Presentation for the seminar "How to reach excellence in the Life Sciences", Universiteit Hasselt, 3 September 2015

1. WOUTER GERRITSMA, VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM
@WOWTER
SMART PUBLISHING, SOCIAL MEDIA &
ALTMETRICS FOR SCIENTISTS

2. CHANGING THEMES IN SCIENCE
Was: Publish or perish
Is: Publish be cited or perish
To be: Publish be mentioned or perish
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3. CONTENTS
• What is an excellent paper?
• Do Impact Factors still matter?
• Science as a team sport
• Social Networking for scientists
• Publication lists your passport
• From social networks to social media
• Beyond bibliometrics : Altmetrics
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4. Beeldvullende foto met titel

5. HOW DO WE COMPARE NUMBERS?
• Scientist Z. Math has a publication from 2004 with 17
citations
• Scientist M. Biology has a publication from 2009 with 24
citations
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6. BASELINES IN THE FIELD OF MATHEMATICS
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7. BASELINES IN MOLCULAR BIOLOGY & GENETICS
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0
100
200
300
400
0 2 4 6 8 10 12
Years after publication
Cumulativeno.citations
Baseline
top 10%
top 1%

8. IMPACT FACTORS
8 Titel in voettekst, aanpassen via Voettekst aanpassen, tab VU
http://am.ascb.org/dora/

9. Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4

10. JOURNAL SELECTION AND ARTICLE IMPACT
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11. BELGIAN UNIVERSITIES
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Data: SciVal

12. NETWORKING
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13. COLLABORATE!
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14. MORE THAN 1000 AUTHORS!
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15. PHYSICS
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16. PHYSICS
16 Titel in voettekst, aanpassen via Voettekst aanpassen, tab VU
http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.191803

17. SCIENCE IS A TEAM SPORT
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https://resource.wageningenur.nl/nl/show/Aantal-coauteurs-stijgt.htm

18. PUBLICATIONS AS A SOCIAL NETWORK
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19. AT SCOPUS
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20. AT RESEARCHERID
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21. AT RESEARCHGATE
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22. ORCID IDENTIFIER SWITCHBOARD
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23. ORCID IDENTIFIER SWITCHBOARD
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24. FROM SOCIAL NETWORKS TO SOCIAL MEDIA
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26. IMAGINE MICHAEL MÜLLER TWEETS
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27. WHICH HE ACTUALLY DOES
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28. FUNDERS ARE NOTICING
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29. BEYOND BIBLIOMETRICS
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30. CITATIONS ARE ONLY A FRACTION OF ARTICLE USAGE
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Cave (2012) Article Level Metrics: Analyzing Value in the Scholarly Content. Charleston Conference,
Charleston, SC, November 7-10, 2012.

31. MENTIONS TO RESEARCH DOCUMENTS COLLECTED
AND INDEXED BY ALTMETRIC, AUG 2013 - JULY 2014
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Adams, J. and T. Loach. 2015. Altmetric mentions
and the communication of medical research.
http://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1314902

32. CITATIONS VERSUS SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS
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Source: Haustein, 2013

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34. METRICS DASHBOARD AT SCOPUS
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35. METRICS DASHBOARD AT SCOPUS
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36. SCOPUS METRICS IN DETAIL
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37. SCOPUS METRICS IN DETAIL
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38. SCOPUS METRICS IN DETAIL
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39. SCOPUS METRICS IN DETAIL
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40. TAKE HOME MESSAGES
Construct consistent, connected on-line profiles
 LinkedIn
 Researchgate.net, Academia.edu, Scholarmate
 Publication lists
 GS citations, ResearcherID, Scopus author ID, ORCiD
 Mendeley
Tell the stories about your papers and share
 Slideshare, Speakerdeck, Authorstream or Prezi
 Wikipedia
 Blogs & Twitter
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41. Universiteitsbibliotheek VU
THANK YOU
University Library VU University Amsterdam41 Smart publishing, Social media & Altmetrics
http://www.slideshare.net/wowter