Using Mastodon to keep track of your scholarly output

In an experimental collaboration, the SURF Open Science Innovation Team and IMEC-IDLab at Ghent University in Belgium are exploring whether Mastodon can be used to semi-automatically collect information about any type of research contribution. The idea is to ask researchers to do little more than post a 'toot' on Mastodon mentioning such a contribution. Smart agents (named “claimbots”), developed by SURF and IMEC, will monitor these toots and handle the complex task of extracting metadata from such toots and populating research productivity portals.