Web 2.0: the Impact of Bottom- Up Research Innovation Eric T. Meyer and Lucy Power Oxford Internet Institute Oxford e-Social Science Project
Technology in science, social science and the humanities Coders, Hackers and Social Actors Innovation in the development of technology (Rogers ) Innovation in the repurposing of technologies developed by others (Schroeder) Innovation in research using the tools of others (Lamb)
Top down versus bottom up Source: Meyer & Dutton 2008
Source: Dutton & Meyer 2008
Science Blogging
Scienceblogs.comPostgenomicResearchBlogging
Online tools for research...include blogs, wikis and open notebooks.
e-Research in the Life Sciences What impact are these online tools having on the research practices of the life scientists who use them? Status & Rewards Scientific Roles Collaboration Openness Formal & Informal Communications Gatekeepers Public & media engagement with science
Journal of Visualized Experiments
JOVE Characteristics Video Articles on JOVE, Issue 1-24 Length of VideosAuthorsViews (v.1-15) *Views (v.16-24) N Total 57 hours, 3 mins, 8 secs 738 instances of 505 individual authors Mean Median Range s.d * Views as of month 16
JOVE Views
JOVE Institutions - North America
JOVE Institutions - Global
JOVE Topics
Credit where credit is due? Views v. citations to JOVE
Downloads v. citations to GAIN data Citations OR links to Histpop or other digitized resources Citations to blogs and wikis? Credit where credit is due?
Citations of PCR Method Saiki, R. K., Gelfand, D. H., Stoffel, S., Scharf, S. J., Higuchi, R., Horn, G. T., Mullis, K. B. & Erlich, H. A. (1988). Primer-directed enzymatic amplication of DNA with a thermostable DNA polymerase. Science 239, 487–491.
Technology in science, social science and the humanities Coders, Hackers and Social Actors Innovation in the development of technology (Rogers ) Innovation in the repurposing of technologies developed by others (Schroeder) Innovation in research using the tools of others (Lamb)
Questions? Eric T. Meyer Research Fellow Lucy Power DPhil Student oxford internet institute university of oxford