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Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System
Despite the proliferation of research networking systems (RNS), their value and usage remains unknown. This study aims to characterize the temporal usage of an RNS, Columbia University Scientific Profiles (CUSP), and to inform the designs of general RNSs. We installed a free usage logging service, G...
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American Medical Informatics Association
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25954587 |
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author | Yoon, Sunmoo Trembowelski, Sylvia Steinman, Richard C Bakken, Suzanne Weng, Chunhua |
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description | Despite the proliferation of research networking systems (RNS), their value and usage remains unknown. This study aims to characterize the temporal usage of an RNS, Columbia University Scientific Profiles (CUSP), and to inform the designs of general RNSs. We installed a free usage logging service, Google Analytics, on CUSP and applied time series analysis to compare the usage patterns of the two modes of CUSP: restricted (authenticated) and open access. More users searched by person names than by topics, although the latter enables in-depth vertical search of co-author or co-investigator networks for grants or publications. The open-access mode received more page views but less average time spent on each page than the restricted access mode. The numbers of unique users and searches have increased over the time. This study contributes a trend analysis framework for understanding the usage of RNSs and early knowledge of the usage of an open-access RNS. |
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spelling | pubmed-44197552015-05-07 Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System Yoon, Sunmoo Trembowelski, Sylvia Steinman, Richard C Bakken, Suzanne Weng, Chunhua AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc Articles Despite the proliferation of research networking systems (RNS), their value and usage remains unknown. This study aims to characterize the temporal usage of an RNS, Columbia University Scientific Profiles (CUSP), and to inform the designs of general RNSs. We installed a free usage logging service, Google Analytics, on CUSP and applied time series analysis to compare the usage patterns of the two modes of CUSP: restricted (authenticated) and open access. More users searched by person names than by topics, although the latter enables in-depth vertical search of co-author or co-investigator networks for grants or publications. The open-access mode received more page views but less average time spent on each page than the restricted access mode. The numbers of unique users and searches have increased over the time. This study contributes a trend analysis framework for understanding the usage of RNSs and early knowledge of the usage of an open-access RNS. American Medical Informatics Association 2014-04-07 /pmc/articles/PMC4419755/ /pubmed/25954587 Text en ©2014 AMIA - All rights reserved. This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying and redistribution of this article are permitted in all media for any purpose |
spellingShingle | Articles Yoon, Sunmoo Trembowelski, Sylvia Steinman, Richard C Bakken, Suzanne Weng, Chunhua Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System |
title | Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System |
title_full | Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System |
title_fullStr | Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System |
title_full_unstemmed | Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System |
title_short | Temporal Analysis of the Usage Log of a Research Networking System |
title_sort | temporal analysis of the usage log of a research networking system |
topic | Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4419755/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25954587 |
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