Re-use as Impact: Linking the open and impact agendas

Re-Use as Impact:
Linking the Open and Impact Agendas

Friday, 11 November 11

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About me.


I live in Bath

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/andypowe11/3915450391


I work at RAL


I write grants...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/59937401@N07/5929622407 CC-BY

...and papers...

http://ﬂickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/2756494307/ CC-BY

...and get to do cool stuff


Why do I do it?


Mortgage...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/joeshlabotnik/2143212474 CC-BY


...curiosity...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/emiliodelprado/225161313

Fun!

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/wwworks/2908834853


This is a privilege.


Not a right.


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jamescridland/3947254236

I work mainly on technique
development and enabling
technologies


A small change...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pshan427/2382209408 CC-BY


...a big effect

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/crestedcrazy/534647414 CC-BY

http://ﬂickr.com/photos/virtualsugar/316200555/ CC-BY

Open data...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jwyg/4528443760/ CC-BY-SA

Optimise for....

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tomarthur/3593729997


....not this

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/vrogy/514733529


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/biscuitsmlp/2247299538 CC-BY-SA


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tammra/283690669/


Because every time a
permanent job is advertised...


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/t3rmin4t0r/3947963283 CC-BY


The one with the
most Nature papers
gets to mate...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/t3rmin4t0r/3947963283 CC-BY


We optimise for...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/klausnahr/4437823757 CC-BY-SA


Rather than for
use and re-use...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/frozenchipmunk/197591546 CC-BY


...because of the incentives...
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/daquellamanera/3238300837 CC-BY

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/lifeontheedge/247473398 CC-BY-SA

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/turtlemom_nancy CC-BY-SA


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/horiavarlan/4290549806 CC-BY

Why do we
measure?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3209939998 CC-BY

Encouragement and reward...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/emdot/14444358 CC-BY

...reporting...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jakeprzespo/4566113909 CC-BY


Higher level..?


...architecture..?


“The best science or
the best outcomes?”


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/gogri/5389044813 CC-BY


Why do we do research?


Why do they pay?


Why do they pay?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mararie/3313582639/ CC-BY-SA


Why do they pay?
w e

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mararie/3313582639/ CC-BY-SA


Cures...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/59334544@N00/2322167178


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/penmachine/2109311458/
...excitement


Prestige...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/natematias/310642831 CC-BY-SA


Diversity of research or
concentration of resources?


Invest in infrastructure or
fund research projects?


Not theological issues...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/valeriebb/2248744703


...but engineering questions.
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/geezaweezer/5749957166 CC-BY


But only when we answer
the core question...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/drachmann/327122302 CC-BY-SA

What do we want from research?


We want impact...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/spettacolopuro/3891599149 CC-BY


...but what does that mean?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mattymatt/3017263513 CC-BY-SA

So where to..?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/laenulfean/5943132296 CC-BY-SA


We are stuck with “impact”...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/babasteve/3140688308 CC-BY

...but we can mould it.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/waltstoneburner/5745387762 CC-BY

An assertion.


We want to see
research used.


In the right places...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ol1/6048544977 CC-BY-SA



http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/velkr0/3472576304 CC-BY



http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/argonne/3465398655 CC-BY

...at the right time.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/robbie73/3387189144 CC-BY-SA

We want research to be
re-used and re-usable


Impact = Re-use


Application = Re-use


Commercialised = Re-use


Education = Re-use


Engagement = Re-use


...but also...


Citation = Re-use


Can we measure re-use?

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/sterlic/4299631538 CC-BY-SA


Bollen et al., PLoS ONE 4(6): e6022 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006022.g002


The web changes everything...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jurvetson/916142 CC-BY

New tracks to follow
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mikebaird/2985066755 CC-BY


ScienceCard by Martin Fenner - http://sciencecard.org/CameronNeylon


Altmetric.com by Euan Adie - http://altmetric.com/interface/explorer.html


Bookmarks = Re-use


Discussion = Re-use


...and we can
track them all

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/paul_white/5831407787 CC-BY


But what about...?


...software?

...data...?


...presentations?

Piwowar, Priem, Hahnel, Parra, Groth - Total-Impact - http://total-impact.org


This is not even
very difficult...


But what about...?

Maximise potential...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/3370498053 CC-BY


...for discovery
and re-use...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/pagedooley/3797236989 CC-BY

Measure re-use
and re-usability...


Optimise for impact

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/gsfc/6147894106 CC-BY


...and the easiest way...


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/virtualsugar/316200555 CC-BY

Not the only way.


...but the easiest
and most common
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ehamiter/4607728796 CC-BY-SA


But is this enough?
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/aidanmorgan/2256197976 CC-BY


This is not infrastructure


This is scaffolding...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/robbie1/1555596 CC-BY

...may not
be stable...
http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/istolethetv/3211461988 CC-BY

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/wetwebwork/550877092 CC-BY-SA

...may become over-engineered...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/saragoldsmith/161854005 CC-BY

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/mgifford/3558463424 CC-BY-SA

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/seier/5360425617 CC-BY

What are the values of a 21st
century research community?


What does the social contract
for the 21st century look like?


Impact will be at the heart of this

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/meesterdickey/2581274092 CC-BY


A commitment to the efficient
conversion of resources into
useable outputs...


...of maximising the re-use
and the potential for re-use
of research outputs...


http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/tranchis/3708549622
Less of this...


...more of this...

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/wwworks/4637981216 CC-BY


...more of this.

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/chadmiller/2740551034

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/ﬂavinsky/3410980137 CC-BY

http://www.ﬂickr.com/photos/jamescridland/613445810 CC-BY

...we are the public...

...so what do we want?


Re-use as Impact: Linking the open and impact agendas

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