Science Overview and Discussion

Al Wootten

ANASAC 16-17 Sept 20131

ALMAASAC Charge #1

ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013

ASAC Charge #1: Assess the scientific outcomes and impact from Cycle 0. This should include some preliminary quantitative assessments, such as numbers of papers published and quantitative impact metrics, along with a qualitative assessment. Coordinate with the JAO and the regional ARCs, who would collect the necessary information.

– Cycle 0 Paper assessment–Metrics to characterize users– NRAO PR efforts (Blue)– Community outreach efforts

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ALMA

ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013

ALMA Results Published• All ALMA papers tracked by NRAO (and ESO)

libraries: https://find.nrao.edu/papers/– 68 papers with 143 citations– h-index: 7 min/max/mean/stddev: 1/19/4/4

• Two components of interest: SV and Cycle 0– SV results: 28 published papers

• 9 from NA, 15 from Eu, 2 from EA, 2 from Other (Mx)– Cycle 0 results: 41 published papers

• 30 from 111 highest ranked projects; one filler (~27% published)• NA: 10 from 31 high ranked projects; 16 papers with NA 1st

author– Eu/EA/CL: 9/33/10, 8/24*/11, 3/9/2

– Some papers contain both components

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ALMA

ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013

Proposers to ALMA, Other NRAO telescopes

• Gareth Hunt compared the ALMA and NRAO userbases to determine the increase I to the NRAO userbase provided by access to ALMA.– NRAO: all users since 2008C (3898)– ALMA: Cycle 0, Cycle 1, combined– I=(ALMA+NRAO)/NRAO – 1

• Conclusion is that ALMA has attracted many ‘new’ proposers to the NRAO community– User Base Metric Proposal aims to further

characterize the ALMA community segment4

ALMA

ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013

Proposed User Base Metric (Lonsdale)• How to track users beyond the 10% who respond to our

survey?• Proposed solution: Use library database and ADS to

measure– First publication date for author– Place in authorship list– Type of data presented– Observatories used

• Analysis to illuminate:– Growth of novice user percentage– Success rate in various groups– Repeat proposer percentage– Demographics

• Status: Seeking input and resources

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ALMA

ANASAC 16-17 Sept 2013

Community Outreach• What is happening with ALMA?

– General Community outreach: • NRAO eNews emailings• ANASAC, User committees, presentations• AAS and other meetings• CDEs

– Static outreach:• NAASC website (general/NA)• Science Portal (general/inclusive)• Project Tracker (PI-specific)

– One-on-one outreach• Helpdesk (Contact Scientist, PI-specific)• Data reduction support

• General Community (EPO) 6