Open citations: Next steps

Open citations: Next steps

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  Open citations: Nextsteps Ludo Waltman Workshop ‘Open Citations: Opportunities and Ongoing Developments’ ISSI2019 conference Sapienza University, Rome September 2, 2019
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  Outline • Microsoft Academic •From open citations to open metadata 1
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  Microsoft Academic 2
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  Microsoft Academic • Launchedin 2016 • Data obtained through web indexing • Data accessible through API or Azure platform • Data openly available under an ODC BY license 3
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  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
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  Microsoft Academic vs.Scopus 5Thanks to Martijn Visser for compiling the statistics.
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  Microsoft Academic dataquality • Knowledge of the quality of Microsoft Academic data is limited • Known data quality issues: – Publication years – Affiliations – Source titles 6
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  From open citationsto open metadata 8
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  Availability of abstractsin Crossref (2008-2017) 9
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  Availability of affiliationsin Crossref (2008-2017) 10
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  Crossref participation report:Elsevier 11
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  Crossref participation report:PLOS 12
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  Crossref participation reports:Frontiers 13
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  Crossref participation report:Hindawi 14
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  From Journal ofInformetrics (JOI) to Quantitative Science Studies (QSS)
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  QSS offers comprehensiveopen 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
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  From open citationsto 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
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  Thank you foryour attention! 18