Upon last week's news that Elsevier is following Springer Nature in having abstracts removed from @OpenAlex I've published a blog post looking more in detail at abstract coverage in @crossref and OpenAlex, and discussing some of the implications:
https://bmkramer.github.io/SesameOpenScience_site/thought/202411_open_abstracts/
We are seeing increased commodification of abstracts - perhaps not surprising given their importance in GenAI.
In 2022, SpringerNature had abstracts from
'their' non-open access articles removed from @OpenAlex
Now Elsevier appears to have done the same.
https://github.com/ourresearch/openalex-guts/commit/b85b3bc77cf9c0f3bd162426a2ba0dacdc951065
Needless to say, neither provide abstracts for these articles to @crossref either: https://i4oa.org/#:~:text=The%20following%20figure.
Is this how open we want research abstracts to be?
![Githiub commit excluding abstracts from non-open access articles from OpenAlex for Springer and Elsevier
Code reads:
Line 2142-2145:
@property
def is_closed_springer(self):
publisher_str = (
self.journal and self.journal.publisher) or self.publisher
if publisher_str and 'springer' in publisher_str.lower():
def is_closed_springer_or_elsevier(self):
publisher_str = (self.journal and self.journal.publisher) or self.publisher
if publisher_str and ('springer' in publisher_str.lower() or 'elsevier' in publisher_str.lower()):
return not self.is_oa
return False
Line 2425-2428:
my_dict['authorships'] = my_dict.get('authorships', [])[0:100]
my_dict['authorships_truncated'] = True
if self.is_closed_springer:
if self.is_closed_springer_or_elsevier:
logger.info(f"not saving abstract for {self.paper_id} {self.doi}")](https://cdn.masto.host/akademienlsocial/media_attachments/files/113/520/063/509/431/417/original/6091e030c72de907.png "Githiub commit excluding abstracts from non-open access articles from OpenAlex for Springer and Elsevier
Code reads:
Line 2142-2145:
@property
def is_closed_springer(self):
publisher_str = (
self.journal and self.journal.publisher) or self.publisher
if publisher_str and 'springer' in publisher_str.lower():
def is_closed_springer_or_elsevier(self):
publisher_str = (self.journal and self.journal.publisher) or self.publisher
if publisher_str and ('springer' in publisher_str.lower() or 'elsevier' in publisher_str.lower()):
return not self.is_oa
return False
Line 2425-2428:
my_dict['authorships'] = my_dict.get('authorships', [])[0:100]
my_dict['authorships_truncated'] = True
if self.is_closed_springer:
if self.is_closed_springer_or_elsevier:
logger.info(f\"not saving abstract for {self.paper_id} {self.doi}\")")
A Jupyter notebook that reads the signatories of the @BarcelonaDORI, counts the signatories per country and paints the counts in a worldmap.
Repo: https://github.com/hauschke/barcelonaDORI_map
It's more or less a test of Github Actions, it updates every afternoon at 4 PM CET. 
As it had committed to, Université de Lorraine joined the Barcelona Declaration signatories group and thus engages into open research information. As such, it will support the relevant infrastructures and contribute to their sustainability.
cc @BarcelonaDORI
#barcelonadeclaration
#UnivLorraine
#openresearchinformation
FIZ Karlsruhe has signed the #barcelonadeclaration on Open Research Information!
By doing so, we’re taking a strong stand for transparency and open access to scientific information. With services like #zbMATHOpen we’re already offering free access to research data and publications.
We’re excited to be part of this movement and to actively shape the future of #OpenScience!
https://barcelona-declaration.org/
#ParisConference kicks off strongly: "Fetishization of metrics and stupid rankings" were already mentioned in the opening words from our host, the #Sorbonne University.
PS: Do we have a hashtag for this conference?
The Paris Conference on #OpenResearchInformation starts! Lots of people from institutions all over the world who signed the @BarcelonaDORI, like @tibhannover, exchanging ideas and best practices on how to move this important part of #OpenScience forward.
Ich hatte die Gelegenheit im @laborjournal ein Essay über #Forschungsbewertung zu schreiben.
Um was geht es?
#CoARA #DORA #ResearchAssessment #OpenScience #BarcelonaDeclaration @HelmholtzOpenScienceOffice
Die #BarcelonaDeclaration ( @BarcelonaDORI) ist jetzt auch auf Deutsch verfügbar und in der Liste aller Übersetzungen aufgeführt: https://barcelona-declaration.org/translations/
Einige Passagen waren recht schwierig zu übersetzen,
im Zweifel daher bitte ins Original sehen. Ich freue mich, dass die Fassung nun online ist und die Erklärung hoffentlich weitere Verbreitung findet.
Es gibt Begriffe, die ähnlich klingen, aber unterschiedliche Bedeutungen haben: Effektivität/Effizienz. Sympathie/Empathie.
In Diskursen der Informationswissenschaften, zur Digitalisierung der Wissenschaft und aktuell im Kontext der #BarcelonaDeclaration on #OpenResearchInformation taucht regelmäßig ein anderes Begriffspaar auf, das ähnlich klingt, aber doch unterschiedliche Bedeutungen hat: #Forschungsdaten & #Forschungsinformationen.
@hauschke erklärt den Unterschied: https://blog.tib.eu/2024/05/08/forschungsdaten-oder-forschungsinformationen-was-ist-der-unterschied
Today, the @BarcelonaDORI #BarcelonaDeclaration has been published, and with Thoth Open Metadata we are proud to support it!
We're excited to be joining an ever-growing number of signatories that committ to
In our context, we work hard to make that happen by providing an #opensource platform for small, scholar-led, and university publishers to manage and disseminate fully open #CC0 #metadata for #OAbooks - which is of particular relevance to the #Humanities #SSH!
We also collaborate with like-minded initiatives such as @openbookcollect, @oapenbooks [bird.makeup], @doabooks [bird.makeup], @PublicKnowledgeProject and many more. #MetadataMatters
The just-released Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information gives priority to sustainable open #infrastructure, standard identifiers, #CollectiveAction, and making open the default, even for #assessment.
https://barcelona-declaration.org/
Open #researchinformation - this is what the first signatories of the #BarcelonaDeclaration on #OpenReseachInformation, including the TIB, are calling for. They are campaigning for a change in the way research information is handled and accessed.
Further information: https://www.tib.eu/en/tib/news-and-events/news/details/tib-signs-barcelona-declaration-on-open-research-information
@tullney, @hauschke & @steph describe how & where the #BarcelonaDeclaration is already being applied at the #TIB: https://blog.tib.eu/2024/04/16/tib-signs-the-barcelona-declaration-on-open-research-information/
Offene #Forschungsinformationen – das fordern die Erstunterzeichnenden der #BarcelonaDeclaration on #OpenReseachInformation, zu denen auch die TIB gehört. Sie setzen sich für einen Wandel beim Umgang und Zugang von Forschungsinformationen ein.
Weitere Informationen: https://www.tib.eu/de/die-tib/neuigkeiten-und-termine/aktuelles/detail/tib-unterzeichnet-barcelona-declaration-on-open-research-information
@tullney, @hauschke & @stephd beschreiben, wie & wo die #BarcelonaDeclaration an der #TIB bereits Anwendung findet: https://blog.tib.eu/2024/04/16/die-tib-unterzeichnet-die-barcelona-declaration-on-open-research-information
The research information landscape requires fundamental change. Today, over 40 organisations commit to making openness of research information the norm.
For the full text of the #BarcelonaDeclaration see
