2. THEORY
o Databases and scientific visibility
o Open Access and online visibility
o Digital identity and reputation
DEMOS
o How-to guide: tools for disseminating scientific
papers (repositories, Google Scholar & reference
managers)
Agenda
3. Databases and
scientific visibility
o Scientific names
o Scientific profiles – ORCID & ResearcherID
o Web of Science and Scopus – Indicators
o Google Scholar Citations Profiles
4. Sign your papers consistently
This means avoiding name variants and making it easy for
others to find you
Especially relevant if you have more than one surname
Scientific names
5. Recommendations
o Always sign in the same format
o Use your full given name, no need for initials!
o Use hyphens if you have two surnames
o If you can choose between different scientific names,
use the most uncommon one
o Correct any error you may find in a database
Scientific name
14. How much does it cost others to find your work
in Google Scholar?
Scientific visibility
15. Even if we hate them we should learn about
bibliometric indicators to know their meaning and
limitations as we will be asked to provide them at
some point.
Bibliometric indicators
17. Journal Impact Factor
The Journal Impact Factor is not a good proxy of the
expected impact of papers published in such journal
Total number of citations received in year X by
papers published in a journal in years X-1 and X-2
Total number of paper published in a journal in
years X-1 and X-2
26. Open Access and
online visibility
o Main milestones of the OA movement
o The roads to Open Access
o Some reflections on Open Access and
Scholarly Communication
27. A few publishers control an
increasingly higher share of
‘elite’ journals
The problem
THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE PUBLISHING SYSTEM…
Which they sell to academic
institutions through a ‘big deal’
strategy
28. o Publishers impose their own collections
o Abusive increases on pricing, up to 20%
o Libraries acquire journals that are never used
The problem
… ALL OF THIS LEADS TO THE BEGINNING OF THE OPEN ACCESS
29. Government funds research
Researchers publish
their results
in peer reviewed
scientific journals
Publishers edit
these papers
and sell them
back to them
through
libraries
Researchers access
their papers through
suscription
The paradox
30. 1991 - Paul Ginsparg launches ARXIV
The alternative
2002 - Budapest Open Access Initiative
2002 - Doris Lessig develops the Creative
Commons licenses
31. Government funds research
Researchers publish
their results
in peer reviewed
scientific journals
Publishers edit
these papers
and sell them
back to them
through
libraries
THIS ARE
OFFERED IN
OPEN ACCESS
GRATIS
Researchers access
their papers through
suscription
Researchers publish
their papers in
journals or
repositories
The alternative
33. The key to all these issues is the right of authors to achieve easily-
accessible distribution of their work. If you would like to declare
publicly that you will not support any Elsevier journal unless they
radically change how they operate…
THE COST OF KNOWLEDGE 2013
The revolution
34. We need to download scientific journals
and upload them to file sharing networks.
We need to fight for Guerilla Open Acces
Swartz
† 1986-2013
Robin Hoods of Science
36. Recommendation on access to and
preservation of scientific information
States that “Policies on open access to scientific research results
should apply to all research that receives public funds.
EU Open Access policy
Implementing OA
38. The Roads to OA
The author is responsible of
ensuring open and free universal
to its work
WEBSITE REPOSITORY
39. A repository, deposit or archive is a centralized
place where digital information is stored and
preserved, normally databases or digital files
• Institutional
• Thematic
• Articles
• Data
The Roads to OA
40. The Roads to OA
Benefits of repositories
o They ensure universal and permanent access
o They use metadata to describe content and make it
easier for research engines to find it
o They use permanent URLs that ensure sustainability
of hyperlinks.
43. The Roads to OA
OPEN
ACCESS
HYBRID
MODEL
FULL
OPEN
ACCESS
OPEN
ACCESS
AUTHOR
PAYS
Models of Open Access journals
44. Author pays model
JOURNAL Euros per article Articles 2010 Benefits 2010
Genome Biology (BMC) 1.800 € 155 279.000 €
Breast Cancer Res. (BMC) 1.345 € 138 185.610 €
PLoS One 987 € 6.690 6.603.030 €
PLoS Medicine 2.120 € 85 180.200 €
Hybrid Model: British Medical Journal>2.500 €
The Roads to OA
59. Going digital
Early career researchers and postdocs are
permanently in the market
Also, they tend to change often of
institution
It is advisable to create your own personal
website
63. Going digital
My advice
• Always updated
• Easy to maintain
• Not only for others but for you
WHAT I DO
WHAT OTHER COLLEAGUES DO
64. Our on-line reputation is build upon
our off-line scientific reputation
Internet does not forget, science does not forgive
Build first your scientific reputation with papers acknowledged by
your community, then you can start to work on your on-line
reputation
Do not try to earn an on-line reputation dishonestly
or with strategies from other sectors
IT IS YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO SCIENCE
THE STORY YOU HAVE TO TELL THROUGH THE INTERNET
Reputation & misconduct
65. WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?
Building a digital identity
Type of profile
Speaker
Researcher
Innovative
Miscellaneous
Channel
Web
Blogs
Networks
…there are hundreds of tools…
Style
Formal vs Informal
Scientific vs
Personal
Misc.
66. WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?
Building a digital identity
Audience
Audience – ej. journalists
Community – ej. country
Contacts – ej. selective
Objective
Dissemination of publications
Discuss results
Alert
Share resources
67. Paco Herrera
Science communication
Selective audience
Facebook
Informal style
Ismael Rafols
Science communication
International audience
Institutional blogs
Formal style
Daniel Torres
Professional + Sci comm
National audience
Twitter
Informal style
Some examples…
69. Demos:
How-to guides
o Depositing a paper in a repository
o Dealing with complementary material and
data sets
o Making your research visible
o Managing scientific information
70. Depositing a paper
1) Analyze the OA policy of your journal
2) Choose a repository
3) Prepare the post-print: elements
4) Deposit!!
71. Depositing a paper
OA journals’ policies
Journal’s website
Sherpa/Romeo - Dulcinea
Repository
Institutional - Thematic
Post-print
Elements
72. 1) Analyze the journal’s policy
2) What do you want to share?
data vs. material
3) Choose a repository
4) Deposit!!
Complementary material
73. Data policy of a journal
Journal’s website
Complementary material vs. datasets
Material – Data set
Where do I deposit the data
Repository - Databank
Complementary material
74. 1) Deposit in a repository
2) Link from your website
3) Tweet, blog, spread the word
Visible research
75. 1) Create a profile in Google Scholar
2) Add new publications
3) Manage your publications
4) Create citation alerts
Managing sci information
76. o Open-source reference manager
o Easy to import records from the website
o Nice citation options
o Powerful syncing
Managing sci information
77. o Free reference manager
o Easy and powerful reading tool
o It is also social network
o Collaborating options available
Managing sci information
79. BASIC TOOLS
1) OA policies-> Sherpa/Romeo – Dulcinea
2) Repositories -> ArXiV – Digibug
3) Data -> Figshare
4) Managing scientific data-> Google Scholar,
Zotero and Mendeley
5) Monitoring social media -> Altmetric.com
Wrapping up
80. Acknowledgements
Much of the content and ideas included in this presentation are not my own, but
are borrowed from other talks given in collaboration with Daniel Torres-Salinas.
elrobinster@gmail.com
@nrobinsongarcia
Questions?