An overview of Loop, Frontiers' research network

2. Research network for
academics

3. Reputation &
Impact
Open &
Integrated
Network
Discovery
Collaboration
Key value
proposition

4. Open &
Integrated
Network
Discovery
Collaboration
Key value
proposition
Reputation &
Impact

5. Reputation & Impact – The profile

6. Reputation & Impact - Publications

7. Reputation & Impact – Article Impact
http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00439/abstract#

8. Reputation & Impact – Author Impact
http://loop.frontiersin.net/author-impact/09/
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9. Altmetric email
Total sent Unique Opens Opens Unsubscribes
4,742 2,768
(58%)
5,566
(117%)
2
(0.04%)
• Triggered once a week for
mentions in newspapers and blog
posts only
• Currently for Frontiers articles only
• Being extended for all articles and
will be available in the coming
months (September)

10. Reputation &
Impact
Open &
Integrated
Network
Discovery
Collaboration
Key value
proposition

11. Frontiers integration - Elite academics
215’000+
Registered users

12. Editors & authors & users
are from top institutions in the world
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
top 100 top 250 top 400
Editors: 50K Authors: 100K Users: 215K
Percentage of editors, authors, user and article submissions from top institutions, based on an adjusted Times Higher Education University Rank 2014

13. Editors & authors & users
are from top institutions in the world
National Institutes of Health
Harvard University
Max Planck Society
University College London
Stanford University

14. Frontiers article
integration

15. Frontiers editorial
board integration

16. 2014

17. NPG integration
• Nature invitation to accepted authors
Feb Mar Apr May
Authors not invited who
already had Loop accounts
673 908 950 1,104
Invitations sent 7,323 9,686 9,924 11,153
Opt-outs after Loop invitation 6 4 0 0
Accounts created after
invitation
500 701 691 774
Conversion rate* 7% 7% 7% 7%

18. NPG integration

19. Open network

20. Publisher registered users since Loop launch
12-18
Jan
19-25
Jan
26
Jan -
1 Feb
2-8
Feb
9-15
Feb
16-22
Feb
23
Feb-1
Mar
2- 8
Mar
9-15
Mar
16-22
Mar
23-29
Mar
30
Mar -
5 Apr
6-12
Apr
13-19
Apr
20-26
Aprl
27-3
May
4-10
May
11-17
May
18 -
24
May
25 -
31
May
1 - 7
Jun
8 - 14
Jun
Frontiers 1,25 881 1,19 1,09 1,04 1,00 1,09 984 1,11 1,02 1,18 1,05 953 1,19 1,23 1,25 1,16 1,27 1,16 1,21 1,16 1,12
Nature - 1 23 127 121 137 162 170 158 198 204 137 87 165 197 279 174 197 218 175 204 210
-
200
400
600
800
1,000
1,200
1,400

21. Other
publishers
…
More
Universities
…
2015

22. Developers platform: integration products
• Plugins available on the Loop Developers portal
Loop Profile Plugin Loop Profile Badge
Follow
Loop Author Plugin Authentication

23. Developers platform: integration products
• Plugins still to come…
Publications Plugin My Impact Plugin
Follow (groups)
Share on Loop
Share on Loop (API)
Organization Plugin

24. First institutional integration - UPM
• Loop profile plugin

25. First institutional integration - UPM
• Loop profile plugin

26. First institutional integration - UPM
• Loop profile badge

27. First institutional integration - UPM

28. Article views and downloads
0
10,000,000
20,000,000
30,000,000
40,000,000
50,000,000
60,000,000
70,000,000
80,000,000
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
+ 67% growth rate in past 12 months
May 2014 – 2,301,174 vs. May 2015 – 3,850,933

29. Monthly profile views
0
100,000
200,000
300,000
400,000
500,000
600,000
700,000
800,000
900,000
1,000,000
+ 142% growth rate in past 12 months
May 2014 – 374,390 vs. May 2015 – 908,972