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Announcing: Springer Nature SciGraph, the new Linked Open Data platform

SpringerNature announces Springer Nature SciGraph:

See Announcement at http://www.springernature.com/gp/researchers/scigraph?countryChanged=true

We are pleased to introduce Springer Nature SciGraph, the new Linked Open Data platform aggregating data sources from Springer Nature and key partners from the scholarly domain. The Linked Open Data platform will initially collate information from across the research landscape, such as funders, research projects, conferences, affiliations and publications. Additional data, such as citations, patents, clinical trials and usage numbers will follow over time. This high quality data from trusted and reliable sources provides a rich semantic description of how information is related, as well as enabling innovative visualizations of the scholarly domain.

By doing so, Springer Nature SciGraph overcomes former boundaries by relating comprehensive information about the research landscape. It represents a further step in data integration and it will continue to grow organically. This platform will increase the discoverability of high quality data as larger parts of our datasets will be made freely available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

The data in Springer Nature SciGraph is projected to contain 1.5 to 2 billion triples. It will comprise metadata from journals and articles, books and chapters, organizations, institutions, funders, research grants, patents, clinical trials, substances, conference series, events, citations and reference networks, Altmetrics, links to research datasets and much more.

See also

Springer Nature SciGraph: Supporting open science and the wider understanding of research

Benefits for the research community

  • Researchers benefit by overcoming internal and external data silos in research communities
  • Users of the scholarly domain broaden their perspective by semantic relations being revealed visually
  • Developers are actively encouraged to reuse Springer Nature’s datasets
  • Authors and editors enjoy easy access to high quality data from trusted and reliable sources
  • Funders, librarians, conference organizers find optimal data for analysis and recommendation tools
  • Large parts of the datasets will be freely accessible (CC BY-NC 4.0 license)

Publisher News: “Over 600 Springer Nature journals commit to new data sharing policies”

Nature Journal News: “Over 600 Springer Nature journals commit to new data sharing policies””

Full story at: http://www.springernature.com/gp/group/media/press-releases/over-600-springer-nature-journals-commit-to-new-data-sharing-policies/11111248

Excerpt from announcement:

London, 6 December 2016

More than 600 journals across Nature Research, Springer, BioMed Central and Palgrave Macmillan have committed to encouraging good practice in the sharing and archiving and citation of research data by adopting new Springer Nature research data policies. The text of the policies has today been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license so that they can be re-used by the wider research community.

These easy-to-understand policies encourage the publication of more open and reproducible research, and aim to increase growth and innovation in research and data sharing. They improve services for authors, editors and peer reviewers by standardising policies and procedures, providing more consistent links between publications and data, guidelines and support. In addition, a dedicated Research Data Support Helpdesk for Springer Nature authors and editors has been created.

Iain Hrynaszkiewicz, Head of Data Publishing at Springer Nature said: “We want to make data sharing easier and more consistent, enabling our authors to publish better research and enable easier compliance with research funder policies.

Royal Society of Chemistry News: “Major society chemistry publishers jointly commit to integration with ORCID”

Scholarly  Publication News News: “Major society chemistry publishers jointly commit to integration with ORCID”.

Full story at: http://www.rsc.org/news-events/articles/2016/nov/major-society-chemistry-publishers-jointly-commit-to-integration-with-orcid/

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND, AND WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 2016 —
The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS) today each became signatories to the ORCID Open Letter, reasserting the commitment of both organizations to enhancing the scholarly publishing experience for researchers worldwide who are involved in chemistry and allied fields.

The commitment by these two global chemistry publishers to undertake new workflow integration with technology infrastructure provided by ORCID, a not-for-profit organization that provides unique identifiers for researchers and scholars, will enable both societies to provide unambiguous designation of author names within chemistry and across the broader sciences. This partnership with ORCID will resolve ambiguity in researcher identification caused by name changes, cultural differences in name presentation, and the inconsistent use of name abbreviations that is too often a source of confusion for those who must rely on the published scientific record.

Scholarly Publication News: “Wiley Becomes First Major Publisher to Require ORCID IDs for Submitting Authors”

Wiley News – November 2016:   Authors submitting manuscripts to Wiley for publication will need to also provide an ORCID ID.

“Hoboken, NJ– November 28, 2016—John Wiley & Sons Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), announced today plans to require ORCID iDs as part of the manuscript submission process for a large number of journals. Beginning in winter 2016, more than 500 Wiley journals using ScholarOne Manuscripts will require the submitting author (only) to provide an ORCID identifier (iD) when submitting a manuscript.”

Read more at http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/PressRelease/pressReleaseId-129824.html

Information at Orchid ID’s found at http://orcid.org/

“ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher and, through integration in key research workflows such as manuscript and grant submission, supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized.”

 

Elsevier signs interesting 5 year journal licensing agreement with UK’s Jisc Collections

Excerpts from full announcement that was published November 7, 2016:

“The UK’s research institutions and the world-leading provider of science, technology and medical information products and services signed today a landmark agreement granting academics access to globally-published, high-quality research at costs lower than the industry average. In addition, Jisc Collections and Elsevier have agreed to cooperate on several Open Science opportunities, leveraging Elsevier’s world class technology and analytics capabilities to help make science in the UK more collaborative, transparent, effective, and efficient.”

“The 5-year contract grants subscription access to around 1,850 journals on Elsevier’s ScienceDirect e-platform.”

Read the full annoucement at: https://www.elsevier.com/about/press-releases/research-and-journals/jisc-collections-and-elsevier-sign-landmark-uk-agreement,-securing-access-to-research-publications-and-initiating-open-science-collaboration

FYI:  “Jisc Collections is the negotiation and licensing service that supports the procurement of digital content for higher education and research institutions in the UK.”