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Collaboration and the Future of Research

John Hammersley, Co-founder & CEO, Overleaf

www.overleaf.com

UKSG, April 10th – 12th 2017

Source: http://olihb.com/2014/08/11/map-of-scientific-collaboration-redux/

Global scientific collaboration is increasing

Source: Knowledge, networks and nations. Global scientific collaboration in the 21st century - The Royal Society - 2011

This is a good thing

Collaboration can be frustrating• Multiple versions of

the same document • Long email chains • Formatting &

typesetting • Maintaining references• Long revision cycles

The more people involved, the more silos, and the more complicated it gets…

New cloud-based services help…

Source: https://innoscholcomm.silk.co/

101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication:

Almost every innovation from 2005 onwards is

cloud-based

Source: https://innoscholcomm.silk.co/

101 Innovations in Scholarly Communication:

8,000,000 documents

600,000 authors180 countries

in 4 years

Analytics dashboard helps librarians and administrators: • make sure it’s being used!

• see new signups • view collaborations

Overleaf provides real-time data on uptake, usage & collaborations

Simplifying submissions: Files and metadata are passed in the background – no rekeying

“Prior to the integration with Overleaf, F1000Research could not easily accept LaTeX submissions.

Now, approximately 10-15% of all submissions come in via the Overleaf template and submission link.

Case study: www.overleaf.com/blog/344

New Research Report (March 2017):The Connected Culture of Collaboration Rather than examining post-publication collaboration patterns, “The Connected Culture of Collaboration” explores how real-time information can provide insights in collaboration patterns on national, state and institution-level scales.

Full report available online via:www.overleaf.com/blog/457

Hardcopies available today – available at the Digital Science booth.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4702642.v2

Thanks for listening!Contact: john@overleaf.com

www.overleaf.com