Heather Piwowar, ImpactStory/Duke University “No more waiting! Tools that work Today to reveal dataset use” Data citation and altmetrics Research Data Access & Preservation Summit 2013 Baltimore, MD April 4, 2013 #rdap13

1. No more waiting!
Tools that work Today
to reveal dataset use
Heather
Piwowar
@researchremix
cofounder,
ImpactStory.
Postdoc
at
NESCent.
some photos NC, SA
#rdap13

2. We want to understand
the impact of our datasets

3. Cite our DOIs!

5. XXX

7. X

8. they still don’t discover
citations to datasets

9. $$$

10. CLOSED

11. Something that we
data-people often forget:

12. IMPACT ISN’T JUST CITATIONS

13. Many types of engagement:
• views
• saves
• discussions
• formal references
• recommendations

14. Many engagement groups:
• researchers
• teachers
• students
• policy makers
• practitioners

15. altmetrics.

16. journal article citation
formal reference
from a scholar

17. journal article in-text link
formal reference
from a scholar

18. blog in-text link
informal discussion
from a scholar

19. tweet in-text link
informal discussion
from a scholar
... or a teacher, student,
policy maker, ...

20. Mendeley,
Delicious bookmark
save
by someone

21. GitHub star,
IR like
recommendation
by someone

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

23. This allows us get to
something
that’s hard to get with
citations

24. Impact flavour
CC-BY-NC by maniacyak on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maniacyak/3432589472

25. How can we do this?
What is possible now?

27. Open metrics, with context, for diverse products.!
Board:
Cameron Neylon
John Wilbanks

38. How can you help?

39. a) Expose more metrics

40. http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.18

41. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/3131/utilization

42. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/3131/utilization

43. http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/studies/3131/utilization

44. b) Support more types of
engagement with
with datasets

45. Today: full pallet for articles

46. Tools to support all stages
of engagement
still lacking for datasets.
#callToAction

47. c) Lobby+negotiate for open

48. http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/2055471833

49. OPEN text mining of articles
OPEN data from repos
OPEN metrics
from aggregators

50. citations. and so much more.

52. http://www.flickr.com/photos/blmurch/722900022/

53. 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.org
team@ImpactStory.org
@ImpactStory
ImpactStory.org