Your research doesn’t exist in a vacuum. We’re familiar with linking
articles (dots) to other articles, data, versions, and authors. So far, so
traditional. However, interest is growing in tracking other platforms,
tools and sources that might cite and use research (other dots). Wikipedia,
Reddit, Twitter, blogs, and more—they all support the discussion, sharing,
and promotion of research—so why not add them into the mix? That’s what
Event Data will help you do; it provides a unique record of the web
activity related to individual research outputs. Not just articles, but
also books, datasets, preprints, and anything with a Crossref DOI. We make
that data openly available through a public API. What can this data tell
us? That’s where you come in: what’s your interpretation of these dots? How
would you evaluate this data in the context of your work? Give us some food
for thought (and action)!
