What is Kudos? An Interview with David Sommer, Co-Founder | The Scholarly Kitchen
peter.suber's bookmarks 2014-02-09
Summary:
"Our goal, in exploring the connection between attention and impact, is to find (and make available) data that will encourage authors to stay involved with their article after its publication, using their expertise and networks more effectively not just in the development of their research but also in its communication. Given that the author is best placed to explain their work, and broaden its reach, we want to give them not only the tools but also the motivation to help achieve maximum impact of research – feeding back our findings into the scholarly community is therefore key.
The Kudos pre-pilot phase in 2013 was only 3 months long, so too short to track citation effects. What is really exciting for us is that in 2014 we will work with 20-30 publishers over a much longer period – 9 months. This allows us to study the link between authors taking actions such as adding context to their articles, adding links, explaining their works for different audiences and sharing them with their networks, and the resultant impact on usage and citations...."