Science communication-graduate

science communication for graduate studentsgoing beyond IF and Scopus index (v1.0)

Dasapta Erwin Irawan25 January 2016

Faculty of Earth Sciences and Technology,Institut Teknologi BandungEvent: Workshop ”Scicomm for grad students”Institut Teknologi Bandung

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about me

• place/date of birth: Surabaya/17 April 1976• education: Teknik Geologi ITB: S1 (’94-’98), S2 (’99-’01), S3(’05-’09)

• media: twitter @dasaptaerwin, facebook Dasapta Erwin Irawan

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contents

1. introduction

2. graduate education

3. about those metrics

4. current state: legacy scientific media

5. future trend: open science

6. further readings

7. take home notes

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introduction

my objective

is to give you hints:

• about what a grad education is• on how to be a grad student• on how to promote and disseminate your results

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definitions

scientific/scholarly communication according to Wikipedia

• refers to public communication presenting science-relatedtopics to non-experts.

• aims to generate support for scientific research or study, or toinform decision making, including political and ethical thinking.

• emphasizes on explaining methods and findings.

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go to the following links for more explanations

1. Penerapan open science di Indonesia agar riset lebih terbuka,mudah diakses, dan meningkatkan dampak saintifik

2. Membuat data geosains lebih dapat dibagi (shareable) dandirujuk (citeable)

3. proyek blog: dasaptaerwin.net, derwinirawan.wordpress.com,pgrescicomm.wordpress.com

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research cycle

Figure 1: Research cycle (Research resources: Edinburgh Napier Univ.6

graduate education

FAQ

• research or course work program? and how long does it take?• what are the outputs?• how can we do course work and research both in 2 years(master) and PhD (3 years)?

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the ”unfortunate” answers

• type and duration: it’s a research program and the endorsedduration is two years for master and three years for PhD

• outputs: thesis and publication• time management: you have to manage time to do both of them

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the major components

• course work (see the curriculum)• research work (based on selected major and topic)• writing, promoting and disseminating (the somewhat hardestpart?)

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how to write your results with the least effort: the don’ts

• don’t wait until the last• don’t wait until you get the fixed outline• don’t start from page 1

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how to write your results with the least effort: the dos

• publish early• publish often• start with random thoughts• use various venues to write• own your research

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publish early

bare in mind that:

• the main output of your master/PhD is thesis but it shouldn’t beyour only output

• you can even start it in your first semester, even when you don’thave any topic yet

• start writing to harvest ideas from people, make a proposal, takenote, review literature, etc

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publish often

• treat your manuscript as a live document• use version control• write more as you move to the next step

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what you can expect from the grad school

• guidelines to write proposal, thesis, paper, etc• institutional website to promote your research• research support (grant, sponsorship, etc)

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the venues to promote and disseminate your results

• blogs: personal or institutions• social media: twitter is recommended to harvest ideas and newdevelopment and FB is recommended to share your results

• seminar: private initiatives or start a study group

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start with random thoughts

• our brain works in random mode many times and we tend toignore it

• ideas need to be harvested, discussed, and formulated(independently or with your supervisor/s)

• you need to make a selection criteria to filter the ideas, (eg:limited time duration to finish master or PhD), cost feasibility,needed skills (eg: programming, math, etc)

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about those metrics

research cycle

Figure 2: Research cycle (Research resources: Edinburgh Napier Univ.17

so what is impact factor and why is it important?

The journal Impact Factor is the average number of timesarticles from the journal published in the past two yearshave been cited in the JCR year. The Impact Factor iscalculated by dividing the number of citations in the JCRyear by the total number of articles published in the twoprevious years. (Thomson Reuters: Web of Science)

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so what is impact factor and why is it important?

Hence IF reflects:

• age: the operational period of the medium (journal)• visibility: meaning older journals are read by more people thanyounger journals

• recognition: meaning more citations

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• is it important? some would say yes• does it apply to all of us? definitely no

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my citation index/H-index is high, what is good about it?

CI reflects:

• age: old articles have higher chance to get more citations thanrecent ones,

• contextual: articles match with certain issues will attract morereaders,

• closed-calculation: CI is calculated based on articles which arepublished in journals that include in the WoS indexing database.

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• is it important? some would say yes• does it apply to all of us? definitely NO

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indexed by Scopus is important, why?

Indexed by Scopus means:

• journal/conference registration by journal/conference editorial,• selection by Scopus team based on Scopus criteria,• recognition (to some parties).

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• is it important? to some extent yes• does it apply to all of us? definitely NO

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current state: legacy scientificmedia

characteristics

legacy scientific media characteristicsClosed-system: readers (and even authors) have to be subscribed!

• closed data (electronic supplementary data services areavailable with fee),

• blind peer-review (pre publication)• closed-loop distribution, copyright transfer agreement

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example

Just go to Elsevier

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future trend: open science

charactistics

open science components FOSTER 2015

• open data• open methods (to endorse reproducibility and replicability)• (using) open source software• open access to research outputs• open peer-review (pre or post publication)

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example

• PLOS• F1000Research• RIO journal• ScienceOpen• The Winnower• HESS• Nature Communications• etc more and more: go to DOAJ for more list

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about that open access thingy

Figure 3: The development of open access

Wikipedia/Open Access

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about that open access thingy

Figure 4: Number of self-archiving repositories and records

Wikipedia/Registry of Open Access Repositories

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about that open access thingy

Figure 5: Journal APC vs reputation

Price doesn’t always buy prestige in open access

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about that open access thingy

Figure 6: Journal’s APC vs IF

Busting the top five myths about open access publishing

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my example: what I am starting to do and keeping it as habit

• stage 1: research proposal• stage 2: research implementation• stage 3: report writing and publications• stage 4: dissemination• stage 5: data set management

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stage 1: research proposal

• write and publish your proposal to invite comments and (whoknows) a funder (eg: on RIOJournal),

• make a literature review paper as the basis of the proposal, andpublish it,

• uploads preliminary data set in accessible repository.

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stage 2: research implementation

• blog about it,• using Open Science Framework, make a Wiki page,• publish a short communication or Early Research Outcome (egon RIOJournal)

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stage 3: report writing and publications

• make a report and upload it along with the data set toaccessible repository (eg: Figshare, Zenodo, or OSF) or selfarchiving system,

• cite the repository in your papers,• post the repository on socmed (read How and why I useblogging).

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stage 3: report writing and publications

• Where to publish?• How much does it cost?• Do we still have rights?

• open access vs conventional/legacy journals.• problem with open access: article publishing cost• problem with legacy journals: copyright transferagreement

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stage 4: dissemination

• it’s about how to increase impact: via online visibility• what are the tools? You can try: ImpactStory or GrowKudos• how much does it cost? Connection cost only

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stage 4: dissemination

• go to conferences• maintain a social media and promote your results: Twitter,Facebook, RG, Academia, Growkudos

• snail (e)mail to colleagues, use signatures (insert ORCID orGoogle Scholar Site).

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scientific social media vs open access space

• is RG/Academia an open access space?• answer: no, they’re socmeds• they offers archiving facilities in return of selling ads.

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stage 5: data set management

• make it accessible. Read: Making Datasets Visible andAccessible: DataCite’s First Summer Meeting and Making opendata accessible to data science beginners)

• use general and public formats (eg: odt, csv, etc). Read:Membuat Data Geosains Dapat Didata dan Dirujuk.

• use DOI.

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further readings

further readings

A curated list of readings are also available on my Zenodo repository

• Tennant, J., 2016, The open citation index, Blog Science Open.• Pevatolo, M.C., 2016, Private spaces, public science? Open accessand academic social media, https://t.co/ublvRi9ScM

• Kim, H., 2015, How to index journal in Scopus and WoS, (Zenodorepo)

• Broch, E., 2011, Journal Impact factors: what they mean, whatthey don’t mean, and why you should care, Princeton blogs(Zenodo repo)

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further readings

• The Conversations: Busting the top five myths about openaccess publishing

• Nature: Price doesn’t always buy prestige in open access• Wikipedia/Registry of Open Access Repositories• Wikipedia/Open Access• How and why I use blogging• more readings online.

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take home notes

take home notes

science is about:

1. honesty in researching the problem2. bravery in publishing the results3. big heart in getting feedback

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Pilihan di tangan kita.

• Apakah akan menjadi mahasiswa pasca sarjana yang tertutupatau terbuka.

• Apakah kita akan menjalin jejaring luas atau puas dalam’tempurung’ saja.

• dan Apakah menjadi makhluk yang mensyukuri nikmat dantidak kikir membagi ilmu atau sebaliknya.

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