I NTRODUCING 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 – views/month – > 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 (WP2) Case study on author-reviewer networks (WP8)

Contributions to SISOB WPs Coordination – WP2: Conceptual Model – WP9: Peer Review Contributions – WP3: Identification and analysis of data resources – WP4: Measurements and social indicators – WP6: Software platform and tools

W ORK P ACKAGE 2 C ONCEPTUAL MODEL Richard Walker 13 January, 2011

WP2: Basic Data Start date – January 1, 2011 End date – December 31, 2011 Coordinator – Frontiers Other Partners – UMA – CICE – UDE – RICY

WP2: Objectives Identify key actors, communities and social networks involved in “social appropriation of knowledge” Develop hypotheses on impact – of -  impact Operationalize hypotheses in terms of – Data sources – Network indicators – Measurements of impacts Identify data sources/indices/representations/tools to verify hypotheses

WP2: methods Review literature (D2.1: Month 3) – Review based on template from Frontiers – Theoretical literature on social networks – Empirical Social Network Analysis outside science – Social Network Analysis applied to science – Social Network Analysis applied to specific SISOB themes Conceptual model (D2.2 Month 6) – Model based on template from Frontiers – Identify actors, communities and social networks Science in general SISOB cases (take account of data availability) – 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 (D2.3 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 – 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 ItemPartner ResponsibleDeadline Proposals for changes to TOCAll20/01/2011 Proposals for data sources and search termsAll20/01/2011 Finalization of TOCFrontiers23/01/2011 Finalization of data sources and search termsFrontiers27/01/2011 Social networks and Social Network Analysis??28/02/2011 Empirical applications of Social Network Analysis??28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and Science (general)Frontiers28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and MobilityFR28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and Knowledge SharingUDE28/02/2011 Social Network Analysis and Author/Reviewer NetworksFrontiers28/02/2011 Release of draft 1 deliverableFrontiers15/03/2011 Collaborative revision and editingAll22/03/2011 Release of deliverableFrontiers31/03/2011

W ORK P ACKAGE 9 P EER REVIEW Richard Walker 13 January, 2011

WP9: Basic Data Start date – January 1, 2011 End date – December 31, 2013 Coordinator – Frontiers Other Partners – UMA – CICE – MTA KSZI – FR – RICY

WP9: 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

WP9: 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

WP9: Networks and impact Social networks (examples) – Coauthorship networks – Citation networks – Reviewer 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

WP9: Deliverables D9.1 Specification of model, indicators and representations (Month 8) D9.2 Characterization and evaluation of specific author review networks (Month 18) D9.3 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

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