“As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and Evaluation
Scholarly research faces threats to its sustainability on multiple domains (access, incentives, reproducibility, inclusivity). We argue that “after-the-fact” research papers do not help and actually cause some of these threats because the chronology of the research cycle is lost...
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| author | Chris H. J. Hartgerink Marino van Zelst |
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| description | Scholarly research faces threats to its sustainability on multiple domains (access, incentives, reproducibility, inclusivity). We argue that “after-the-fact” research papers do not help and actually cause some of these threats because the chronology of the research cycle is lost in a research paper. We propose to give up the academic paper and propose a digitally native “as-you-go” alternative. In this design, modules of research outputs are communicated along the way and are directly linked to each other to form a network of outputs that can facilitate research evaluation. This embeds chronology in the design of scholarly communication and facilitates the recognition of more diverse outputs that go beyond the paper (e.g., code, materials). Moreover, using network analysis to investigate the relations between linked outputs could help align evaluation tools with evaluation questions. We illustrate how such a modular “as-you-go” design of scholarly communication could be structured and how network indicators could be computed to assist in the evaluation process, with specific use cases for funders, universities, and individual researchers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-78579be535654e56ab2266995ce5dc802022-12-22T02:17:59ZengMDPI AGPublications2304-67752018-04-01622110.3390/publications6020021publications6020021“As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and EvaluationChris H. J. Hartgerink0Marino van Zelst1Mozilla Science Lab, Mountain View, CA, USADepartment of Organization Studies, Tilburg University, 5037 AB Tilburg, The NetherlandsScholarly research faces threats to its sustainability on multiple domains (access, incentives, reproducibility, inclusivity). We argue that “after-the-fact” research papers do not help and actually cause some of these threats because the chronology of the research cycle is lost in a research paper. We propose to give up the academic paper and propose a digitally native “as-you-go” alternative. In this design, modules of research outputs are communicated along the way and are directly linked to each other to form a network of outputs that can facilitate research evaluation. This embeds chronology in the design of scholarly communication and facilitates the recognition of more diverse outputs that go beyond the paper (e.g., code, materials). Moreover, using network analysis to investigate the relations between linked outputs could help align evaluation tools with evaluation questions. We illustrate how such a modular “as-you-go” design of scholarly communication could be structured and how network indicators could be computed to assist in the evaluation process, with specific use cases for funders, universities, and individual researchers.http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/6/2/21evaluationnetworkcommunicationpapermetaresearchdecentralizationdecentralisationpublishing |
| spellingShingle | Chris H. J. Hartgerink Marino van Zelst “As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and Evaluation Publications evaluation network communication paper metaresearch decentralization decentralisation publishing |
| title | “As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and Evaluation |
| title_full | “As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and Evaluation |
| title_fullStr | “As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and Evaluation |
| title_full_unstemmed | “As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and Evaluation |
| title_short | “As-You-Go” Instead of “After-the-Fact”: A Network Approach to Scholarly Communication and Evaluation |
| title_sort | as you go instead of after the fact a network approach to scholarly communication and evaluation |
| topic | evaluation network communication paper metaresearch decentralization decentralisation publishing |
| url | http://www.mdpi.com/2304-6775/6/2/21 |
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