R E S E A R C H G AT E - H O W D O ‘ S O C I A L N E T W O R K S F O R S C I E N T I S T S ’ A F F E C T L I B R A R I E S ?

K E I TA B A N D O , K A N T O A R E A M E E T I N G O F J A PA N P H A R M A C E U T I C A L L I B R A R Y A S S O C I A T I O N , D E C 1 8 2 0 1 5

O U T L I N E

• Self-introduction

• Overview of Social Networks for Scientists

• What is ResearchGate?

• Characteristic functions of ResearchGate

• Conclusion

• Discussion

O U T L I N E

• Self-introduction

• Overview of Social Networks for Scientists

• What is ResearchGate?

• Characteristic functions of ResearchGate

• Conclusion

• Discussion

K E I TA B A N D O

Coordinator for the Online Platform for Scientific Communication

A C T I V I T I E S

• MyOpenArchive (2007 - 2013)

• OpenAccessWeekJP (2009 - 2010)

• ScienceCommonsJP (2010 - 2011)

• Mendeley Advisor (2011 - Present)

• ORCID Ambassador (2013 - Present)

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• Altmetrics: alternative ways of measuring scholarly impact based on the social web, Journal of Information Processing and Management, 2012DOI: 10.1241/johokanri.55.638

• ORCID Outreach Meeting and Codefest in Chicago, Journal of Information Processing and Management, 2014DOI: 10.1241/johokanri.57.423

• ResearchGate: SNS specialized for researchers with Repository function, Current Awareness, 2015DOI: 10.11501/9396323

O U T L I N E

• Self-introduction

• Overview of Social Networks for Scientists

• What is ResearchGate?

• Characteristic functions of ResearchGate

• Conclusion

• Discussion

T H E H I S T O R Y O F S O C I A L N E T W O R K S

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O U T L I N E

• Self-introduction

• Overview of Social Networks for Scientists

• What is ResearchGate?

• Characteristic functions of ResearchGate

• Conclusion

• Discussion

I J A D M A D I S C H

Co-Founder/CEO ResearchGate

Scientist (Virology)

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O U T L I N E

• Self-introduction

• Overview of Social Networks for Scientists

• What is ResearchGate?

• Characteristic functions of ResearchGate

• Conclusion

• Discussion

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C F U N C T I O N S O F R E S E A R C H G AT E

• Publications

• DOI

• Repository

• RG score

• Institutions

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C F U N C T I O N S O F R E S E A R C H G AT E

• Publications

• DOI

• Repository

• RG score

• Institutions

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C F U N C T I O N S O F R E S E A R C H G AT E

• Publications

• DOI

• Repository

• RG score

• Institutions

W H AT I S A D I G I TA L O B J E C T I D E N T I F I E R ( D O I ) ?

The Digital Object Identifier (DOI®) System is for identifying content objects in the digital environment.

via https://www.datacite.org/faq#n147

example DOI: 10.11501/9396323

W H Y I S A D O I I M P O R TA N T ?

• Because the DOI guarantees that readers will always be able to find their work.

• Because the DOIs enable them to find the content time and again.

via http://www.crossref.org/08downloads/short_DOI_descriptions.pdf

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C H A R A C T E R I S T I C F U N C T I O N S O F R E S E A R C H G AT E

• Publications

• DOI

• Repository

• RG score

• Institutions

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• Publications

• DOI

• Repository

• RG score

• Institutions

R G S C O R E

• A new way to measure scientific reputation.

• The RG Score is a metric that measures scientific reputation based on how all of your research is received by your peers.

C H A R A C T E R I S T I C F U N C T I O N S O F R E S E A R C H G AT E

• Publications

• DOI

• Repository

• RG score

• Institutions

I N S T I T U T I O N S

• Institutions page uses the RG Score to provide an alternative view of the world’s institutions.

• This list shows institutions by the sum of the RG Scores of their individual members using ResearchGate.

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O U T L I N E

• Self-introduction

• Overview of Social Networks for Scientists

• What is ResearchGate?

• Characteristic functions of ResearchGate

• Conclusion

• Discussion

R E S E A R C H E R W A N T T O C O L L A B O R AT E O N L I N E

N A T U R E S U R V E Y D O I : 1 0 . 1 0 3 8 / 5 1 2 1 2 6 A ( A U G U S T 2 0 1 4 )

.. librarians might help colleagues prepare their careers for a more social-media-driven environment by explaining basic social networking best practice, ..

(Ovadia, 2013)

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O U T L I N E

• Self-introduction

• Overview of Social Networks for Scientists

• What is ResearchGate?

• Characteristic functions of ResearchGate

• Conclusion

• Discussion

H O W D O ‘ S O C I A L N E T W O R K S F O R S C I E N T I S T S ’ A F F E C T L I B R A R I E S ?

• Institutional Repository

• Current Research Information System

• Institutional Level Metrics

• Research support

• Anything else?

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R E S E A R C H G AT E - H O W D O ‘ S O C I A L N E T W O R K S F O R S C I E N T I S T S ’ A F F E C T L I B R A R I E S ?