Why Publishers Care(About Social Media)

Tim IngoldsbyAmerican Institute of Physics

ASIDIC Fall 2009 MeetingAlexandria, Virginia15 September 2009

(At Least) Two Good Reasons

• Young physicists will expect professional social networks to exist

• Should the open access movement gain widespread acceptance, publishers will have to find other revenue streams

• Professional social networks are a natural fit for scientific society publishers

Why Did We Partner With Collexis?

• Powerful Fingerprint™ technology allows creation of pre-populated networks

• Excellent track record for Collexis with Biomedexperts.com

• AIP had the raw materials for Collexis to use– SPIN database– PACS terms

We Aren’t Done Yet!

• Expect 3 or more additional releases in next 12 months

• Next release (before the end of the year) will contain– Additional “social” features– Additional connections– Additional data sources– And much more