Impact beyond the Impact Factor

Heather  Piwowar  @researchremix  cofounder  of  @ImpactStory

EdFuture  2012    #CFHE12

Impactbeyond the

Impact Factor

some photos NC, SA

Research evaluation matters

who gets hired

who gets grants

which journals succeed

which journal innovations succeed

whether we publish in journals at all

whether we actually write articles

the whole structure of scientific communication

right now, impact factor

evaluated based on the container that publishes the research

impact factor is

the average number of citations received by an article in that journal

within first 2 years of publication

rewards impact based on a journal pecking order

right now, evaluation looks like this

problems!

prefiltered

run-away hits

decision of 4 anonymous people

only one type of impact

favours established venues

expensive

closed

Impactbeyond the

Impact Factor

pause for Qs (h:mute)

what can the world look like

beyond the Impact Factor

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixscapes/4331070047

right now, evaluation looks like this

it can look like this

even better, it can look like this

not just for articles

not just two years from now

http://arxiv.org/html/1203.4745

not just on a website

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not just winners and losersimpact flavors!

#altmetrics

fastflavourfulopenwith contextbeyond the article

altmetrics.org/tools

Altmetric.comImpactStoryPLOS article-level metricsPlum AnalyticsReader MeterScience Card

Impactbeyond the

Impact Factor

pause for Qs (h:mute)

Tell the full story of research impact.

ImpactStory.org

born as total-impact

Nonprofit

Board: Cameron Neylon, John Wilbanks

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embedding in journals

rOpenSciPlum demo

Ubiquity PressPeerEv

dissertationsIR experiments

...

barrier-based $$

barrier-based pond

http://flickr.com/photos/nieve44/2152712789/

ImpactStory.org

altmetrics.org/tools

Changes are happening in scholarly communication.

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jo-h/2688026447/

Tell the full story of our research impact.

thank you!Jason Priem: cofounder of ImpactStory

Also: Todd Vision, Mike Whitlock, the open science community, and those who release their articles, datasets and photos openly.

blog.ImpactStory.orgteam@ImpactStory.org

@ImpactStory

ImpactStory.org