Kudos and Editage Partner to Help Researchers Summarize Work in Plain Language to Enhance its Discoverability
PHILADELPHIA, April 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Kudos and Editage have partnered and announced the launch of a new co-branded website. Through this partnership, subject-matter experts from Editage will create plain language summaries to help broader audiences find, understand, apply, and cite research. Kudos' tools allow researchers to measure the performance of their publications and track the effect of their efforts to improve visibility. Increasing global research output and popularity of digital media have made it essential for researchers to enhance the discoverability of their research. This partnership between Kudos and Editage aims to address the post-publication needs of scientists worldwide.
Charlie Rapple, co-founder of Kudos, explained the background to the partnership: "Although our tools are free, quick, and easy to use, we know that some researchers are still not confident about explaining work in plain language. We are very pleased to partner with the experts at Editage, to give researchers a new option for writing plain language summaries." Explaining Editage's interest in this partnership Nikesh Gosalia, Director, Academic and Publisher Relations at Editage, said, "We are trusted advisors to researchers worldwide in their pre-publication journey. Our proximity to authors endows us with the privilege to understand and address their needs. Every researcher wants their published research to reach as many people as possible. Our plain-language summary service makes research understandable to a broad audience. We are excited to partner with Kudos because their tools will help authors promote their research and increase the visibility of their publications."
Kudos has been addressing the growing demand for plain language summaries to help mobilize knowledge since 2013. New services available at http://editage.com/kudos will assist scientists and academics with explaining and sharing their work to ensure the broadest possible impact of their research, within and beyond academia.
About Kudos
Over 125,000 researchers have signed up to use Kudos' free platform, which provides a rich understanding of which channels and activities are most effective for broadening reach and impact. Kudos has over 100 organizational customers around the world, including Wiley, Taylor & Francis, the Association for Computing Machinery, the London School of Economics and Political Science and ETH Zürich. Recent analysis of Kudos data indicates that full text downloads on the publisher site are 23% higher when the Kudos toolkit is used. Kudos won the 2015 ALPSP Award for Innovation in Publishing.
About Editage
Founded in 2002, Editage (a division of Cactus Communications) is a fully integrated, global scholarly communications company with offices in Japan, South Korea, India, China, and the United States. Employing a global workforce of over 600, Editage has served 193,930 authors and has edited 741,340 papers across 1,200 disciplines to date. Editage aims to help scholars break through the confines of geography and language, bridge the gap between authors and peer-reviewed journals, and accelerate the process of publishing high-quality research. Editage is also dedicated to author education through its comprehensive author resources site Editage Insights. Please visit www.editage.com to learn more.
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Hridey Manghwani
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Charlie Rapple
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SOURCE Kudos; Editage
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