Networks,
metrics
and
#openresearch
Open Research Leeds
@OpenResLeeds

“without some additional activity, such as that
undertaken by Terras (2012), simply making it available
online is not going to ensure people stumble across it”
Mark Carrigan
Social Media for Academics (2016)
Is blogging and tweeting about research papers worth it? The
Verdict
Melissa Terras (April 2012)
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OA and impact
• Fundamentals of research
• REF impact agenda
• Increases efficiency of research
process
• Evidence of increased citation
• The Open Access Citation Advantage
Service - http://sparceurope.org/oaca/
As scholarly communication moves
increasingly online, more indicators
have become available: how many
times an article has been bookmarked,
blogged about, cited in Wikipedia and
so on. These metrics can be considered
altmetrics – alternative metrics of
impact. (Piwowar 2013)

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• IRUS-UK - http://irus.mimas.ac.uk/
• IRUSdata-UK (beta) -
https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/research-data-metrics-for-
usage
• Altmetrics - https://www.altmetric.com/

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Do researchers disseminate datasets independently from
papers?
• Take the lead in dissemination
• Promote data as a primary research output
• Research data is esoteric
• Promote discovery by specialists
https://twitter.com/search?q=%40OpenResLee
ds%20%23dataset&src=typd

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DOI Title Files Total Jan-17 Feb-17 Mar-17 Apr-17 May-17
1369 18 321 340 245 445
10.5518/54 An Ontology of Soil Properties and Processes. 6 191 3 42 42 40 64
10.5518/41
Mapping the field of children's literature translation in Saudi Arabia: Translation
flow in accordance with Socio-Cultural norms. Bibliographical Data List - Part of 2 90 1 21 18 28 22
10.5518/57
Hugh Davies, "Galactic Interfaces", "Mobile with Differences", and "Printmusic";
Alex McLean, "Printmusic - Live Coded"; and David Keane, "Les Voix
Spectrales": Performances by Grey Area and Alex McLean, with pre-concert 7 76 0 15 11 16 34
10.5518/2 Ovine annulus fibrosus interlamellar material model calibration data set 13 48 2 15 4 2 25
10.5518/4 Nepal Energy Gardens Qualitative Dataset and Quantitative Survey Dataset 11 41 0 14 7 6 14
10.5518/96 Aggregated fluvial flood hazard output for six Global Flood Models for the African 6 38 0 9 20 5 4
10.5518/38
Hugh Davies, "Quintet" and "Music for a Single Spring"; Stockhausen,
"Verbindung" and "Intensitat" from "Aus den Sieben Tagen"; Christian Wolff,
"Edges"; and Owen Green, "Neither the Time nor the Energy": Performances by 9 37 0 6 11 7 13
10.5518/174 Headlines data for social media popularity prediction 7 32 0 0 0 0 32
Empirical datasets for Energies journal article 'From theory to econometrics to
energy policy: Cautionary tales for policymaking using aggregate production 12 28 0 1 27 0 0

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Sheffield Figshare (ORDA)
Edinburgh Datashare
Apollo Cambridge
LSHTM

Twitter Analytics
• Followers
• Top tweets
• Impressions / Engagements
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TweepsMap
• Global distribution
Lots more…
• NodeXL, Storify, Tweetstats

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Jan Feb March April May June
Weeklyimpressions(K)
Power of the #hashtag
• Conferences
• Tweet curation
• Storify

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If (social media interaction is often) then (Open access + social media = increased
downloads)
Melissa Terras (April 2012)