Building skyscrapers
with our scholarship
Heather	
  Piwowar	
  

@researchremix	
  
cofounder	
  @ImpactStory

Crossref	
  Annual	
  Meeting
November	
  2013
#crossref13
some photos NC, SA
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/09/euwf/ho_24.45.1.htm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jsmjr/62443357/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/camilleharrington/3587294608/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkuhnau/3318245976/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/conformpdx/1796399674/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rkuhnau/3317418699/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/zemlinki/261617721/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracenmatt/3020786491/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/the-o/2078239333/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/huzzahvintage/4577075021/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/europedistrict/5692787622/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sunrise/35819369/
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the problem?
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50 feet

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1250 feet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_State_Building
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_New_York_City
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
File:Skyscrapers_of_Shinjuku_2009_January.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Houston
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229/472778842_291893d988.jpg
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
File:Konrad_Kyeser,_Bellifortis,_Clm_30150,_Tafel_09,_Blatt_38v_(Ausschnitt).jpg
http://www.otisworldwide.com/d31-timeline.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/powellburns/
8730495634/in/faves-93655936@N04/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/4nitsirk/7912924428/sizes/m/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/darwinbell/4619299365/in/faves-93655936@N04/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lawrenceyeah/9300851692/in/faves-93655936@N04/
what’s our elevator?
what’s going to let us
build skyscrapers
with our scholarship?
APIs
geek-speak
for computers
talking to computers
Before the elevator,
people could only
get higher using their legs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manc/2308950026/sizes/m/in/photostream/
after: machines
did some of the
heavy lifting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetone/3744108681/sizes/m/in/photostream/
before APIs,
people could only
get higher using their eyes
http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2404/2302651444_00fc119685.jpg
now,
machines
can do some of the
heavy lifting
When all tall buildings have
elevators
We spend less effort to
climb up
And, the buildings can get
taller.
Where are we on this path?
I’m a scientist who wants
to take the elevator.
My research *needs*
to be built on top of the
research of others,
on a large scale.
A little challenging at the
moment for an elevator
enthusiast.
citations for 10,000 papers
citations for 10,000 papers
X
X
• institutional subscription
• personal subscription
• pleading email
• walk-in access
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X
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10,000
So I did two things.
1. back room deal.
2. found an institution and
joined it
which required being
fingerprinted
which required a fieldtrip
to the police station
in the worst
neighbourhood in my city
for citations.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Toronto_-_ON_-_CN_Tower_bei_Nacht.jpg
How can we fix this?
How can we get to the
point where our scholarship
is connected with
elevators?
What kinds of elevators
should they be?
different uses,
different users
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sweetone/3744108681/sizes/m/in/photostream/
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different uses,
different users
evolve then adopt
standard fittings
REST
JSON
not monolithic systems,
standard fittings.
self-serve, 24/7
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/larskflem/415400861/sizes/m/in/photostream/
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phone call
emails
personal agreement
institutional agreement
big win!
in the open
strong reuse terms
no additional cost
not restricted to library-IT
I got lucky on twitter
Time consuming
Tied to institution
Negotiation doesn’t scale
Need subscriptions.
big win.
so... what have I done with it?
nothing.
!
project 1: analysis was already done
project 2: didn’t get the grant
project 3: moved to a separate
nonprofit organization
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/larskflem/415400861/sizes/m/in/photostream/
24/7 self-serve
reward lots of kinds of
winning
one kind of winner
misses important
kinds of winning
just impact factor?
just citations?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pixscapes/4331070047!
to impact flavors

CC-BY-NC by maniacyak on flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/maniacyak/3432589472
Open metrics, with context, for diverse products.!

Board:
Cameron Neylon
John Wilbanks
impactstory.org
reward lots of kinds of
winning
finally,
don’t judge demand by
requests for an elevator
before 1900
http://www.otisworldwide.com/d31-timeline.html
it might take a while
for adoption
it will happen.
http://www.dvice.com/2013-6-19/carbon-fiber-elevatorcables-make-mile-high-skyscrapers-possible
1. different users and uses
2. standard fittings
3. self-serve, 24/7
4. lots of kinds of winning
5. this is the future
http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4016/4557469169_824b646eb1.jpg
thank you!
Jason Priem: cofounder of ImpactStory
Todd Vision, NESCent, Mike Whitlock,
the open science community,
and those who release their articles, datasets
and photos openly.

impactstory.org
http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/2055471833
2013 CrossRef Annual Meeting Building Skyscrapers With Our Scholarship Heather Piwowar
2013 CrossRef Annual Meeting Building Skyscrapers With Our Scholarship Heather Piwowar

2013 CrossRef Annual Meeting Building Skyscrapers With Our Scholarship Heather Piwowar