(15 Apr 2024) “Collections as data” research is an initiative based on researchers using digital collections as the dataset for analysis with the help of computational methods, such as text mining, data visualization, mapping, image analysis, audio analysis, and network analysis. For example, if a historian needs to investigate a specific topic over time, manually reviewing…
(2 Nov 2022) Two international projects, OPERAS-PLUS project and the Book Analytics Dashboard project, commit to coordinate on delivering transparent, trusted, and community-controlled analytics tools and services to support the transition to open access for scholarly books. The diversity of players in scholarly book publishing needs to be protected and ensuring that there are high quality and…
(31 Aug 2021) The ORCID DE Monitor is a publicly funded tool that analyzes the use of ORCID iDs in the scientific community. Developed by the ORCID DE research project, the ORCID DE Monitor both measures and contributes to ORCID adoption. The ORCID DE Monitor currently provides a cartographic representation of the occurrence of ORCID iDs…
(17 Mar 2021) China is growing in dominance in Asia-Pacific collaborations, according to the Nature Index 2021 Asia Pacific supplement, published today. The supplement draws on Nature Index data to track trends in research output and collaboration in the Asia-Pacific region. The strongest partnership in the region is between Australia and China, however among leading APAC countries…
(Nov 2020) The world’s most prosperous economies are also among the most innovative and that innovation is driven first and foremost by research. This year’s G20 summit is one of the world’s few forums for international co-operation taking place and the expectations are rightly high that the expertise and resources of its members should play a…
(22 Sept 2020) Elsevier’s new report – The Power of Data to Advance the SDGs – offers unique insights and initiatives, many developed together with partners, to map the state of research within each SDG area. The report acknowledges the pivotal role research plays in tackling some of the world’s greatest challenges. It aims to better understand the…
(5 December 2018) SAGE Publishing, a leading global academic publisher, today announces that it has made a major seed investment in Thusly Inc. – a technology start-up creating research tools for big data analysis of document archives. The investment is the first for SAGE as part of its SAGE Ocean initiative, and will support the…