how to become a successful digital scholar
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This presentation is part of the Digital Scholar Training Series at USC and CHLA. Learn more about the initiative: http://sc-ctsi.org/digital-scholar/ News story: http://sc-ctsi.org/index.php/news/new-digital-scholar-training-initiative-helps-researchers-better-utilize-we#.VDhIWWK9mKUTRANSCRIPT
How to Become a Successful Digital Scholar
Workshop 1 of the Digital Scholar Training Series
Katja Reuter, PhDDirector of Digital Strategy and the electronic Home (eHome)
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI)University of Southern California, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Today’s Goal
Develop a draft of your Digital Scholar
Plan
Become a successful Digital Scholar
Crowdfunding
Accelerating the dissemination of research
Leveraging digital and social media data
Defining a Successful Digital Scholar
Digital Scholar
Researcher who understands how to use the wealth of possibilities that the web offers to achieve his/her research goals.
Research Roadmap
Digital Scholar
Develop aResearch
Idea
Secure Funding
Designa Study
Start-Upa Study
Find Collaborators
Build yourReputation & Network
Manage YourOnline
Reputation
Collect & ManageYour Data
Analyzea Study
Measure your
Reach & Impact
RecruitStudy
Participants
Disseminate Your
Findings
Examples of Research and Career Goals
I want to raise awareness and funds for epigenetic sequencing of pituitary tumors.
I want to promote my research findings and book.
I want to get research data about antibiotic resistance out to the general public (including clinicians) so that everyone is 'on the same page' regarding this topic and the hidden dangers.
The right web-based approach depends on your goals.
Digital Roadmap
http://www.gartner.com/newsroom/id/2522415
Research Roadmap
Digital Scholar
Develop aResearch
Idea
Secure Funding
Designa Study
Start-Upa Study
Find Collaborators
Build yourReputation & Network
Manage YourOnline
Reputation
Collect & ManageYour Data
Analyzea Study
Measure your
Reach & Impact
RecruitStudy
Participants
Disseminate Your
Findings
Leveraging a Blog to Secure Funding
Sociologist Margarita Mooney, PhDAssociate Research Scientist Department of Sociology Yale University Twitter: @margaritamooney
http://www.margaritamooney.blogspot.com
Leveraging a Blog to Secure Funding
Sociologist Margarita Mooney, PhDAssociate Research Scientist Department of Sociology Yale University Twitter: @margaritamooney
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/blackwhiteandgray/
Perspective
Sociologist Margarita Mooney, PhDAssociate Research Scientist Department of Sociology Yale University Twitter: @margaritamooney
“Ever since I started using social media for engaged scholarship, I realized that funders of grants think this is an amazing thing.
I incorporated social media strategy into two successful grant proposals totaling $3 million.”
Quantitative Impacts
Sociologist Margarita Mooney, PhDAssociate Research Scientist Department of Sociology Yale University Twitter: @margaritamooney
B R O A D E R R E A C H
Margarita Mooney’s Digital Reach
10,000 WebsiteVisits
600-3,000Page Views/per blog post
5,000 Podcast
Downloads
280Twitter
Followers
Defining Social Media & Blogging
http://www.ovrdrv.com/files/knowledge/Social-Media-Map.pdf
Leveraging Crowdfunding
Melvin F. Baron, PharmDAssociate ProfessorClinical Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Economics, and PolicyUniversity of Southern California
https://experiment.com/projects/why-is-breast-cancer-detection-important
Melvin Baron’s Crowdfunding Pitch
https://experiment.com/projects/why-is-breast-cancer-detection-important
Defining Science Crowdfunding
The practice of funding a project by raising many small contributions from a large number of individuals, typically via the internet.
It combines story telling, community engagement and social networking with a reward system for backers.
http://embor.embopress.org/content/14/12/1043.long
Research Roadmap
Digital Scholar
Develop aResearch
Idea
Secure Funding
Designa Study
Start-Upa Study
Find Collaborators
Build yourReputation & Network
Manage YourOnline
Reputation
Collect & ManageYour Data
Analyzea Study
Measure your
Reach & Impact
RecruitStudy
Participants
Disseminate Your
Findings
Scientists on Social Networks
Researcher-focused Networks
ResearchGate Academia.edu
Mendeley Research BloggingScience Exchange
FigshareDryad
…
Other Networks & Social Media Used by Scientists
TwitterLinkedInFacebookWordpress
BloggerTumblrReddit
…
Scientists on Social Networks
http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration-scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711
Perspective
Billie SwallaEvolutionary biologist, director of the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Laboratories
http://www.nature.com/news/online-collaboration-scientists-and-the-social-network-1.15711
“Most of my colleagues are on ResearchGate, where I find the latest relevant papers much more easily than by following marine-biology journals. They do send you a lot of spam. In the past few months, I’ve found that every important paper I thought I should read has come through ResearchGate.
Comparing myself to others using the site’s ‘RG Score’ (its metric of social engagement), I think it taps into some basic human instinct.
Science Exchange
https://www.scienceexchange.com/
List Your Lab
https://scienceexchange.wufoo.com/forms/list-your-lab-on-science-exchange/
Research Roadmap
Digital Scholar
Develop aResearch
Idea
Secure Funding
Designa Study
Start-Upa Study
Find Collaborators
Build yourReputation & Network
Manage YourOnline
Reputation
Collect & ManageYour Data
Analyzea Study
Measure your
Reach & Impact
RecruitStudy
Participants
Disseminate Your
Findings
Anthony Kim, MDAssistant Professor of Neurology and is Medical Director of the UCSF Stroke Center
“We were surprised to see that tens of thousands of people were regularly ‘asking’ a search engine about stroke-related symptoms in many cases shortly after the onset of symptoms.
In fact, every month, about 100 people were finding our study website by entering the query: “Am I having a stroke?” directly into their Google search box.”
Perspective
http://digitalmediaandscience.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/am-i-having-a-stroke-connecting-with-patients-in-new-ways-as-they-search-for-health-information-online/
Recruiting Patients Online
http://digitalmediaandscience.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/am-i-having-a-stroke-connecting-with-patients-in-new-ways-as-they-search-for-health-information-online/
http://digitalmediaandscience.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/am-i-having-a-stroke-connecting-with-patients-in-new-ways-as-they-search-for-health-information-online/
Research Roadmap
Digital Scholar
Develop aResearch
Idea
Secure Funding
Designa Study
Start-Upa Study
Find Collaborators
Build yourReputation & Network
Manage YourOnline
Reputation
Collect & ManageYour Data
Analyzea Study
Measure your
Reach & Impact
RecruitStudy
Participants
Disseminate Your
Findings
Melissa TerrasProfessor of Digital Humanities in, Department of Information Studies, University College London; Director of UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. Twitter: @melissaterras
“What became clear to me very quickly was the correlation between talking about my research online and the spike in downloads of my papers from our institutional repository.
Academics need to work on their digital presence to aid in the dissemination of their research, to both their subject peers and the wider community.”
Perspective
http://digitalmediaandscience.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/more-people-look-at-research-if-it-is-promoted-via-social-media-a-case-study-2/
Tweeting an Open Access Paper
http://melissaterras.blogspot.com/2011/11/what-happens-when-you-tweet-open-access.html
Melissa TerrasProfessor of Digital Humanities in, Department of Information Studies, University College London; Director of UCL Centre for Digital Humanities. Twitter: @melissaterras
“Upon blogging and tweeting, within 24 hours, there were, on average, 70 downloads of my papers. Now, this might not be internet meme status, but that’s a huge leap in interest.”
Perspective
http://digitalmediaandscience.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/more-people-look-at-research-if-it-is-promoted-via-social-media-a-case-study-2/
Increasing Readership Through Social Media
http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/1-3/the-impact-of-social-media-on-the-dissemination-of-research-by-melissa-terras/
Increasing Readership Through Social Media
https://peerj.com/preprints/16v1/
Who are the Science Stars on Twitter?
List on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dmsci/lists/most-followed-scientists/members
Women Scientists on Twitter?
List on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Erika_Check/lists/women-scientists/members
Perspective on Using Twitter
“It actually may be the most valuable time [I spend] in terms of learning things that are going on in the world of science and medicine.”
Eric Topol reciprocates by daily tweeting papers, presentations, and more to his followers.
Eric Topol, MDProfessor of genomics, Scripps endowed chair in innovative medicineDirector of the Scripps Translational Science Institute in La Jolla, CaliforniaTwitter: @EricTopol
17th place, 44,800 followers, 151,281 citations, K-Index 23
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6203/1440.full?sid=5a1975d1-8e80-44fc-b436-c011e6e07662
Perspective
“Consistently tweeting ongoing research at my lab has helped attract graduate students as well as two grants for science communication.”
Jonathan Eisen, PhDProfessor, UC Davis Genome Center;Evolution and Ecology; Medical Microbiology and Immunology; Adjunct Scientist, Joint Genome InstituteTwitter: @phylogenomics
25th place, 24,900 followers
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6203/1440.full?sid=5a1975d1-8e80-44fc-b436-c011e6e07662
Perspective
“I’ve heard from young women over the years who say that her tweets and blog posts encouraged them to pursue scientific careers.
We could all quit Twitter and get back to writing our papers but would society really be better off? I don't think so.”
Katie MackAstrophysicistUniversity of Melbourne, AustraliaTwitter: @AstroKatie
14,000+ followers
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v512/n7513/full/512117e.html
The Most Followed Scientists on Twitter
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/345/6203/1440.full?sid=5a1975d1-8e80-44fc-b436-c011e6e07662
http://genomebiology.com/2014/15/7/424
Does it benefit my citation rate if I share my research openly
online?
Closed
Open
C i t a t i o n s
Supporting Factors
Early pre-publication and general free access
Search engine optimization
Sharing data sets
Tailored distribution on social media
Use alternative formats (e.g., video, infographics, audioslides)
Audioslides Tool
http://www.elsevier.com/about/content-innovation/audioslides-author-presentations-for-journal-articles
Thanh-Lan GluckmanPhD student, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, UK
“I think it is a fantastic vehicle to get the research out there. It was a great way to get the message across to busy professionals and the general public in 5 minutes with pretty pictures to make it accessible.”
Perspective
http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/218981/ELS-14-020-Brochure-Get-Noticed-web-LR-single-pages.pdf
Kudos
http://www.elsevier.com/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/218981/ELS-14-020-Brochure-Get-Noticed-web-LR-single-pages.pdf
Q&A Forum: Quora
Bradley Voytek, PhD Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science and NeuroscienceUniversity of California, San DiegoUber Data EvangelistTwitter: @bradleyvoytek
http://www.quora.com/Bradley-Voytek/Posts/Quora-for-Scientists
Perspective
“Social media is a way for me to continue sharpening my understanding of difficult concepts.
The time investment isn’t important to me – my job is to learn and discover, and this is another aspect of that. And if in the process I make something more clear and accessible to a possible future scientist, all the better.”
Bradley Voytek, PhD Assistant Professor of Computational Cognitive Science and NeuroscienceUniversity of California, San DiegoUber Data EvangelistTwitter: @bradleyvoytek
http://digitalmediaandscience.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/how-social-media-is-changing-the-way-we-talk-about-science-five-questions-with-neuroscientist-bradley-voytek/
US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
Yes
No
Final PDF produced by the publisher
Final accepted version of the manuscript
Research Roadmap
Digital Scholar
Develop aResearch
Idea
Secure Funding
Designa Study
Start-Upa Study
Find Collaborators
Build yourReputation & Network
Manage YourOnline
Reputation
Collect & ManageYour Data
Analyzea Study
Measure your
Reach & Impact
RecruitStudy
Participants
Disseminate Your
Findings
Tools to Manage Your Online Reputation
SocialMention
Trackur
Mention
Wildfire Monitor
Google Alerts & Me on the Web
Hootsuite
IceRocket
Kurrently
GroupHigh
BoardTracker (forums, discussions)
Reputation.com
Research Roadmap
Digital Scholar
Develop aResearch
Idea
Secure Funding
Designa Study
Start-Upa Study
Find Collaborators
Build yourReputation & Network
Manage YourOnline
Reputation
Collect & ManageYour Data
Analyzea Study
Measure your
Reach & Impact
RecruitStudy
Participants
Disseminate Your
Findings
Altmetrics (Article Level Metrics)
Citations
Usage: Downloads, Views
Social Media Mentions, Shares, Likes, Comments, Links, Clicks, etc.
Referring data and knowledge bases
Tools that Calculate Altmetrics
ImpactStory ($60/year, Sep 2014)
Altmetric.com
Plum Analytics
CitedIn
Publishers & Altmetrics Information
BioMed Central
Public Library of Science
Frontiers
Nature Publishing Group
Elsevier
ImpactStory: Example of a Tracking Tool
ImpactStory: Example of a Tracking Tool
Funders Start Showing Interest in Alternative Metrics
http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/12069/1/value-all-research-products.pdf
Autism Speaks Tracks Research Impact
http://www.ebscohost.com/newsroom/stories/autism-speaks-to-use-plumx-to-track-research-impact
PlumAnalytics Profile: Antony Williams
Courtesy of PlumAnalytics
Social Media Reach by Topic Areas
Courtesy of PlumAnalytics
Tracking Impact Prior to Citations
Courtesy of PlumAnalytics
Social Media Reach by Topic Areas
Courtesy of PlumAnalytics
Using Altmetrics in Applications for Promotion Review by Researchers
http://www.nature.com/naturejobs/science/articles/10.1038/nj7463-491a
Using Altmetrics in Applications for Promotion Review by Researchers
Steve Pettifer, PhDComputer scientistUniversity of Manchester, UKTwitter: @srp
“[My mentor] took a look and said, ‘What the hell are these badges doing in your CV?’ But once I explained them, he said, 'Well, give it a go.’ It hit the right note at the right time. I'm definitely a convert.”
Pettifer added the number of views and public engagement (e.g., social media mentions) to the CV entry. He got his promotion. He does not know for sure whether the metrics helped, but he plans to use them on future grant applications.
Katja Reuter, PhDDirector of the electronic Home (eHome) program and Digital Strategies
Southern California Clinical and Translational Science Institute (SC CTSI)University of Southern California, Children's Hospital Los Angeles
Email: [email protected]
Twitter: @dmsci #DigiScholar14
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