Alternative metrics in Africa: An Interview with Cameron Neylon
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2011-12
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The Scholarly Communication in Africa Programme (SCAP) recently hosted Cameron Neylon on his first visit to South Africa for a week of activity and discussion around alternative metrics and research evaluation. Based at the UK Science and Technology Facilities Council, Neylon is a leading thinker in open science, open access and open data. He is one of the original authors of the Altmetrics manifesto, co-author of the Panton Principles for open data in science, and founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Open Research Computation. He visited UCT in his capacity as a member of the SCAP Advisory Panel and to participate in discussions around defining and measuring the impact of academic research – a core strand central to all SCAP activity. SCAP Research Lead Catherine Kell interviewed him briefly.
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Willmers, M. 2011-12. Alternative metrics in Africa: An Interview with Cameron Neylon. Other. University of Cape Town. OpenUCT.