From dd42b073efaba2b95f2baf6818af41f60654e3f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Naomi Penfold Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:06:01 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Create A_User_Story.md --- User_Journey_Vision/A_User_Story.md | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 User_Journey_Vision/A_User_Story.md diff --git a/User_Journey_Vision/A_User_Story.md b/User_Journey_Vision/A_User_Story.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9976e62 --- /dev/null +++ b/User_Journey_Vision/A_User_Story.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +## What's the concept? + +I'm new to a research field. I could spend six months on a literature review in order to understand key papers, people, and the journals and conferences relevant to my field. + +Or I could do a quick web search using the power of extensive metadata for scholarly literature. Existing services include Web of Knowledge (closed), the Microsoft Academic API (free up to a point), CORE (search engine only) and Yewno Discover (closed). These allow me to explore the data, but not necassarily to make much sense of it or help me use it. + +## Example user journey + +At WheresMyField, I enter a term that is relevant to my new field. I'm interested in game theory. Let's search for that. + +WheresMyField uses scholarly literature metadata to present concepts, authors, journals and conferences relevant to my search term. + +I can use the web app to: + +1. Learn the lingo - learn and understand the top terms commonly associated with my search term in the research literature. Perhaps one term better describes my interest - I can search for that instead. Or perhaps I want to use these additional concepts to refine my search (including relevant, excluding irrelevant terms). + +Once I have a better grasp of the concepts in my field, I can use my refined search to: + +2. Crack the community - WheresMyField lists the top authors of publications in my field. I can explore the networked of connected authors. I think there's something about Maria: let me dig deeper to find out more about her. I can find out where she works, what she’s published, who she collaborates with, and link to external services like ORCiD, LinkedIn and ResearchGate. It looks like Maria is worth knowing; I'll add her to my list of people to connect with (my future friends). + +Now that I know roughly what the field is about and who the key people are (historically), let's see if I can work out where to look for new research: + +3. Find the field lists the most popular journals and conferences for my field, so that I can follow the relevant research feeds, and find the right meetings to go to. I can dive into a journal's article listing and search for an open-access copy of the latest research using Unpaywall/the OA-doi, or make a requst for the author to provide an archive copy using the OA button. I can explore upcoming conferences, and find out more, submit, or register. Integration with calendar apps (using Cronofy API) will mean easy scheduling. + +## Let's recap +WheresMyField is the entry point to all my meta-research activities: I can understand related concepts in my research area, I can find the latest research and identify potential collaborators, and I can make sure I'm at the key conferences I need to be at. WheresMyField is a user-focussed app to empower researchers to stay on top of the latest research and manage their meta-research activities using the wealth of scholarly metadata already at our fingertips.