Can #altmetrics and other online tools play a role in deal flow?
Can #altmetrics play a role in deal flow?
IMO, If you're sourcing tech off of websites you've already failed. MT @cliffpavlovic: Where TTO Tech Listings Fail ow.ly/8ylAj- I agree with David. You have to be more proactive than just looking at tech transfer websites. Ultimately, there’s relationship building involved in the process. It still involves people.
- That being said, I think there is utility in online tools.
- After putting together the above piece, I came across these articles related to, "Can Tweets Predict Citations?"
Can Tweets Predict Citations? Metrics of Social Impact Based on Twitter and Correlation with Traditional Metrics of Scientific ImpactIntroduction Scientists, research organizations, and funding agencies require metrics to measure the impact of research. Citations in pee...
Twimpact factors: can tweets really predict citations?6 Jan, 12 | by Claire Bower, Digital Comms Manager, @clairebower A new paper is kicking up a storm in the world of altmetrics (a communit...- Interesting concept; using Twitter and other social media to pinpoint research that is relevant to your interests.
Do more tweets mean higher citations? If so, Twitter can lead us to the 'personalised journal'; pinpointing more research that is relevant to your interests.The time-lag associated with citations and journal publishing means that such strategies are almost useless as a means of identifying rel...- In August 2011, The Chronicle of Higher Education ran an article on the top 100 universities in biggest gains in federal funding for R&D in sciences and engineering for the period 1999-2009. The University of Louisville ranked fourth on that list with an increase of 263.1% over the decade.We have a story to get out. One way? "KNODE & the University of Louisville Announce Partnership: New site links UofL experts to world"
University of Louisville joins network created by Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Merck - Louisville - Business FirstThe University of Louisville is hoping to make its faculty experts more available to researchers and pharmaceutical firms through a new w...- KNODE is an online tool. Appeering is a tool. Twitter is a tool. LinkedIn can be, too. All are ways to tap into networks of people.
@steen1969 thanks for mention. I like the idea of guerrilla marketing scholarly links, intervene networks to spread the word... cheers.- Then comes the human element.
- I'm also interested in exploring whether "crowdfunding" can be built into this type of networking for university assets.
- Can you use online tools to target research to interested persons? Say, for example, university alumni? Or foundations?
- Petridish, iAMscientist, Microryza and the #SciFund Challenge; crowdfund nuggets of interesting research that might lead to a Quadrant 1 classic biotech startup– typical "roll-up-your-sleeves venture creation around academic science or a whiteboard concept."Then match that startup to the right team. People.
