(21 August 2024) At the CHORUS forum on July 24th, a diverse group of speakers- ranging from society and commercial publishers to academic institutions and standard organizations, assembled to discuss the vital steps their organizations are utilizing to uphold integrity of the scientific record. The forum delved into the vulnerabilities of our trust-based publishing ecosystem…
(17 Jun 2024) At last month’s CHORUS Forum on Navigating the Future of Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) in Scholarly Publishing speakers presentations covered a lot of ground regarding benefits and challenges with PIDs but what stood out were: Burdens: Researchers spending too much time on admin tasks and difficulties conducting analysis Benefits: Ability to track metrics and make reliable…
(11 Apr 2024) At last month’s CHORUS Forum: 12 Best Practices for Research Data Sharing speakers addressed the Joint Statement on Research Data Sharing by STM, DataCite and Crossref. Here is the summary of all presentations, recording of the forum.
(26 Jun 2023) Join us at the next CHORUS Forum Real World Impact of Faculty Publications Tuesday, 26 September 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT Academic institutions are interested in measuring the real-world impact of faculty publications. What does “real-world impact” mean in this context, and how might it be measured? Once measured, what…
(15 Mar 2022) With over 200 registrants and 100+ attendees, the February 25th CHORUS Forum resulted in a robust and frank discussion about research integrity. There were 2 sessions: Session 1: Research integrity issues through the submission and publication process The first session addressed research integrity issues through the submission and publication process for…
(16 Nov 2021) Over 250 publishers, researchers, librarians, and research funders registered for the CHORUS Forum: Are We Ready for Data Citation Metrics held on 28 October 2021. This forum was co-hosted with the American Geophysical Union. Shelley Stall, Senior Director for Data Leadership at AGU, kicked off a lively discussion by conveying the challenges around…
(24 August 2021) Scholarly data has become one of the most important components of Open Science. Governments and funders are mandating that researchers deposit their data in repositories and supply supporting metadata. This extra work will only get done if researchers are given proper credit for their data outputs. But, how prepared is the scholarly…
(6 July 2021) Around 130 participants came together to join the CHORUS Forum at the Japan Open Science Summit (JOSS) on 18th June, timed in the morning for the panelists from Japan and the evening for those from the USA. Most of the delegates came from Japan, but they were supplemented by a few from…
(28 October 2020) CHORUS and DataCite have signed a two-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to coordinate efforts to adopt identifiers and standards to manage access to and reporting of research outputs. Authoritative connections between researchers and their works, funding sources, and affiliations, are essential for delivering public access to scholarly content. As not-for-profit organizations…
(16 August 2018) CHORUS has announced an agreement with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to expand public access to the results of its funded research. USAID’s public access plan was released in in November 2016 and is designed to ensure effective access to and reliable preservation of both peer-reviewed scholarly publications and digital…