A presentation designed to inform researchers about how they can use ScienceOpen for advanced search and discovery and increasing their research impact.

1. ScienceOpen for Researchers1
ScienceOpen for Researchers
@Science_Open www.scienceopen.com

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What do researchers want?
• Greater readership and citations.
• To make research more efficient.
• A way to track their impact.
• No platform fees.
ScienceOpen is your
Research Impact Platform!

3. Research in Context3
Put your research in context on
ScienceOpen for greater visibility:
36 Million research article records
25 Million authors
25 Thousand journals

4. Getting Started4
Getting started:
i. Register via ORCID.
ii. Dashboard –> refresh profile.
iii. Wait a few minutes..
iv. All your research articles are
now integrated and verified!

5. Search and Discovery5
Search and Discovery
1. Smart search your way to
success.
2. Interactive search adds value.
3. Collections as a one-stop
researcher resource.

6. Search and Discovery
• Precise, efficient, smart:
– By article, author, collection, featured content,
journal, or publisher.
– 20 filters: preprints, publication date range,
and Open Access.
– 6 sort options: Altmetric score, citations, read
count, and average rating.
Search and Discovery6

7. Search and Discovery
Search and Discovery7

8. Interactive Search
• Recommend your favourite articles.
• Share on social media.
• Download citation information.
• Bookmark important articles.
• Save your search, save your time.
• Comment to share your expertise.
11/23/2017Interactive Search8

9. Article Collections
• Currently more than 200 collections!
• Thematic groups of expertly-managed
research articles as community resources.
• Each gets a CrossRef DOI.
• Editors write editorials and add comments.
• Editors invite peer review for articles.
Article Collections9

10. Article Collections
Article Collections10
Automatically-updating Open Access Super Collection on Climate Change.

11. Collection Statistics
• Summary collection statistics:
– Article views, total Altmetric score, number of
peer reviews, recommendations, social media
shares, and collection followers.
– Nodes of contextual information (e.g. journals,
authors, articles, citations, references).
– Dynamic display for article views, social
shares, and interactions through time.
Collections Statistics11

12. Author Impact Tools12
Author Impact Tools:
1. Integrated author profiles
2. Enhanced author statistics
3. Post-publication peer review
4. Author non-specialist summaries

13. Author Profiles
Author Profiles13

14. Author Statistics
• Quantifying your context:
– Total number of publications.
– Total number of different journals published in.
– How many co-authors you’ve published with.
– How many articles you’ve referenced.
– How many articles in our database have cited
you.
Author Statistics14

15. Author Statistics
Author Statistics15

16. Author Statistics
Author Statistics16

17. Post-Publication Peer Review
• 36 million article records and counting.
• Each one can be publicly peer reviewed.
• Users can invite anyone to review by email
or an internal invitation.
• Each review gets a CrossRef DOI and CC
BY license for reusability.
• 4-tier 5 star-rating system.
Post-Publication Peer Review17

18. Peer Review
Peer Review18

19. Author Summaries
Author Statistics19
• By writing non-specialist summaries,
researchers gain 3 major things:
– The ability to communicate with a different
audience than your immediate research field.
– Increasing accessibility to your research at the
point of discovery.
– The skill of a new style of writing.

20. Author Summaries
Author Statistics20

21. Other Cool Features
• Addition of disciplines, keywords, and
images to article records.
• Extract 200 citations at a time directly to
your reference manager.
• Bulk DOI upload directly into citation
network or into collections.
• Cross-disciplinary and global network.
Other Cool Features21

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ScienceOpen: A
rocket ship for your
research to take
off!

23. ScienceOpen - Summary23
We are your platform for:
• Enhanced discovery and visibility.
• Increased research usage and impact.
• Managing your digital profile.
Contact: Stephanie.Dawson@ScienceOpen.com
Twitter: @Science_Open
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ScienceOpen

24. Some of our Top Partners
11/23/2017Partners24

25. Further Reading
Further Reading25
• Getting started at ScienceOpen
• Increase your research impact
• ScienceOpen metrics
• MyScienceOpen networking platform
• Peer review at ScienceOpen
• ORCID integration
• Enhanced article impact
• ScienceOpen membership
• Editorial control and peer review