Why Publishers Care (About Social Media) Tim Ingoldsby American Institute of Physics ASIDIC Fall 2009 Meeting Alexandria, Virginia 15 September 2009.

Why Publishers Care(About Social Media)

Tim IngoldsbyAmerican Institute of Physics

ASIDIC Fall 2009 MeetingAlexandria, Virginia15 September 2009

(At Least) Two Good Reasons

• Young physicists will expect professional social networks to exist

• Should the open access movement gain widespread acceptance, publishers will have to find other revenue streams

• Professional social networks are a natural fit for scientific society publishers

Why Did We Partner With Collexis?

• Powerful Fingerprint™ technology allows creation of pre-populated networks

• Excellent track record for Collexis with Biomedexperts.com

• AIP had the raw materials for Collexis to use– SPIN database– PACS terms

We Aren’t Done Yet!

• Expect 3 or more additional releases in next 12 months

• Next release (before the end of the year) will contain– Additional “social” features– Additional connections– Additional data sources– And much more