Science Overview and Discussion
Al Wootten
ANASAC 16-17 Sept 20131
ALMAASAC Charge #1
ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013
ASAC Charge #1: Assess the scientific outcomes and impact from Cycle 0. This should include some preliminary quantitative assessments, such as numbers of papers published and quantitative impact metrics, along with a qualitative assessment. Coordinate with the JAO and the regional ARCs, who would collect the necessary information.
– Cycle 0 Paper assessment–Metrics to characterize users– NRAO PR efforts (Blue)– Community outreach efforts
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ALMA
ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013
ALMA Results Published• All ALMA papers tracked by NRAO (and ESO)
libraries: https://find.nrao.edu/papers/– 68 papers with 143 citations– h-index: 7 min/max/mean/stddev: 1/19/4/4
• Two components of interest: SV and Cycle 0– SV results: 28 published papers
• 9 from NA, 15 from Eu, 2 from EA, 2 from Other (Mx)– Cycle 0 results: 41 published papers
• 30 from 111 highest ranked projects; one filler (~27% published)• NA: 10 from 31 high ranked projects; 16 papers with NA 1st
author– Eu/EA/CL: 9/33/10, 8/24*/11, 3/9/2
– Some papers contain both components
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ALMA
ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013
Proposers to ALMA, Other NRAO telescopes
• Gareth Hunt compared the ALMA and NRAO userbases to determine the increase I to the NRAO userbase provided by access to ALMA.– NRAO: all users since 2008C (3898)– ALMA: Cycle 0, Cycle 1, combined– I=(ALMA+NRAO)/NRAO – 1
• Conclusion is that ALMA has attracted many ‘new’ proposers to the NRAO community– User Base Metric Proposal aims to further
characterize the ALMA community segment4
ALMA
ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013
Proposed User Base Metric (Lonsdale)• How to track users beyond the 10% who respond to our
survey?• Proposed solution: Use library database and ADS to
measure– First publication date for author– Place in authorship list– Type of data presented– Observatories used
• Analysis to illuminate:– Growth of novice user percentage– Success rate in various groups– Repeat proposer percentage– Demographics
• Status: Seeking input and resources
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ALMA
ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013
Community Outreach• What is happening with ALMA?
– General Community outreach: • NRAO eNews emailings• ANASAC, User committees, presentations• AAS and other meetings• CDEs
– Static outreach:• NAASC website (general/NA)• Science Portal (general/inclusive)• Project Tracker (PI-specific)
– One-on-one outreach• Helpdesk (Contact Scientist, PI-specific)• Data reduction support
• General Community (EPO) 6