Open citations: Next steps
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The document discusses the workshop on open citations and ongoing developments held at the ISSI 2019 conference. It covers the launch of Microsoft Academic, comparisons with Scopus, and data quality issues, as well as the transition from open citations to open metadata. It emphasizes the expansion of focus to include open abstracts and mentions support from Plan S.
Open citations: Next steps
- 1. Open citations: Next steps Ludo Waltman Workshop ‘Open Citations: Opportunities and Ongoing Developments’ ISSI2019 conference Sapienza University, Rome September 2, 2019
- 2. Outline • Microsoft Academic • From open citations to open metadata 1
- 4. Microsoft Academic • Launched in 2016 • Data obtained through web indexing • Data accessible through API or Azure platform • Data openly available under an ODC BY license 3
- 5. Microsoft Academic vs. Scopus 4Thanks to Martijn Visser for compiling the statistics. Number of documents in Microsoft Academic and Scopus (2014–2017) Overlap: 9.5M Microsoft Academic: 40.9M Scopus: 11.7M
- 6. Microsoft Academic vs. Scopus 5Thanks to Martijn Visser for compiling the statistics.
- 7. Microsoft Academic data quality • Knowledge of the quality of Microsoft Academic data is limited • Known data quality issues: – Publication years – Affiliations – Source titles 6
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- 9. From open citations to open metadata 8
- 10. Availability of abstracts in Crossref (2008-2017) 9
- 11. Availability of affiliations in Crossref (2008-2017) 10
- 12. Crossref participation report: Elsevier 11
- 13. Crossref participation report: PLOS 12
- 14. Crossref participation reports: Frontiers 13
- 15. Crossref participation report: Hindawi 14
- 16. From Journal of Informetrics (JOI) to Quantitative Science Studies (QSS)
- 17. QSS offers comprehensive open metadata • Five manuscripts have been published as ‘just accepted’ • ORCIDs for almost all authors • ORCIDs, affiliations, and abstracts have been deposited in Crossref • References will also be deposited and will be made openly available 16
- 18. From open citations to open metadata • Natural next step is to broaden the focus from open citations to open metadata, perhaps with an emphasis on open abstracts • Scope of I4OC may evolve • Support from Plan S 17
- 19. Thank you for your attention! 18