Science Overview and Discussion Al Wootten ANASAC Sept 20131

ALMA ASAC Charge #1 ANASAC Sept 2013 ASAC Charge #1: Assess the scientific outcomes and impact from Cycle 0. This should include some preliminary quantitative assessments, such as numbers of papers published and quantitative impact metrics, along with a qualitative assessment. Coordinate with the JAO and the regional ARCs, who would collect the necessary information. – Cycle 0 Paper assessment – Metrics to characterize users – NRAO PR efforts (Blue) – Community outreach efforts 2

ALMA ALMA Results Published All ALMA papers tracked by NRAO (and ESO) libraries: – 68 papers with 143 citations – h-index: 7 min/max/mean/stddev: 1/19/4/4 Two components of interest: SV and Cycle 0 – SV results: 28 published papers 9 from NA, 15 from Eu, 2 from EA, 2 from Other (Mx) – Cycle 0 results: 41 published papers 30 from 111 highest ranked projects; one filler (~27% published) NA: 10 from 31 high ranked projects; 16 papers with NA 1 st author – Eu/EA/CL: 9/33/10, 8/24*/11, 3/9/2 – Some papers contain both components ANASAC Sept 20133

ALMA Proposers to ALMA, Other NRAO telescopes Gareth Hunt compared the ALMA and NRAO userbases to determine the increase I to the NRAO userbase provided by access to ALMA. – NRAO: all users since 2008C (3898) – ALMA: Cycle 0, Cycle 1, combined – I =(ALMA+NRAO)/NRAO – 1 Conclusion is that ALMA has attracted many ‘new’ proposers to the NRAO community – User Base Metric Proposal aims to further characterize the ALMA community segment ANASAC Sept 20134

ALMA Proposed User Base Metric (Lonsdale) How to track users beyond the 10% who respond to our survey? Proposed solution: Use library database and ADS to measure – First publication date for author – Place in authorship list – Type of data presented – Observatories used Analysis to illuminate: – Growth of novice user percentage – Success rate in various groups – Repeat proposer percentage – Demographics Status: Seeking input and resources ANASAC Sept 20135

ALMA Community Outreach What is happening with ALMA? – General Community outreach: NRAO eNews ings ANASAC, User committees, presentations AAS and other meetings CDEs – Static outreach: NAASC website (general/NA) Science Portal (general/inclusive) Project Tracker (PI-specific) – One-on-one outreach Helpdesk (Contact Scientist, PI-specific) Data reduction support General Community (EPO) ANASAC Sept 20136