Paperbuzz sneak peek at #4amconf

2. #4amconf
@impactstory and @pkp

4. comprehensive data
easy to use
free for research use
many details free for everyone

5. but...
closed source, closed data
costs money for journals, startups

7. open source, open data
free for everyone

8. but...
not as easy to use

9. it’s important there is a version of this
that is easy to use.

10. Open is Transparent.
Can’t be transparent and closed.
Data not as comprehensive yet.
But it’ll get there.
And then we’ll have a 100% open,
transparent solution.

11. 35 million events so far,
30 of them from wikipedia
philosophically: low level of abstraction
no summary statistics.

13. open source, open data
free for everyone

14. built on Crossref Event data
at a higher level of abstraction.

15. audience: everyone!
including journals
researchers
tool builders
institutions, funders, ....

16. API:
simplifies events
includes counts
includes summary stats

17. Crossref Event Data API

18. instead:

19. API:
simplifies events
includes counts
includes summary stats
includes useful metadata

20. website:
free for everyone
includes all events
indexed by DOI

21. bonus!
includes new source! Unpaywall views.

24. 110k active users
4.6 million uses
growing fast.
from 185 countries,
30% from university IPs

26. another bonus!
new feature! What’s buzzing this week.