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  • Data citation roadmap for publishers

    A recent article published in the journal Scientific Data presents a practical roadmap for scholarly publishers to implement data citation in accordance with the Joint Declaration of Data Citation Principles (JDDCP), a synopsis and harmonization of the recommendations of major science policy bodies.

    This declaration was developed by the Publishers Early Adopters Expert Group as part of the Data Citation Implementation Pilot (DCIP) project, an initiative of FORCE11.org and the NIH BioCADDIE program. The group, and authors of the paper include representatives from major publishers and journals such as Helena Cousijn (Elsevier), Amye Kenall (Springer Nature), Emma Ganley (PLoS), Melissa Harrison (eLife), Thomas Lemberger (EMBO Press) and more.

    The structure of the roadmap presented in the paper follows the “life of a paper” workflow and includes four categories:

    Pre-submission
    Submission
    Production
    Publication

    The roadmap is intended to be publisher-agnostic so that all publishers can use this as a starting point when implementing JDDCP-compliant data citation.

    Figure 1 from Cousijn et al. (1) Data citation in text; (2) Reference; (3) Globally resolvable unique identifier. Example from Beresford NA, et al. (2016). Available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.03.02216.

    Authors reading this roadmap will also better know what to expect from publishers and how to enable their own data citations to gain maximum impact, as well as complying with what will become increasingly common funder mandates on data transparency.

    Cousijn, H. et al. A data citation roadmap for scientific publishers. Scientific Data.
    5:180259 doi: 10.1038/sdata.2018.259 (2018).

  • IUMRS Survey on the Evolution of Scientific Publishing

    The International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS) has launched a survey on the Evolution of Scientific Publishing, and have requested we circulate it to our members, colleagues and beyond.

    We have completed this survey ourselves, and are very happy to endorse the aims and scope of this project.

    IUMRS is a member of the International Science Council, and is composed of individual professional societies in the materials research field from all around the globe; but with this survey, the Union wishes to receive responses from a broader spectrum of researchers, from many fields of science as well as from professionals associated with all aspects of scientific publishing such as editors, publishers, educators, librarians, archivists, sponsors of research, experts in intellectual property, and managers of research at corporate and government laboratories.

    The Survey is anonymous and should take no more than 5 to 15 minutes to complete, with a varying range of questions depending on the respondent’s relationship to scientific publishing. For example, for a researcher who publishes in journals and/or conference proceedings, there are 22 questions. For an editorial or production team member of a publishing company, university press or learned society that produces scientific journals there are 16 questions.

    The IUMRS intends for this survey to provide a much needed perspective on the state of scientific publishing today and on what we might expect for the future. The results will be summarized and published once a suitable number of responses have been received.

    On behalf of EASE and the IUMRS, we thank you very much for your help with this IUMRS undertaking.

    The direct link to the survey is here. Please complete and share!:
    https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IUMRS_Survey