Both impact factor and research identification has increased the need for digital scholarship skill development. As academics produce and distribute content online, this production skills set is needed to effectively detail research ideas blog posts, share open document drafts of a manuscript, record video or audio clips explaining research methods, openly distributing a data set, or publically posting research findings on an open presentation website. A unique outcome of this sharing is the impact to interdisciplinary research and a
5. emergent transformation of research practice as scholars grow their scholarly network and collaborate on research outside the scope of their domain (Weller, 2011). The scholarly practices in open, digital spaces impact both the academic identity and research participation, when researchers operate in these social media spaces (Veletsianos, 2013). As the networked spheres mature, scholars and scholar-practitioners need to consider how to effectively operate in this attention economy to effectively participate in these shared, social research spaces.