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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002060;text-transform:uppercase">Save the Date</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#002D59;text-transform:uppercase"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<h2><span lang="EN-US">3<sup>rd</sup> Springer Nature Hack Day ANALYTICS AND METRICS TO MEASURE THE IMPACT OF SCIENCE in Berlin on
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26 and 27 April 2018<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Dear data enthusiasts,<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">We at Springer Nature fancy Open Data. Every day, we curate our freely available data sets and encourage
others to work with them. But what really gets us excited: Thinking outside the box!
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We invite you to save the date and participate in our next Springer Nature Hack Day which we will host in Berlin on April 26 and 27 (1.5 days). Participation is free of charge, of course!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sn-hack-day-analytics-and-metrics-to-measure-the-impact-of-science-tickets-43653668297">Register
here to participate</a></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:15.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Event details in a nutshell:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Date: 26 - 27 April 2018, 1.5 days<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Time: Day 1: 3 pm - 7 pm, followed by social event | Day 2: 9 am - 5 pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Location: Springer Nature Berlin, Heidelberger Platz 3, 14197 Berlin, view on map<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sn-hack-day-analytics-and-metrics-to-measure-the-impact-of-science-tickets-43653668297">Registration link</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">For more information, visit the
<a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/campaigns/sn-hack-day-berlin">
Springer Nature Hack Day’s official landing page</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:15.0pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">What's the main theme?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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forces with other teams. Example themes are: <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">What's hot and what's not in science? Using metrics to create trend or gap analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:35.7pt;text-indent:-17.85pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Measure the impact of science: Create new or calculate alternative metrics (for example to challenge the Journals Impact Factor).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the collaboration between developers and researchers to develop new tools and services based on linked open data. Besides brainstorming and exchanging ideas and experiences, we are curious to see what can be developed with our freely available data sets. The
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<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/scigraph/sn-scigraph-hack-day">first Springer Nature Hack Day focused on "Linked Open Data in Action"</a></span>, while the
<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/campaigns/sn-hack-day">second Springer Nature Hack Day's theme "Advancing discovery with published research data"</a></span> also included data from Scientific Reports.</span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></strong></p>
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research community: helping authors to share their discoveries; enabling researchers to find, access and understand the work of others; supporting librarians and institutions with innovations in technology and data; providing quality publishing support to
societies; and championing the issues that matter – standing up for science, leading the way on open access and being powerful advocates for the highest quality and ethical standards in research. As a research publisher, Springer Nature is home to trusted
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