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Background: Kudos is an online platform that aims to help researchers explain, enrich and share their publications for greater research impact. Registered users of Kudos are able to ‘claim’ and create profiles for their published articles and increase readership and citations by adding links to resources, creating lay summaries and sharing information via social networks.
In 2014, the publisher of the Cochrane Library, Wiley, took part in a trial of the Kudos platform. Wiley sent the details of over 25,000 published journal articles to Kudos. The details of all new Cochrane Reviews published in 2014 were also supplied. The contact author of every article was invited by Kudos to register and ‘claim’ their published work on the Kudos platform.
The trial was extended to include all new and updated Cochrane Reviews published in 2015.
Objectives: To establish how many Cochrane authors responded to the invitation from Kudos and what level of interaction there was with the Kudos platform. Why did some authors choose to use the Kudos platform and why did others ignore the invitation to use the platform? Did using the Kudos platform prove to be a positive experience for Cochrane authors and did they see increased levels of engagement in their work?
Methods: Using data provided by Kudos we will establish the number of author registrations, the number of ‘claimed’ articles and the number of articles that have been enriched by Cochrane authors. This dataset will be compared to data from Wiley journal articles.
A small survey of all Cochrane authors contacted by Kudos will be conducted. Two case studies will be used to provide an author’s perspective of using the Kudos platform.
Results: In 2014, 1986 Wiley authors registered and 2233 articles were claimed by the registered authors. Initial results show that interaction among Cochrane authors was higher than among authors of other Wiley articles.
Conclusions: Data to inform the conclusions will be gathered up until August 2015. This session will aim to establish whether the Kudos platform should be made more widely available to Cochrane authors as a platform to share the outcomes of Cochrane Reviews.
In 2014, the publisher of the Cochrane Library, Wiley, took part in a trial of the Kudos platform. Wiley sent the details of over 25,000 published journal articles to Kudos. The details of all new Cochrane Reviews published in 2014 were also supplied. The contact author of every article was invited by Kudos to register and ‘claim’ their published work on the Kudos platform.
The trial was extended to include all new and updated Cochrane Reviews published in 2015.
Objectives: To establish how many Cochrane authors responded to the invitation from Kudos and what level of interaction there was with the Kudos platform. Why did some authors choose to use the Kudos platform and why did others ignore the invitation to use the platform? Did using the Kudos platform prove to be a positive experience for Cochrane authors and did they see increased levels of engagement in their work?
Methods: Using data provided by Kudos we will establish the number of author registrations, the number of ‘claimed’ articles and the number of articles that have been enriched by Cochrane authors. This dataset will be compared to data from Wiley journal articles.
A small survey of all Cochrane authors contacted by Kudos will be conducted. Two case studies will be used to provide an author’s perspective of using the Kudos platform.
Results: In 2014, 1986 Wiley authors registered and 2233 articles were claimed by the registered authors. Initial results show that interaction among Cochrane authors was higher than among authors of other Wiley articles.
Conclusions: Data to inform the conclusions will be gathered up until August 2015. This session will aim to establish whether the Kudos platform should be made more widely available to Cochrane authors as a platform to share the outcomes of Cochrane Reviews.