The Future of Research - Data and the Rise of Digital Scholarship presents the trends that stand to have a significant impact on the changing face of academic publishing and scholarly research. As million of connected devices come online and an unprecedented volume of information moves into digitized formats, it is still estimated that less 1 percent of this data has been analyzed. This reports presents strategic insights for how researchers can get the most out of their data while keeping a human perspective at heart, and how to concisely and effectively present insights to an information overloaded reader. Want to Learn More About This Topic or Any Other? Go to labs.psfk.com to learn more about accessing in-depth trend reports on industries, markets, and topics, database access, workshops, presentations and events.

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FUTURE OF
RESEARCH
Data And The Rise Of
Digital Scholarship

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A SNAPSHOT
OF OUR
CONNECTED
SOCIETY…
500 million
Tweets are sent per day.
100 hours
of video are uploaded every minute.
60 million
photos shared every day.
2.5 billion
pieces of content shared every day.

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WHICH IS
INCREASINGLY
ABOUT PEOPLE
AND THINGS…
Global annual wearable
device unit shipments will
cross the 100 million
milestone in 2014, and reach
300 million units by 2019.
In 2005, there were 2.5
billion connected devices,
most PCs, smartphones,
tablets. By 2020, there will
be over 30 billion connected
devices, most not PCs,
smartphones, tablets.
100 'things' are coming
online every second.

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CREATING
MASSIVE
AMOUNTS OF
INFORMATION…
90%
of all the data in the world
has been generated over
the last two years.

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BUT NOT
MEANING. 1%
of this information has
been analyzed.
Less than

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THE
OPPORTUNITY
“At its core this big data revolution is
about how humans create and preserve a
historical record of their activities. Its
consequences will transform how we look
at ourselves. It will enable the creation of
new scopes that make it possible for our
society to more effectively probe its own
nature. Big data is going to change the
humanities, transform the social sciences,
and renegotiate the relationship between
the world of commerce and the
ivory tower.”
“Uncharted: Big Data as a Lens on Human Culture”
— Erez Aiden & Jean-Baptiste Michel

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WHAT NOW?

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Platforms and initiatives that see the
value in making data and research
archives available to the wider
community in the hopes of
unleashing new breakthroughs.
OPEN
SOURCE
ACCESS

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Platform Allows Developers
To Share APIs Under
Creative Commons
Licenses
apicommons.org
API Commons
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Platform Enables
Individuals And Companies
To Donate Their Health And
Medical Data
bit.ly/Uommgk
Health Data
Exploration
Project
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OPEN SOURCE ACCESS

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Google-Like Search
Platform Allows Anyone To
Tap Into Data From The
Internet Of Things
thingful.net
Thingful
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OPEN SOURCE ACCESS

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Social Network To Make All
Of Its Information Available
To The Scientific Community
twitter.com
Twitter
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OPEN SOURCE ACCESS

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What This Means…
Data philanthropy
will power the
next big
breakthrough.

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An emerging set of tools are giving
researchers of any skill level the
ability to interact with data
resources and visually report their
findings.
DATA
TOOL KIT

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DATA TOOL KIT
Platform Helps Researchers
Clean Up And Normalize
Unstructured Data
openrefine.org
OpenRefine
@PSFK

18. Touchscreen Platform Lets
Researchers Visualize Excel
Spreadsheets Using Their
Fingers
getkinetica.com
Kinetica
LABS
@PSFKDATA TOOL KIT

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What This Means…
Data craft will
become the next
great form of
storytelling.

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A new class of algorithms and tools
are helping researchers extract
insights from vast pools of new and
existing data, speeding the rate at
which discoveries can be made.
INTELLIGENCE
MINING

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Software Mines Science
Papers To Make New
Discoveries
bcm.edu
Baylor College
Of Medicine
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INTELLIGENCE MINING

22. Algorithm Analyzes An
Individual’s Cancer
Mutations To Identify Most
Effective Treatments
nygenome.org
New York
Genome
Center
LABS
@PSFKINTELLIGENCE MINING

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What This Means…
Researchers can
now ask bigger
questions and
look further for
the right answers.

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As the speed of information increases,
real-time analysis tools are giving
researchers the ability to understand
and respond to trends in the moment,
and even begin to predict outcomes
before they happen.
PREDICTIVE
ANALYTICS

25. Global Network Tracks
Macroeconomic And
Human Development
Trends In Real-Time
premise.com
Premise
@PSFKPREDICTIVE ANALYTICS
LABS
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26. Software Scrapes The Web
To Help Companies
Anticipate Risks And
Capitalize On Business
Opportunities
recordedfuture.com
Recorded
Future
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@PSFKPREDICTIVE ANALYTICS

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What This Means…
Researchers will
have answers the
moment they ask
the right questions.

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Social and interactive platforms are
enabling teams to collaborate on
research both remotely and in-person,
creating more opportunities to
uncover unseen connections and new
paths of inquiry.
COLLABORATIVE
INSIGHTS

29. Collaborative Brainstorming
Tool Aids In Knowledge
Discovery
wikibrains.com
WikiBrains
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@PSFKCOLLABORATIVE INSIGHTS

30. Large-Scale Display Helps
Students Visually
Collaborate On Health
Science Research
bit.ly/1otWlDY
Penn State
@PSFKCOLLABORATIVE INSIGHTS
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What This Means…
Collaborative
platforms will
contribute to the
democratization
of great thinking.

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A growing class of publishing
platforms and tools are designed to
make the process of writing and
reading more social and iterative,
improving the quality of shared
research and resulting discussion.
SOCIAL
PUBLISHING

33. Publishing Platform Wants
To Make Feedback And
Discussion An Integral Part
Of The Writing Process
hi.co
Hi
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@PSFKSOCIAL PUBLISHING

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Annotation Tool Makes
Content More Conversational
bit.ly/1jfXtsI
Sidenotes
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SOCIAL PUBLISHING

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What This Means…
Research articles
become active
discussions rather
than archival
references.

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Emerging tools are enabling
researchers to work offline and
seamlessly transfer their writing and
other files into digital formats for
intuitive search and archiving.
AUTOMATED
ARCHIVING

37. Tablet Transfers Drawings
From Paper To Screen
qualcomm.com
Ultra Sound
NotePad
LABS
@PSFKAUTOMATED ARCHIVING

38. Digital Pen Syncs
Handwritten Notes To
Phone And Tablet
livescribe.com
Livescribe 3
LABS
@PSFKAUTOMATED ARCHIVING

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What This Means…
If research isn’t
digital, it might as
well not exist.

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An emerging set of tools are helping
researchers stay on top of the real-time
stream of information and media that is
being created every day.
ASSISTED
RESEARCH

41. Platform Streams Text To
Help People Learn To Read
More Quickly
spritzinc.com
Spritz
ASSISTED RESEARCH
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42. Twitter-Style Feed Turns
Breaking News Into Quick
Reads
cir.ca
Circa
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@PSFKASSISTED RESEARCH

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What This Means…
Researchers will be
able to consume
more content in
more ways.

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Digital tools are using a combination of
user preferences, location and other
known data to make connections
between multiple systems and deliver
relevant information.
CONTEXTUAL
CONNECTIONS

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Productivity Platforms
Uses Simple ‘Recipes’ To
Connect Web Services
Together For Contextual
Actions
ifttt.com
IFTTT
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CONTEXTUAL CONNECTIONS

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Digital Assistant Listens To
Conversations And
Supplements Them With
Relevant Information
expectlabs.com/mindmeld
MindMeld
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CONTEXTUAL CONNECTIONS

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What This Means…
Context will
become the new
form of search.

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Universities and institutions are
exploring the future of new
technologies and platforms as way to
expand the quality and reach of their
academic researchers.
DIGITAL
SCHOLARSHIP

49. Houghton Library Hires
Wikipedian-In-Residence To
Help Make Research Materials
Available To The Wider
Community
hcl.harvard.edu/libraries/houghton
Harvard
University
LABS
@PSFKDIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP

50. Annenberg School Offers A
Course In Google Glass
Journalism
glassjournalism.tumblr.com
USC
LABS
@PSFKDIGITAL SCHOLARSHIP

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What This Means…
In order to
succeed, future
researchers must
have access to the
latest tools and
techniques.

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KEY
TAKEAWAYS
• Data is no longer just for the hard sciences.
• Algorithms breathe new life into old data.
• Insights move at the speed of information.
• Technology augments human curiosity
and discovery.
• Social tools help unlock innovative thinking.
• Experimentation is essential to
remain relevant.

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FUTURE OF
RESEARCH
Data And The Rise Of
Digital Scholarship
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