Slides from my NFAIS talk, 25 May 2017, as part of a webinar entitled "How Social Should Social Collaborative Networks (SCNs) Be?". Abstract: In this session, Rapple shares data and insight from a recent study of 7,500 researchers and their sharing behaviors. She discusses the driving factors for SCN use, how frequently researchers accessed them, and for what underlying purposes. She also addresses researcher perceptions on copyright and sharing, the real value researchers receive from SCNs, and how changes in researcher behavior might affect publishers and libraries.

1. Why do researchers share,
and how should publishers respond?
@charlierapple NFAIS May 2017

2. @charlierapple
Co-founder of Kudos
• Helping publishers benefit from
author sharing
Passionate about increasing reach
and impact of research through
copyright-compliant sharing (among
other things)
Recent survey of over 7,500
researchers – opinions and
behaviours around content sharing

3. The rise and rise of
Scholarly Collaboration Networks
Platforms to share and
discover research, get
stats, ask questions, and
make connections.
Platforms to monetize
author data and
publisher content,
regardless of copyright.
@charlierapple

4. 2017 survey on SCN usage
Publishing
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5. 7,500+ respondents
Weighted towards
early career
STEM
European / North American
2017 survey on SCN usage

6. SCNs are (increasingly) frequently used
ResearchGate n = 6,213
Academia.edu n = 4,629
MyScienceWork n = 261
Mendeley n = 3,168
Humanities Commons n = 142
Social Science Research Network n = 812
Profology n = 22
Trellis n = 92
Daily Weekly Monthly Quarterly 1-2 x year Never
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7. SCNs are (increasingly) used for
accessing / uploading content
To access copies
of articles /
books / chapters
that I cannot
access
elsewhere
66%
To find and
connect with
other researchers
61%
To check metrics
for my
publications
59%
To upload copies
of my
publications
(articles / books /
chapters etc)
57%
Figures taken from survey by Kudos and 10 publisher partners; April 2017; n = 6,293
@charlierapple

8. moral high ground
“We want to bring
transparency to science so it
can be even more useful for
all. There’s a lot wrong with
the current system; it’s
confusing at best. Researchers
waste a lot of time because
they don’t share what doesn’t
work … We’re fixing these
problems …”
Ijad Madisch, CEO and cofounder,
ResearchGate

9. powerful friends

10. tick tock

11. So far, journal publishers don’t
seem to have lost much revenue
because of scholarly networks.
But publishers will have to
adopt new strategies
now to avoid
substantial losses in
the near future
Quote taken from Schiermeier, Quirin.
Science publishers try new tack to combat unauthorized paper sharing.
Nature. 2017:145-146. doi:10.1038/545145a
Joe Esposito

12. 83%agreed or strongly agreed that
copyright should be respected
C
Figure taken from survey by Kudos and 10 publisher partners; April 2017; n = 5,513
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13. @charlierapple
didn’t realise
publisher policies
apply to sharing
21%
don’t have time or
thought it too
complicated
to check copyright
37%
would find it
useful to have a
single place to
check copyright
87%
n = 5,513 n = 5,513 n = 5,942
Copyright is hard to navigate

14. @charlierapple

15. 51%of non OA articles
taken from a sample of 500
on ResearchGate
infringed copyright
Hamid Jamali,
Charles Sturt University
doi:10.1007/s11192-017-2291-4
Figure taken from Jamali, Hamid R.
Copyright compliance and infringement
in ResearchGate full-text journal articles.
Scientometrics. 2017:1-14.

16. 0 1000 2000 3000 4000
Requesting a copy from
the author via email
Googling for a free
copy
“Request a copy”
buttons in repositories
Requesting a copy from
the publisher via email
Requesting / providing
a free copy via SciHub
#icanhazpdf requests
via Twitter
I access other people's work this way
I share my own work this way
@charlierapple

17. Innate tension: conscience vs convenience
Copyright should
be respected
I should be
entitled to
upload my work
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83% 60%
n = 5,513

18. Solution: don’t compete – leverage
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