

corporations

How impactful is it

in top disciplines?

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SciVal

Data from 220 nations and 4,600 research institutions worldwide

Overview Benchmark Collaboration

Snapshots of any

selected entity

Create and compare

groups of entitiesIdentify and analyze

collaboration partners

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Researcher question: How can I track and publicize my work?

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Pure

Attract ever more competitive funding grants

Report and promote research success and expertise

Identify the right research collaboration partners

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Pure Experts Portal

Researcher profile

Collaboration network visualization

Widgets

Reports

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Researcher question: How can I find peers to collaborate with?

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Mendeley

Network/share

with peers

Import articles from

Collaborate

within groups

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Connectivity amongst the Doctor’s tools

Source: BBC America; Wikipedia; ThinkGeek

The Sonic

Screwdriver

The TARDIS

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Connecting our tools for researchers

Apply for

grants

Search & discover

Read & evaluate

FTA’s

Share, collect &

storeWrite Submit

Review & publish

Manage career & network

Current awareness

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Mendeley + Scopus and ScienceDirect integration

Direct transfer from Scopus + SD Mendeley Mendeley readership stats on Scopus

Save to Mendeley

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SciVal + Pure integration

Import any set of Pure-captured publications for analysis in SciVal

Imported from Pure

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Connecting with external tools

Seamlessly integrate content and analyses into one

platform

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Taking researchers where they need to be

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Thank you