Deliverable D1.1 Communication work plan and webpage (M2)

The aim of this deliverable is to describe the different tools and strategies for communication and coordination of the project.

Deliverable D1.2 Consortium update implementation plan (M2)

The aim of this document is to organize the work punctually, in order to help the partners what the consortium should do in each moment of the development of the project.

Deliverable D1.3 Final communication report (M36)

SiSOB has developed an internal strategy for communication within the project and a dissemination strategy for the current social communication. This strategy has focused on the use of traditional models combined with social networks to open up SiSOB to the society

Deliverable D2.1 Literature review (M3)

This report provides an overview of the literature in the main areas of research relevant to the SISOB project. In each case, the review is informed by the basic conceptual model underlying the project. The paper provides a preliminary outline of the model, going on to review the concepts and conceptual tools that will drive the project: social networks, Social Network Analysis and related tools and technologies. The final section provides a review of the concepts, theories and experimental work that underlie the three SISOB case studies, dedicated to researcher mobility, knowledge sharing and peer review respectively, and illustrates how the research described relates to the SISOB conceptual model.

This report describes a Conceptual Model designed to provide a unifying framework for the studies and tools planned for later phases of the SISOB project. The model defines a shared vocabulary for use within the project, and makes explicit the central assumptions underlying the work of the project. After a summary review of the relevant literature and of basic assumptions, the report outlines the main entities and relationships in the model and provides a preliminary picture of the way the model will be operationalized in the planned case studies.

Deliverable D2.3 Detailed specification of indices, representations and tools (M12)

This report provides a concise description of the data and indicators that will be used in the three SISON case studies on social mobility (Chapter 2), knowledge sharing (Chapter 3) and peer review (Chapter 4). In each case, we define the hypotheses we seek to test, “base variables” (input variables used to calculate indicators), dependent variables and independent variables. Where relevant, we include observations on the rationale underlying the choice of indicators, and qualitative aspects of the methods used in their calculation. For a mathematical treatment the reader is referred to D4.2

Deliverable D3.1 Report for the Normalized Curriculum Vitae considering European needs (M10)

The aim of this deliverable is to reflect on the structure and nature of data about research, to find effective solutions to extract effective conclusions for CV definitions of the information extracted from different sources. It is reflection about the normalized data about research results and their meaning, although it has been generated in different contexts.

This deliverable presents the API developed in the project to access, retrieve and manage information from the different sources of data that are currently being used, as well as from any other sources that could be used in the future. As mentioned in other deliverables, the interchange format chosen in the project is the CVN. Consequently, we have constructed an API which is able to interpret and process information structured according to the CVN. Likewise, through this API one can easily transform any data stored in the objects of the API into a set of CVN files.

The document informs and assists indicator design for the SISOB platform

Deliverable D4.2 Specific definition of indicators for case studies (M12)

The general purpose of the present deliverable is to provide an application-oriented, detailed framework for the definition and implementation of measurements and indicators within the SISOB system

Deliverable D4.3 Review of the indicator quality test and refinements (M24)

The document is a report on the development of measurements and indicators proposed in D4.2 for specific case studies of the SISOB project. It covers a proof-of concept study and a partial validation for the indicator frameworks to be implemented within the SISOB system, along with the implied elaboration and update of the proposed indicators for the SISOB modules.

The document is a final review of the models, procedures, methods,measurements and indicators elaborated within WP4 of the SISOB project. Beyond reporting the theoretical groundwork in WP4, the Abstract: report provides a detailed overview on the utilization of WP4 proposals within Case Studies (WP7–9), and also outlines the interaction between WP4 and the further WPs of the SISOB project aiming at indicator development.

Deliverable D5.1 Report on representation methods, libraries and requirements for visual metaphors for case studies (M10)

The main purpose of visualization is to provide a graphic capable of representing large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data in a clear and easy-to-follow way. The aim of this document is to report these types of visualization which are relevant to the SISOB project, prepare the basis for a set of visualization tools for representing the results of the case studies and then the visualization options for the SiSOB tool.

Deliverable D5.2 API for each visual metaphor (M20)

As explained in deliverable 5.1, the main purpose of visualization is to provide a graphic capable of representing large amounts of quantitative and qualitative data in a clear and easy-­‐to-­‐follow way. This document describes how visualization has been managed in SiSOB project from the Abstract: technical point of view. The set of visualization metaphor components and the API designed and implemented for this purpose is explained as well. The goal is to provide developers with a set of guidelines to be able themselves to implement and include new visualization components inside the architecture of the SiSOB system.

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Deliverable D5.3 Report on the case studies with the implemented metaphor in the SISOB system (M27)

This document enumerates the different metaphors used throughout the three cases of study analysed in the framework of the SiSOB project, how these visualisation techniques have been used and the analyses that have been obtained by their use.

The aim of this deliverable is to describe the information extraction strategy and the requierements for the SISOB software platform

The aim of this deliverable is to describe the data handling and data storage strategy for the SISOB storage platform

Deliverable D6.3 Configuration, test of the platform and first evaluation report (M22)

This deliverable describes the two main prototypes of the SISOB system released so far and the evaluations conducted with them. The first of these prototypes is the prototype released in March 2013 as first prototype milestone of the SISOB system. As the actual second prototype of the SISOB system has only been released for internal usage, the second prototype described in this deliverable is the actual third prototype. For both prototypes we describe the user interface together with the available analysis functionalities, the configuration of the system, and also briefly the underlying architecture

Deliverable D6.4 Final report and system (M30)

The aim of this deliverable is to describe the final system of the SISOB system, how it integrates the different involved parts, and how it is used in the project.

Deliverable D7.1 Report on the analysis of researchers' mobility and the effects of researchers' mobility on research (M20)

This report summarizes the literature on mobility and careers and defines the different mobility measures. It then describes the data sources used for measuring mobility and assesses the different methodologies used for collecting and coding the data. Finally, it offers an analysis of mobility and describes different mobility patterns and their interactions.

Deliverable D7.2 Report on the effects of researchers' mobility in terms of scientific productivity (M24)

The theoretical framework on why we expect a positive effect of mobility on performance is focussed on expected increases in human and social capital as well as on job matching theory. We hypothesise that only a move to an institution of higher quality/reputation will be associated with a medium term increase in productivity. Different indicators for scientific performance are debated. Further, we introduce a discussion on rankings to measure up and downward mobility. Then we present five case studies of the effect of mobility on performance. They shows result of the 16 country Glob-Sci survey and country studies on the UK, US and Japan.

Deliverable D7.3 Report on the in-depth analysis of the effects of researchers' mobility on the development of disciplinary fields (M28)

This report summarizes the literature on thematic mobility in research. It defines the measure for thematic mobility and provides an overview over disciplinary developments in the UK. It uses visualisation tools developed during the project to represent subject trajectories.

The aim of this deliverable is to describe the data collection strategy and the requirements for indicators and visualization in the knowledge sharing case study.

The deliverable defines a taxonomy for knowledge sharing for the case study and presents some preliminary examples.

Deliverable D8.3 Analysis report (M26)

This deliverable reports about the deep analysis proceeded based on the SISOB workbench. The results represent a level supported by scientometers’ views within the workbench. We present different studies of analysis of knowledge sharing. The cases chosen for the analysis of knowledge sharing are focused on new and innovative scientific fields of nanotechnology, biotechnology, computer science and renewable energies. The cases are selected from Germany and the Ibero-­‐American countries, as well as cases, which are not located in a specific country or region.

Deliverable D8.4 Guideline for decision makers for knowledge sharing (M30)

The aim of this deliverable is to recommend best practices for the evolution of scientific communities for decision makers

This report outlines plans for the SISOB study on peer-review. It describes the goals of the study, the hypotheses the study intends to test, the underlying conceptual model, the independent and the dependent variables, the data sources on which the study will be based and the tools that will be used during the analysis. An appendix provides a first draft of plans to protect the privacy of personal data. These plans will be subject to expert review, prior to data collection and analysis.

Deliverable D9.2 Characterization and evaluation of specific author-reviewer networks (M18)

We describe a methodology to evaluate possible biases in peer review systems and apply it to a database from FrontiersIn – a large open access publisher. The study failed to find certain “traditional” forms of bias (e.g. gender bias) but provides indications of previously unreported forms of paradoxical bias (e.g. bias of female reviewers against female author). The methods still require improvement – in particular in data cleaning procedures and statistical methodology. Our next study will address some of these issues, helping to create a general purpose tool for the evaluation of peer‐review systems.

Deliverable D9.3 Study of enhanced evaluation (M30)

We describe a methodology to detect biases in peer review systems. Our first study considers biases linked to the personal identities of authors, reviewers and their institutions. The second considers reviewers’ and authors’ positions in their scientific communities. We pilot test our methodologies on two databases of review results, one from an open access publishing house with an open review process, and one from a set of computer science conferences, that used classical review. We are currently implementing our methods in a community-­‐accessible workbench. Two appendices describe the requirements and implementation

The aim of this deliverable is to compile contact information of people from public and private institutions that are potentially interested in the results of SISOB.

Deliverable D10.2 Online journal (M36)

Deliverable D10.3 SiSOB Workshop (M30)

We describe a one-day workshop in which we presented the results of the SiSOB Case Studies (mobility, knowledge sharing and peer review) to outside experts, promoting a lively discussion about their possible implications.

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