Introducing frontiers

INTRODUCING FRONTIERS

Richard Walker13 January, 2011

Frontiers• Launched as Frontiers in

Neuroscience (2007)• Large Open Access Publisher

– Science– Medicine– Technology– Society– Culture

• Tiered publishing system– Specialist Journals– Field Journals– Two higher level tiers in development

• The Frontiers Community– 400.000 views/month– >12.000 registered readers

Novel evaluation and review

• Review– Accuracy-based– Independent review– Interactive review– Publication usually within 3 months of submission

• Evaluation– Post-publication by whole community– Used in tiering system

Frontiers interest in SISOB

• Maximizing impact of Frontiers papers• Key role of Frontiers Community (social

network)• What aspects of community maximize

impact?

Frontiers and SISOB

• Contribute to SISOB theoretical framework– Understanding role of social networks in determining impact

• Contribute data– Data on authors, reviewers, readers of Frontiers papers

• Requirements for technology and indicators– Definition of technology and indicators to identify and

analyze relevant social networks• Development of conceptual model (WP2)• Case study on author-reviewer networks (WP8)

Contributions to SISOB WPs

• Coordination– WP2: Conceptual Model– WP9: Peer Review

• Contributions– WP3: Identification and analysis of data

resources– WP4: Measurements and social indicators– WP6: Software platform and tools

WORK PACKAGE 2CONCEPTUAL MODEL

Richard Walker13 January, 2011

WP2: Basic Data

• Start date– January 1, 2011

• End date– December 31, 2011

• Coordinator– Frontiers

• Other Partners– UMA– CICE– UDE– RICY

WP2: Objectives

• Identify key actors, communities and social networks involved in “social appropriation of knowledge”

• Develop hypotheses on impact– <aspect> of <network> -impact

• Operationalize hypotheses in terms of– Data sources– Network indicators– Measurements of impacts

• Identify data sources/indices/representations/tools to verify hypotheses

WP2: methods• Review literature (D2.1: Month 3)

– Review based on template from Frontiers– Theoretical literature on social networks– Empirical Social Network Analysis outside science– Social Network Analysis applied to science– Social Network Analysis applied to specific SISOB themes

• Conceptual model (D2.2 Month 6)– Model based on template from Frontiers– Identify actors, communities and social networks

• Science in general• SISOB cases (take account of data availability)

– Identify impact measures• Science in general• SISOB cases (take account of data availability)

– Formalize hypotheses on relationship between social networks and impact• Science in general• SISOB cases (take account of data availability)

• Detailed specification of data sources, indices, representations and tools (D2.3 Month 12)

Literature survey: methods

• Selection of sources (Google Scholar etc.)• Definition of search terms for each theme• Systematic search• Selection of top ranking review papers• Selection of other top ranking papers• Summary of content

Literature Review – preliminary TOC

• Objectives and structure of this document (Frontiers)• Methodology (Frontiers)• Social Networks and Social Network Analysis

– What is a social network– What is social network analysis– Social network indicators– Tools and technologies

• Empirical applications of Social Network Analysis– <to be completed>

• Social Network Analysis and Science– General– Social Network Analysis and Researcher Mobility– Social Network Analysis and Knowledge Sharing– Social Network Analysis and Author/Reviewer Networks

• Conclusions

Action PointsItem Partner Responsible Deadline

Proposals for changes to TOC All 20/01/2011

Proposals for data sources and search terms All 20/01/2011

Finalization of TOC Frontiers 23/01/2011

Finalization of data sources and search terms Frontiers 27/01/2011

Social networks and Social Network Analysis ?? 28/02/2011

Empirical applications of Social Network Analysis ?? 28/02/2011

Social Network Analysis and Science (general) Frontiers 28/02/2011

Social Network Analysis and Mobility FR 28/02/2011

Social Network Analysis and Knowledge Sharing UDE 28/02/2011

Social Network Analysis and Author/Reviewer Networks Frontiers 28/02/2011

Release of draft 1 deliverable Frontiers 15/03/2011

Collaborative revision and editing All 22/03/2011

Release of deliverable Frontiers 31/03/2011

WORK PACKAGE 9PEER REVIEW

Richard Walker13 January, 2011

WP9: Basic Data• Start date

– January 1, 2011• End date

– December 31, 2013• Coordinator

– Frontiers• Other Partners

– UMA– CICE– MTA KSZI– FR– RICY

WP9: Objectives

• Original– Apply SISOB methods to peer review process

• Extended– Apply SISOB methods to author/reviewer/reader

networks in general– Test hypotheses on impact of specific aspects of

specific networks on specific measurements of impact

WP9: Data resources

• Frontiers– Data on authors and reviewers of all Frontiers paper

(social networks)– Data on readers of all Frontiers papers (impact)

• External– Data on other publications by same

authors/reviewers– References to publications/authors in general media– CV data from same authors/reviewers

WP9: Networks and impact• Social networks (examples)

– Coauthorship networks– Citation networks– Reviewer networks– Reviewer-author networks– Readership networks– Affiliation networks– Terminology networks

• Impact– Number of views – Number of downloads– Reader ratings– Scientific citations– Citations in general media– Geographic, temporal distribution of data

WP9: Deliverables

• D9.1 Specification of model, indicators and representations (Month 8)

• D9.2 Characterization and evaluation of specific author review networks (Month 18)

• D9.3 Characterization of Frontiers extended review system (Month 30)

Note: Final deliverable before end of work package - discuss

Work in months 1-3

• Literature review• Extraction of raw data from Frontiers

databases• Exploratory construction of social networks

and social network indicators (our tools)• Identification of impact indicators• Formulation of initial hypotheses• Formulation of TOC for deliverable

QUESTIONS?

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