INTRODUCING FRONTIERS Richard Walker 13 January 2011 Frontiers

INTRODUCING FRONTIERS Richard Walker 13 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 (WP 2) • Case study on author-reviewer networks (WP 8)

Contributions to SISOB WPs • Coordination – WP 2: Conceptual Model – WP 9: Peer Review • Contributions – WP 3: Identification and analysis of data resources – WP 4: Measurements and social indicators – WP 6: Software platform and tools

WORK PACKAGE 2 CONCEPTUAL MODEL Richard Walker 13 January, 2011

WP 2: Basic Data • Start date – January 1, 2011 • End date – December 31, 2011 • Coordinator – Frontiers • Other Partners – – UMA CICE UDE RICY

WP 2: 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

WP 2: methods • Review literature (D 2. 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 specific SISOB themes Conceptual model (D 2. 2 Month 6) – – Model based on template from Frontiers Identify actors, communities and social networks • • – 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 (D 2. 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 Points Item 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 9 PEER REVIEW Richard Walker 13 January, 2011

WP 9: Basic Data • Start date – January 1, 2011 • End date – December 31, 2013 • Coordinator – Frontiers • Other Partners – – – UMA CICE MTA KSZI FR RICY

WP 9: 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

WP 9: 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

WP 9: Networks and impact • Social networks (examples) – – – – Coauthorship networks Citation 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

WP 9: Deliverables • D 9. 1 Specification of model, indicators and representations (Month 8) • D 9. 2 Characterization and evaluation of specific author review networks (Month 18) • D 9. 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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