FREE
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for researchers – sign up at www.growkudos.com
GETTING STARTED
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You receive access to an administrator dashboard, showing how your researchers are using Kudos, which publications they are explaining and sharing (via which channels), and which publications / researchers are attracting interest.
Using plain language summaries and related links helps more people understand your researchers’ work
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Your dashboard also contains resources to support you in increasing usage of Kudos
CONTACT
Jason De Boer, Publisher Sales Manager jason@growkudos.com
TWITTER CLICKS
Name: Joanne Begiato Role: Professor Specialty: History
Using Kudos can help amplify your researchers’ efforts and further broaden their audience
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VIEWS
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Business Development Manager at IUCr Journals Kudos partner since 2014 Publishing areas: Crystallogrpahy Publishing formats: Journals, books
What were your goals in partnering with Kudos?
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Jonathan Agbenyega
Institution: Oxford Brookes University Country: United Kingdom I signed up to Kudos in the hope of getting more people to read my research publications. I’ve been delighted with the outcome; my work has received many more views than it would without Kudos. I’ve also been impressed by the way Kudos helps me reach out through social media and track the data on how my publications are being shared and discussed. EXAMPLE: http://bit.ly/kfathers
To learn more about Kudos, go to:
ACTION: Added explanatory text Shared via social media
www.growkudos.com
RESULT:
234 click throughs from Twitter 528 views of Kudos page
We’d been looking at how our authors could participate more in the promotion of their work, using their connections with colleagues, facilities and funders. Kudos represented an opportunity to formalize this, and to help us to track and demonstrate the success of these efforts.
How easy has it been to implement Kudos?
Really easy! The word is spreading among our authors – they see each other’s work in Kudos and want to do the same thing for their own work. Some have focused on describing their work in plain language; others have embraced it as a communication system. We have been able to learn a lot from what our authors are doing – for example, how we can maximize the potential of Twitter for supporting them. When both parties are keen for it to work, that’s when it’s most successful. What is the effect of all of this? Ultimately, it’s all about the metrics and we are seeing increased activity in terms of downloads and Altmetric scores. Kudos is working! Kudos has been a unique and unexpected way to build relationships with some of the leading lights in our community
KUDOS FOR PUBLISHERS
Kudos for Researchers Kudos is a free, web-based toolkit that helps researchers maximize the visibility and impact of their publications. It’s the only toolkit specifically designed to help authors take control of the reach and impact of their published work.
EXPLAIN
what their work is about and why it’s important, and add links to other materials that set it in context
SHARE
trackable links generated by Kudos, via email and social networks, and to other websites
MEASURE
the effect on clicks, views, altmetrics, downloads and citations to learn which efforts and media are most effective
Kudos for Publishers Waht are the benefits for publishers and their authors •
Simpler registration for your authors: Articles that authors have published with you will be automatically associated with their email address, making the registration and claiming process quicker and easier for them, and maximizing the effort they invest in increasing downloads, citations and social media coverage for your content
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Direct engagement of your authors: Authors will receive direct invitations to use Kudos, with your branding, and will be notified when new articles that they are publishing with you go live, ensuring that they can explain and share articles in a timely manner without having to spend time checking whether they are in the system
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Better metrics for your authors: Authors will see data for usage of articles on your website, providing them with a superior dataset, and further motivating them to use the tools and positively affect your publications’ performance
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Better branding for you: Your branding will be applied to articles from your publications to maximize awareness of your role in the workflow
We are seeing increased activity in terms of downloads and Altmetric scores Jonathan Abenyega, IUCr Journals
Our Publisher Program helps you optimize PR and marketing resource by providing insight into engaged authors and high-interest articles.
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