@stragu Super glad to hear that, thanks! We're excited too :)

Let us know how the test goes (oh we know there are painful areas that we're improving). Feedback helps a lot.

This link may be your cup of tea since dokieli has some of its origins in advancing #ScholarlyCommunication:

https://csarven.ca/linked-research-decentralised-web

- @yesvirginia

📢 Auf der #EAHIL2025 in Łódź mit dabei: Unsere Expertin Jasmin Schmitz!
Heute um 12:30 Uhr leitet sie den Workshop „How Paper Mills and Predatory Journals flood the scientific record – and what medical research libraries can do“.
🔗 Programm: https://eahil2025.umed.pl/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EAHIL_2025__PROGRAM_A3__stan_04-03-2025.pdf

#OpenScience #ScholarlyCommunication #ZBMED #FakeScience #MedicalLibraries

On Scholarly Communication

My marking duties being over, it’s time once more to take up the cudgels against the academic publishing racket, at least in a small way, by sharing an article from the European University Association called Reclaiming academic ownership of the scholarly communication system. I recommend you read the entire piece, which is an extended briefing note. It can be downloaded as a PDF here. One of the points it makes very strongly is how much the Open Access movement has been hijacked by commercial publishers.

I will share a couple of sections with you here. First, some background information about Open Access Publishing:

Now I’ll cut to the chase and share the key points from the end.

1. Accelerate the reform of research assessment. Most of the issues in the current publishing system are rooted in how academic staff are evaluated. Research assessment reform is essential to break the cycle of dependence on high-impact commercial journals and related metrics. Universities should consider broadening the criteria used in academic evaluation, to ensure that recognition goes beyond research to include teaching, innovation, leadership, open science practices, and societal outreach. While institutional, regulatory, and cultural factors can either facilitate or hinder reforms, many universities are already taking the initiative and implementing changes (even in countries with centrally regulated academic career assessment processes).
2. Strengthen institutional publishing services and infrastructures. A robust, sustainable and interoperable scholarly publishing ecosystem requires each university to properly curate their research contributions and outputs, through institutional or shared infrastructure and services (e.g. repositories, publishing platforms, and CRIS systems). Strengthening these institutional capacities may require reallocating resources and cooperation (see points 3 and 4). This should also apply to the various institutional departments (libraries, research management, etc.) and staff needed to support academics and researchers.
3. Cooperate and coordinate with other universities, research performing and funding organisations, as well as researchers’ associations and learned societies. The challenges of scholarly publishing are systemic, and no single institution can tackle them alone. Universities should align their efforts with other academic organisations, funders and research institutions. Cooperation and coordination can be valuable for advocacy, policy development and implementation, as well as for shared or “horizontal” services and infrastructures. Cooperation can also take place within regional, national, European and global frameworks.
4. Critically evaluate expenditure on commercial research publishing and information products and services. As new not-for-profit publishing alternatives emerge and consolidate, universities should regularly evaluate their expenditure on commercial products and services, including journal publication costs and research databases. By promoting cost transparency and cost efficiency, institutions can make informed decisions that support innovation and reinvest funds into institutional publishing services and infrastructure (see point 2). Where feasible, preference should be given to not-for-profit solutions, ultimately reducing costs and ensuring sustainability.
5. Support and promote the use of rights retention by the university community. Rights retention should be used to regain academic ownership of scholarly communication. Universities should actively advocate for legislative reforms that allow researchers to retain their rights and freely share their research. They should also educate and inform their faculty and researchers of the importance of rights retention and provide legal support. Where legally feasible, institutions should implement and enforce rights retention policies to ensure that publicly funded research remains publicly accessible.
6. Ensure researcher engagement. Any transition toward a more equitable and sustainable scholarly communication system must involve the academic community. Universities should raise awareness of the systemic issues in scholarly publishing and create spaces for dialogue, reflection, and co-design to discuss how to address them at institutional level. Engaging researchers early and consistently can help shift perceptions, foster a sense of shared responsibility and build support for longterm cultural change.

I endorse all of these, and have written about some of them before (e.g. here) but I would add to the first that universities should actively lobby their governments to change research assessment methods which in many cases are causing an immense waste of public money by outsourcing research assessment to entities, such as Scopus, who are mere fronts for the academic publishing industry.

#AcademicJournalRacket #EuropeanUniversityAssociation #OpenAccessPublishing #ResearchAssessment #ScholarlyCommunication

🌻 Open Infrastructures in conflict zones: a case study of DOAJ and Ukrainian journals 🇺🇦

A collaborative case study on how #DOAJ and partners (#SUES, #Research4Life) have worked to support #Ukrainian academic journals during the war.

🔗 https://insights.uksg.org/articles/10.1629/uksg.689

#AcademicPublishing #OpenInfrastracture #ScholarlyCommunication #Nationaljournals #OpenScience

We’re proud to honor John Chodacki with DataCite’s Distinguished Service Award! 🎉
His visionary leadership as the President of the DataCite Executive Board from 2018–2025 transformed our community & advanced open research worldwide.
Thank you, John! 👏
Read more on our blog: https://doi.org/10.5438/z1wx-dj46
Please boost to celebrate
@chodacki !🚀 👏

#OpenScience
#LeadershipInResearch
#PersistentIdentifiers
#OpenInfrastructure
#ResearchMetadata
#OpenResearch
#ScholarlyCommunication

📢"Peer Review at the Crossroads" (v2) is out!
🔄Improved via @MetaROR peer review.
Key adjustments:
✅ Standardized terminology
✅ Restructured sections for clearer logic
✅ Explicitly flagged personal perspectives + balanced claims with limitations
✅ Expanded discussion on transparency and equity
🔗 Read the full paper here https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/b2ra3
#PeerReview #PublishReviewCurate #ScholarlyPublishing #ScholarlyCommunication #OpenReports #OpenIdentities #RegisteredReports #ModularPublishing

📢 New blog post! The Evaluation and Culture focal area at CWTS reflects on two years of work toward fairer research evaluation, inclusive cultures, and better scholarly communication.

Read here 👉 https://www.leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/setting-the-course-our-first-two-years-in-the-focal-area-evaluation-culture

#researchculture #scholarlycommunication #researchevaluation

Three questions to Dr Allard Oelen and Dr Mohamad Yaser Jaradeh on one year of ORGK Ask

diesen Beitrag auf Deutsch lesen

The “ORKG Ask” service was launched in May 2024 and is now a year old. This scientific search and discovery system provides answers from almost 80 million scientific documents, helping researchers to find the scientific publications they need. Dr Allard Oelen and Dr Mohamad Yaser Jaradeh from TIB developed the AI-based tool in just four months. In this interview, they discuss the tool, its functions, the challenges they faced during development and in the first year, and the features that will be added in the coming months.

What motivated the development of ORKG Ask, and how does ORKG Ask differ from other scientific search systems? What unique advantages does it offer users, and what impact will the tool have on scientific research?

Dr Allard Oelen: ORKG Ask is a next-generation scholarly search engine that uses the latest artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, such as large language models (LLMs) and semantic embeddings, to help researchers find relevant papers more efficiently.

Dr Mohamad Yaser Jaradeh: Established search systems often use keyword-based searches, leaving researchers to extract relevant information from the candidate articles themselves. ORKG Ask, on the other hand, uses a neural semantic search, which enables it to do more than just match keywords; it can actually find relevant work. It also uses LLMs to extract key concepts and information from articles, providing direct and detailed answers to research questions.

What challenges did you face during the development of ORKG Ask and how did you solve them?

Dr Allard Oelen: We wanted to ensure the system was easy to use and accessible for everyone. This means we added several features that modern-day web applications have, such as a dark mode, full responsiveness, accessibility for visually impaired users, and the possibility to use the interface in multiple languages.

Dr Mohamad Yaser Jaradeh: Also, since the service is available publicly in production to the public, and not just a prototype, we used the latest technologies and best practices for development applications. ORKG Ask is fully open source, this also benefits potential future developers, for whom it is then easier to contribute to the codebase.

What developments have been made in the past twelve months since ORKG Ask went online and what improvements are planned for ORKG Ask in the future to increase its usefulness for the scientific community?

Dr Mohamad Yaser Jaradeh: ORKG Ask is still in its infancy and there are a lot of plans to improve the service further. Recently, we introduced new reproducibility features, making it more transparent to users how answers are generated. For the future, we are working on customizing the LLMs for our particular usecases to improve the responsivenss and effiency of the results, Furthermore we want to leverage user-collected feedback to further guide development efforts, so in case you have any suggestions, please get in touch with us.

Dr Allard Oelen: For now, we plan to make a tighter integration with the core ORKG system, where Ask can be used to create ORKG Comparisons. Also, we plan to work on data provenance, showing to the user how specific LLM data is extracted, allow the user to further specify the LLM extracted information with schemas. As well as, permitting research institutes and interested parties in applying all functionalities of Ask on their own datasets.

About the ORKG

The Open Research Knowledge Graph (ORKG) is a service that aims to revolutionise the way scientific knowledge is shared and used. By creating a structured, searchable knowledge graph, the ORKG makes scientific information more accessible and usable for the global research community.

#AI #LargeLanguageModel #LizenzCCBY40INT #ORKG #ORKGAsk #scholarlyCommunication

Recent research shows that preprint adoption in the humanities in Eastern Europe remains extremely low, despite global trends toward open science.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/xdwc4_v2

Promoting preprints here feels like advocating for open peer review at a conference where everyone still prints their mails. 📜📉

#OpenScience #Preprints #Humanities #ScholarlyCommunication

The Journal of #Librarianship and #ScholarlyCommunication (JLSC) is opening a call for applications for openings in three editorial tracks.
https://www.iastatedigitalpress.com/jlsc/news/84/
#OpenAccess #library

One of the fundamental features that sets the #OpenAIREGraph apart from other #ScholarlyKnowledgeGraphs is its deduplication process, a crucial step for ensuring a more accurate representation of the #ScholarlyCommunication landscape.

Join us 21 May, 11:00-12:00 CEST for our next #CommunityCall as we explore this process that combines both advanced algorithms and human expertise.
Register now! https://tinyurl.com/4ez85mma

A small but telling academic exchange: Dr. Oviedo-García raised concerns about how we cited her 2021 paper on watchlists. We clarified it was only a historical reference to Beall’s lists - no claims implied.

:doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acalib.2025.103049

Elsevier’s editors now suggest we bury the hatchet. Gladly. 🕊️

#AcademicPublishing #CitationEthics #PredatoryJournals #ScholarlyCommunication #ResearchIntegrity

News & Updates!

Discover the New OpenAIRE MONITOR & CONNECT Websites. Our redesigned platforms make it easier than ever to navigate, understand, and maximize their benefits. Whether you're a new user or an expert, you'll find everything you need!

-Explore the websites & Learn more: https://tinyurl.com/bdervj65

#OpenScience #OpenAIRE #ResearchInnovation #DataMonitoring #ScholarlyCommunication

Timely and welcome in my timeline on this day -- happening now, and a recording will be available:

Webinar: Practical Applications of #OpenInfrastructure Tools for #ScholarlyCommunication

#OASPA
https://www.oaspa.org/events/webinar-practical-applications-of-open-infrastructure-tools-for-scholarly-communication/

Prof Dr #SaharVahdati, professor at @unihannover since October & head of the #TIB research group #AI & #ScholarlyCommunication, appeals in the format #DreiFragenAn
with a view to today's International Day of Women & Girls
in Science to all young girls to dream big, believe in themselves
to believe in themselves & to not let anyone put limits on them
because science is waiting for these girls: https://blog.tib.eu/2025/02/11/three-questions-put-to-prof-dr-sahar-vahdati-professor-for-ai-and-scholarly-communication-at-tib

#WomenInScience

Prof. Dr. #SaharVahdati, seit Oktober Professorin an der @unihannover & Leiterin der #TIB-Forschungsgruppe #AI & #ScholarlyCommunication, appelliert im Format #DreiFragenAn mit Blick auf den heutigen Internationalen Tag der Frauen & Mädchen in der Wissenschaft an alle jungen Mädchen, große Träume zu haben, an sich selbst zu glauben & sich von niemandem Grenzen setzen zu lassen, denn die Wissenschaft wartet auf diese Mädchen: https://blog.tib.eu/2025/02/11/drei-fragen-an-prof-dr-sahar-vahdati-professorin-fuer-ai-and-scholarly-communication-an-der-tib

#WomenInScience #FrauenInDerWissenschaft

Humanities scholars’ needs for open social scholarship platforms as online scholarly information sharing infrastructure

https://microblogging.infodocs.eu/2025/02/11/humanities-scholars-needs-for-open-social-scholarship-platforms-as-online-scholarly-information-sharing-infrastructure/

#DanielTracy #DigitalHumanities #DigitalScholarship #GrahamJensen #Humanities #ScholarlyCommunication #ScientificCommunication

Happening now! In a @craftoa coffee lecture, #ScholarlyCommunication technical expert, Leonidas Pispiringas, guides us through the importance of the @OpenAIRE Guidelines and how following them for #data integration into the #OpenAIREGraph ensures maximum interoperability.
Recording soon available at https://www.craft-oa.eu/coffee-lectures-1/
Access the Guidelines https://guidelines.openaire.eu/en/latest/

"Giving Voice to Community: Embodied Scholarship, Generative Discussion, and Other Affordances of Scholarly Podcasting" https://doi.org/10.3998/jep.6036
#scholarlypodcasting #openpeerreview #embodiedscholarship #scholarlycommunication

Why does science struggle to correct itself? 🤔
The NanoBubbles project investigates why errors persist in research, while ROR² explores Open Science & integrity. 🔬
Interdisciplinary research for a more trustworthy scientific system! Read the interview with Frédérique Bordignon @fredbordignon
🔗 https://pulse49.com/2025/01/29/transforming-science-how-ror2-and-nanobubbles-are-enhancing-transparency-trust-and-integrity-in-research/
#ScholarlyCommunication #ResearchEthics