Madeleine Watson

Madeleine Watson was a Product Manager with Crossref until January 2018.

A transparent record of life after publication

Madeleine Watson – 2017 November 01

In Event DataAltmetricsWikipediaTransparencyRelationships

Crossref Event Data and the importance of understanding what lies beneath the data. Some things in life are better left a mystery. There is an argument for opaqueness when the act of full disclosure only limits your level of enjoyment: in my case, I need a complete lack of transparency to enjoy both chicken nuggets and David Lynch films. And that works for me. But metrics are not nuggets. Because in order to consume them, you really need to know how they’re made.

Publishers, help us capture Events for your content

Madeleine Watson – 2017 October 02

In AltmetricsCitationCollaborationDataEvent DataIdentifiers

The day I received my learner driver permit, I remember being handed three things: a plastic thermosealed reminder that age sixteen was not a good look on me; a yellow L-plate sign as flimsy as my driving ability; and a weighty ‘how to drive’ guide listing all the things that I absolutely must not, under any circumstances, even-if-it-seems-like-a-really-swell-idea-at-the-time, never, ever do.

Now put your hands up! (for a Similarity Check update)

Madeleine Watson – 2017 June 06

In Full-Text LinksMember BriefingMetadataSimilarity Check

Today, I’m thinking back to 2008. A time when khaki and gladiator sandals dominated my wardrobe. The year when Obama was elected, and Madonna and Guy Ritchie parted ways. When we were given both the iPhone 3G and the Kindle, and when the effects of the global financial crisis lead us to come to terms with the notion of a ‘staycation’. In 2008 we met both Wall-E and Benjamin Button, were enthralled by the Beijing Olympics, and became addicted to Breaking Bad.

Important changes to Similarity Check

Madeleine Watson – 2016 October 21

In Full-Text LinksMember BriefingMetadataSimilarity Check

New features, new indexing, new name - oh my!

TL;DR The indexing of Similarity Check users’ content into the shared full-text database is about to get a lot faster. Now we need members assistance in helping Turnitin (the company who own and operate the iThenticate plagiarism checking tool) to transition to a new method of indexing content.

Crossref Event Data: early preview now available

Madeleine Watson – 2016 April 18

In AltmetricsCitationCollaborationDataEvent DataEvent TrackingEventsIdentifiersNewsWikipedia

Test out the early preview of Event Data while we continue to develop it. Share your thoughts. And be warned: we may break a few eggs from time to time!

Egg — Chicken by anbileru adaleru from the The Noun Project

Want to discover which research works are being shared, liked and commented on? What about the number of times a scholarly item is referenced? Starting today, you can whet your appetite with an early preview of the forthcoming Crossref Event Data service. We invite you to start exploring the activity of DOIs as they permeate and interact with the world after publication.

Event Data: open for your interpretation

Madeleine Watson – 2016 February 25

In AltmetricsCollaborationDataEvent DataEvent TrackingIdentifiersMetadata

What happens to a research work outside of the formal literature? That’s what Event Data will aim to answer when the service launches later this year. Following the successful DOI Event Tracker pilot in Spring 2014, development has been underway to build our new service, newly re-named Crossref Event Data. It’s an open data service that registers online activity (specifically, events) associated with Crossref metadata. Event Data will collect and store a record of any activity surrounding a research work from a defined set of web sources.

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