startup sci 2012: disrupting scholarly communication to accelerate scientific progress

Disrupting Scholarly Communication to Accelerate Scientific Progress

William GunnHead of Academic Outreachwilliam.gunn@mendeley.com

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Research is complicated

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Can we shorten the research cycle?

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$31.2B ????12 years

The average age at first R01 grant is now 42, up from 34 in 1980.jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/98/20/1436.full

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$31.2B ????12 months!

Black Box

How do you know whose model is the best? - Citations take too long.

The model published in the best journal?- Those are slow outlets.

Get better data on what's working faster, publish more rapidly? (and open access!)

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