1. Helping researchers explain, enrich and share their publications for greater research impact. Kudos demonstration

2. 1996 2006 Challenges in the information sector 3. 3 1: information overload Growth curve for number of articles published per annum Chart based on 3.26% pa growth in article numbers,the lower limit proposed by Mabe and Amin in Growth dynamics of scholarly and scientific journals. Scientometrics, 51:1 (2001) 147162 In the world today, there are 50 million published research articles and that number is doubling every twenty years but readers time is not doubling! 4. 2: dense technical content 4 Research requires expertise to understand Formal communications often dense Opportunity for new discoverability layer e.g. impact statements e.g. lay summaries e.g. video abstracts e.g. visual abstracts e.g. data Such useful materials lost in silos 5. 3: under-utilized networks Personal networks are key to how people share, find and select relevant articles Traditionally: conferences, word of mouth, email Future: social networks (exist, but underutilized) 5 6. Self-fulfilling popularity 6 Usageorcitations Article Usage / Citation Distribution Usage / citations Most read/ cited article Least read/ cited article 7. Introducing Kudos Helping maximize the impact of published research by: Empowering authors to explain and share their work Using article-level metrics to motivate and reward them Driving traffic back to publisher sites Strengthening relationships between authors and publishers 7 8. Survey: interest in Kudos 84% of authors think more can be done to raise the visibility, impact and usage of their work 50% get no support from their institution 80% feel it is their personal responsibility Over 75% think they will personally use Kudos Authors are likely to embrace Kudos 8 9. Proof of concept results High-level early results for the Kudos alpha site: Registered users: 5,593 (12%) Articles claimed: 8,298 Confirmed shares: 297 Number of article edits: 962 Number of article resources: 359 19% higher article usage per day 9 10. 1996 2006 Kudos demo 11. Core steps 11 12. Core steps 12 13. Core steps 13 14. 1996 2006 register 15. 15 16. 1996 2006 claim 17. 17 18. 1996 2006 explain 19. 19 20. 20 21. 1996 2006 enrich 22. 22 23. 23 24. 24 25. 1996 2006 share 26. 26 27. 1996 2006 measure 28. 28 29. 29 30. 1996 2006 monitor 31. 31 Publisher/Institution Dashboard 32. 32 Sharing effectiveness Administrators can see results and pass popular articles to PR / marketing teams 33. Authors sharing their work Administrators can see which authors and articles have been most successful 34. Sharing effectiveness Administrators can track which articles are seeing significant changes in Altmetric activity, and generate further media support 34 35. 1996 2006 Publisher participation 36. In partnership with 3636 37. Publisher participation Through Kudos publishers can: Identify high performing articles and authors Identify and develop media opportunities Enrich published articles with author-generated content and links Develop closer relationships with their authors and other researchers in their authors networks Benchmark the performance of their publications against a wide range of metrics Understand what kind of sharing activities and social media channels are most effective for researcher communications 37 38. Publisher participation How to participate Annual fee for participation based on publisher size/revenues Gain access to a dashboard giving you visibility on all your author activities and results within Kudos Enhance your branding Auto-claim articles on behalf of your authors to make it quicker and easier for them to increase their publication impact Provide usage data to enhance your authors experience of using Kudos and increase their motivation to share their work Display author-added metadata and links on your own website 38 39. 1996 2006 info@growkudos.com