(30 Mar 2023) Creating impact through research is the prime aim of most academics. However, considering academic impact, it is estimated that only 68 percent of social sciences research papers get cited, but only 20 percent of these are read by the academic community. To be an open researcher is more than simply openly…
(20 Jun 2022) Social media has transformed the way we communicate science. Here is a step-by-step guide from Akiko Iwasaki, professor at Yale University, to promote the science of your own study or of others as a thread on Twitter. The sharing in full is here.
(26 Mar 2021) The Coleridge Initiative has launched a major Kaggle competition – Show US the Data – that challenges data scientists to help show how publicly funded data and evidence are used to serve science and society. CHORUS is serving as a partner to the initiative. Data scientists will use machine learning and…
(4 Feb 2021) From Aaron Tay’s Musings about librarianship: “It seems to me when posting academic papers on social media for promotional purposes, there are 3 factors at play. What content you post / how you post the message When and how often you post the message Who you can reach – aka the reach/number…
(2 Feb 2021) Kudos, the award-winning service for accelerating and broadening research impact, has today launched a new service for scholarly publishers and publishing societies. The Kudos Showcase for Publishers provides a beautiful new discovery channel for published content, helping publishers and societies strengthen their support for authors in the increasingly key area of broader audiences…
(23 Jan 2021) From the abstract: “To provide some context for the potential engagement behavior of Twitter users around science, this article investigates how Bitly short links to scientific publications embedded in scholarly Twitter mentions are clicked on Twitter. Based on the click metrics of over 1.1 million Bitly short links referring to Web of…
(4 Dec 2020) An article titled “A Picture Is Worth a Thousand Views: A Triple Crossover Trial of Visual Abstracts to Examine Their Impact on Research Dissemination” is published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. Background: A visual abstract is a graphic summary of a research article’s question, methods, and major findings. Although they…
(13 Mar 2020) Open access (OA) is meant to bring us closer to open science. So, what is hindering progress? The truth is, accessing the literature is only half of the story. The other half is the obstacle created by the use of specialised language in the scientific literature. An inability to understand the meaning…
(19 Feb 2020) From the abstract: “The University of Manchester Library has established a key role in facilitating scholarly discourse through its mediated open access (OA) services, but has little track record in intentionally taking OA research outputs to non-academic audiences. This article outlines recent exploratory steps the Library has taken to convince researchers to…
(24 May 2019) The University of New England in Armidale, Australia, is hiring The Manager, Academic Services and Outreach who is responsible for the design and delivery of innovative learning, teaching and research services and programs. The Manager leads and manages a team of librarians to achieve business outcomes aligned with University strategic priorities. Deadline…