Iafss New Technology Subcommittee Update June, 2013
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IAFSS New Technologies Committee:
June, 2013 UpdateMembers:
Michael Gollner, ChairGuillermo Rein
Amanda Robbins Ed GaleaTerry Fay
Peter SunderlandRory Hadden
Recent Committee Activities
• LinkedIn Group• Newsletter (Fire Safety Science News)• New Website (www.iafss.org)– Publication Archive
LinkedIn Group
LinkedIn Group
• Started July, 2011• Total Members: 585
Fire Safety Science News
Note: Does not include newsletter reads by email
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• Features:– Recent News– Upcoming Events– Membership
Registration– Open Positions– Publications– Newsletter– Committees
Open For Submissions
• Recent News– e.g. Conference updates, Organization news, etc.
• Upcoming Events– e.g Conferences, Symposia, Workshops, etc.
• Open Positions– Currently accepting those academic in nature
Certain submissions currently reviewed by Arnaud Trouve and Christopher Wieczorek, following the guidelines approved by the IAFSS Executive Committee
2012 Website Statistics
Jan 1, 2012 – Jan 1, 2013
• Weekly visit cycle• Large increase before IAFSS conference paper deadline (2013)• Low numbers before Feb, 2012 - old website, statistics not included
User Location Statistics
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Jan 1, 2012 – Jan 1, 2013
Membership Registrations
• Membership Registrations through web• Oct. 2011 – Jan 2013• 714 total
This figure is not perfectly accurate, as we track a visit to a page visitors are directed to after registration, but does give us a good idea of the relative number
Publication Site Visits
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Publication Statistics
• Open access has appeared to have an impact on IAFSS paper visibility
• From June 9,2012 – June 9, 2013– 17,289 paper views– 2012 confirmed paper downloads
• Mar 9, 2013 – Jun 9, 2013– 4,965 paper views– 1396 confirmed paper downloads
Download statistics are only tracked for the new website as they are not available for the old one (before Feb., 2012).
Search Engine Statistics
Jan 1, 2012 – Jan 1, 2013
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