That is a tough question - but ultimately it is a debate that shall have to
take place at University Boards, Faculty Committees, Organizational Boards,
etc. where other decisions of Internet Infrastructure configuration are made.
Today things happen at the speed of light and let us acknowledge it that in
academia at times people rise without according due credit to
owners/originators of knowledge.
Something like the Open Access organization is growing fast because you know
very well that Angels do not control Academic Journals so they may glean
something out of it and reject the other parts for even genuine reasons, so why
not put it out there fast and first then later go to the journals???
The focus is growing from the Degree you have e.g. PhD, BSc, MSc - to the
citation counts and altmetrics. A Tenure Committee even in Ivy League
universities no longer looks at things like degree alone. They are checking
things like Citation Counts, h-index, i10-index, Weight/Quality of Citations
and Altmetrics. Say someone has 10,000citations from Weighty sources, h-index
of 4 and i10-index of 2, various related altmetrics plus a Masters degree - he
would today standard a better chance for tenure in most top universities than
their own PhDs.
Many on this mailing list who work in Academia can feel me - especially at
Middle and Lower levels.
Nyagudi
On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 1:41 AM, joel jaeggli
<joelja(_at_)bogus(_dot_)com> wrote:
On 11/28/16 1:59 PM, Nyagudi Musandu Nyagudi wrote:
Just a suggestion based on a felt need.
Today there are platforms such as Works at Bepress, that allow
Researchers to Publish their findings and to gather Altmetrics data as
to the Universities and Organizations from where the posted work is
being downloaded to. Though in many instances it is clear that from
the IP numbers which particular Institutions that are downloading some
publication - it is unclear who particular in those Institutions is
making the downloads.
The Internet infrastructure at an Establishment could be configured to
make that disclosure to web services such as Works at Bepress or
Academic Journal Publishers. That would not only make it clear where
the work is being used but also, who in particular is making the
initial use. Is it under-graduate students, post-grads, Professors,
Post-docs, and who in particular? A Research Assistant of an Eminent
Professor? A Nobel Prize Winner? etc. This kind of protocol would
make it easier for people to use the Person-specific Altmetrics for
Research Grant Proposals.
It possibly reasonable to ask if it is even appropriate to collect such
information at all.
Hope several universities and companies shall enable the now
hypothetical "Academic Identity Disclosure Protocol" on their
infrastructure in the coming 7 years. Even for non-open access
publishers think about the options for revenue generation from copyright
Past suggestions before Crypto-currencies were invented.
Financial Standards Work group?
<https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg13202.html>
Financial Standards Work group?
<https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/ietf/current/msg13202.html>
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