how we support academic institutions Archives - Digital Science https://www.digital-science.com/tags/institution/ Advancing the Research Ecosystem Wed, 30 Apr 2025 08:32:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Publisher Day 2025: Key Insights on Integrity, Disruption, and Innovation in Scholarly Publishing https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2025/03/publisher-day-2025-key-insights-on-integrity-disruption-and-innovation-in-scholarly-publishing/ Tue, 25 Mar 2025 14:38:51 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?p=75664 With the theme ‘Insight to Impact,’ our 2025 Publisher Day offered valuable insights into the evolving world of scholarly publishing - including research integrity, AI, disruption, Open Access, and social media strategies.

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This year’s Publisher Day offered valuable insights into the evolving world of scholarly publishing, with experts from the industry exploring themes of research integrity, AI disruption, Open Access, and social media strategies. Centered around the theme ‘Insight to Impact,’ the event featured a series of keynotes, panels, and lightning talks that addressed the current challenges and opportunities in scholarly communication.

Jon Treadway, Director at Great North Wood Consulting, delivered the opening keynote, outlining the challenges facing scholarly communication. He highlighted the shift towards isolationism in the geopolitical landscape, impacting scientific collaboration. Treadway emphasized that scholarly communication remains inefficient and fragmented, with AI advancements posing both opportunities and risks. He cautioned that AI’s rapid progress demands vigilance and noted that Open Access has yet to reach its full potential due to siloed discussions rather than collaborative efforts. 

The first panel focused on ensuring transparency and trustworthiness in research. Panelists included Leslie McIntosh, Vice President of Research Integrity at Digital Science; Laura Wilson, Head of Research Integrity & Ethics at Taylor & Francis; Jennifer Wright, Head of Publication Ethics & Research Integrity at Cambridge University Press; and Doug Melville, Technical Product Manager at Sage. Key concerns discussed were AI’s impact on research, the need for transparent licensing conditions, and the challenge of ensuring research security. The panel emphasized that publishers play a critical role in upholding standards, holding the “gold” in narratives and research culture. Collaboration across the industry, especially in disambiguating author identities and spotting bad actors, was stressed as vital to safeguarding integrity.

Ann Campbell, Technical Solutions Manager at Digital Science, and Katie Davison, Insights Analyst at Emerald Publishing, presented a case study on how they’ve worked together to leverage Dimensions on GBQ for data-driven insights. They demonstrated how combining Emerald Publishing’s strategic goals with Dimensions’ extensive dataset allowed them to uncover valuable insights about research trends, author collaborations, and institutional impact. By harnessing these insights, Emerald was able to identify key growth areas, refine their editorial strategies, and better align their publishing efforts with the needs of the academic community.

The second panel addressed how publishers are adapting their strategies in response to evolving social media platforms. The panel included Lou Peck, CEO & Founder of The International Bunch; Jitske de Vries, Head of Marketing at The Company of Biologists; Rowena Gordon, Senior Managing Editor at the British Ecological Society; Daisy Veysey, Social Media Manager at eLife; and Marion Schnelle, Social Media Manager at De Gruyter Brill. Discussions highlighted the emergence of platforms like Mastodon and Bluesky as an alternative to X (formerly Twitter). It was raised that in a poll of 6000 readers of Nature, 70% had moved over from X to Bluesky declaring the platform nicer, kinder and less antagonistic. The panel also raised a growing emphasis on community-building strategies over traditional marketing tactics among publishers. 

Next, Sarah Greaves, Director and Publishing Consultant at Sarah Greaves STEM Consulting, discussed the ongoing trend of consolidation in the publishing industry. She explored how mergers and acquisitions are reshaping the landscape, the potential benefits of improved efficiencies, and concerns about reduced diversity and potential monopolistic behaviors. 

Our lightning talks provided valuable insights into our latest innovations for publishers. Nicholas Bailey, our Senior Product Manager, introduced Dimensions Author Check, our new research integrity tool designed to help publishers verify potential authors, editors, and reviewers. Meanwhile, Mike Taylor, Head of Data Insights, showcased the Altmetric Journal Benchmark dashboard – a powerful resource for publishers seeking to measure success, benchmark their journals against competitors, and identify growth opportunities.

In the closing keynote, Jo Wixon, Director of External Analysis at Wiley, explored how publishers can actively contribute to advancing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). She emphasized the growing importance of aligning publishing practices with global sustainability efforts, showcasing strategies for integrating SDG-related content and metrics into editorial workflows, peer review processes, and publication strategies. By adopting these practices, publishers can amplify research that addresses critical global challenges while enhancing their impact within the academic community.

Our 2025 Publisher Day highlighted both the opportunities and challenges publishers face in adapting to AI advancements, strengthening research integrity, and responding to shifts in social media landscapes. With increasing consolidation and technological disruption, the industry must work collaboratively to ensure the integrity, accessibility, and credibility of scholarly communication.

Olivia King

About the Author

Olivia King, Marketing Segment Lead, Publisher | Digital Science

Olivia King is Marketing Segment Lead for the Publisher segment at Digital Science. In this role, she manages the marketing activities and strategy across the Digital Science publisher solutions, including Altmetric and Dimensions. Before joining Digital Science, Olivia worked in journals marketing at Sage Publishing.

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      DS APAC Agenda 2025 https://www.digital-science.com/conference/ds-apac-agenda-2025/ Thu, 30 Jan 2025 16:10:03 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?page_id=75195 Digital Science is delighted to host an event for members of the academic community on 4-5 March at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. 

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      Research Transformation: navigating change together

      4th – 5th March
      Sydney, Australia

      Digital Science is delighted to host an event for members of the academic community on 4-5 March at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. 

      Check out the full agenda below, don’t miss out. This event is designed to foster meaningful discussions and connections as the sector navigates this transformative time.

      PROGRAMME:

      4th March, Day 1:

      Session 1: NAVIGATING CHANGE/RESEARCH TRANSFORMATION (arrival from 9:30am)

       10:00 am / 10:15 am – Welcome & Introduction: Navigating Change

      • Julia Hawks, CCO, Data & Analytics – Digital Science
      • Chris Turney, Pro Vice-Chancellor of Research – University of Technology Sydney

       10:15 am / 10:25 am – Research transformation: Change in the era of open, AI & impact

      • Simon Porter, VP Research Futures – Digital Science

       10:25 am / 10:30 am – The pathway to research transformation in practice (lightning rounds)

      • Stephanie Guichard, RSM, APAC Academic – Figshare & Symplectic

       10:30 am / 10:45 am – UTS – Evolution of research infrastructure at the University of Technology Sydney

      • Scott McWhirter, Executive Manager, Research Knowledge and Insights – University of Technology Sydney

      10:45 am / 11:00 am – RMIT – Strategic infrastructure review & status update

      • Edwina Harvison, Director of Research Reporting & Systems – RMIT

      11:45 am / 11:25 am – Transforming research management with the Awards Management solution: Examples from recent implementations

      • Max Bryant, Solutions Consultant – Digital Science

      11:15 am / 11:35 am – BREAK

      11:35 am / 12:30 pm – Research transformation: Change in the era of open, AI and impact

      • Stephanie Guichard, RSM, APAC Academic – Figshare & Symplectic

      12:30 pm / 1:40 pm – LUNCH

      Session 2: OPEN RESEARCH

      1:40 pm / 2:00 pm – Introduction to Digital Science and Open Research

      • Anthony Dona, Senior Director – Digital Science

      2:00 pm / 2:15 pm – Balancing Agendas: Open Research and Research Security

      • Thom Dixon, Manager, National Security and Defence – Macquarie University

      2:15 pm / 2:35 pm – Symplectic Elements deep dive into Open Access monitor updates (products updates)

      • Jackson Anderson, Director of Product, Workflow Solutions – Digital Science

      2:35 pm / 2:50 pm – BREAK

      2:50 pm / 3:10 pm – Product Update: Enhancing Figshare’s metadata capabilities to improve support for all research outputs and greater interoperability

      • Jackson Anderson, Director of Product, Workflow Solutions – Digital Science

      3:10 pm / 3:25 pm – Collaborate and integrate: implementing Figshare at the University of Wollongong

      • Clare Job – University of Wollongong
      • Samantha Hutchinson – University of Wollongong

      3:25 pm / 3:40 pm – Product Update: Enhancing Figshare for Data outputs – Recent developments and upcoming advances

      • Jackson Anderson, Director of Product, Workflow Solutions – Digital Science

      3:40 pm / 3:50 pm – Product Update: Using Symplectic Elements to track collaborations and connections with External Organisations

      • Jackson Anderson, Director of Product, Workflow Solutions – Digital Science

      3:50 pm / 4:30 pm – Panel Session: National Persistent Identifiers Strategy

      • Simon Porter, VP Research Futures – Digital Science
      • Dr. Lyle Winton, Program Manager – ARDC
      • Miguel Garcia, Product Director – Digital Science

      4:30 pm / 5:00 pm – Approaches to Research Assessment

      • Anthony Dona, Senior Director – Digital Science
      • Claudia Arango, Deputy Director research – Griffith University
      • Michael Crisp, Deputy Director – University of South Australia

      5:00 pm – END OF DAY 1 (DRINKS RECEPTION)

      5th March, Day 2:

      Session 1: RESEARCH SECURITY (arrival from 9:30am)

      10:00 am / 10:10 am – Welcome

      • Julia Hawks, CCO, Data & Analytics – Digital Science

      10:10 am / 10:25 am – Product Update: Enhancements to the Dimensions Research Security tool

      • Miguel Garcia, Product Director – Digital Science

      10:25 am / 10:55 am – Customer presentation: Research Security at UTS

      • Alli Jackson, Executive Manager, Research Stewardship – University of Technology Sydney

      10:55 am / 11:10 am – Research Security open discussion & Q&A

      • Elizabeth Smee, Engagement Manager (APAC) – Digital Science

      11:10 am / 11:30 am – Transforming Research Integrity: AuthorCheck for Publishers and Use Cases for Institutions

      • Simon Porter, VP Research Futures – Digital Science

      11:30 am / 11:50 am – BREAK

      Session 2: REPORTING & ANALYSIS

      11:50 am / 12:10 pm – Product Update: Using AI to support search, discovery, reporting and analysis

      • Simon Porter, VP Research Futures – Digital Science

      12:10 pm / 12:25 pm – Product Update: Dimensions recent developments and upcoming advances

      • Miguel Garcia, Product Director – Digital Science

      12:25 pm / 12:40 pm – Product Preview: Exploring Dimensions Perspectives & Insights through your organisational lens

      • Miguel Garcia, Product Director – Digital Science

      12:50 pm / 1:40 pm – LUNCH

      Session 3: IMPACT & EVALUATION

      1:40 pm / 1:50 pm – Faculty Reporting – Partnerships, Collaboration & Trustmakers

      • Chun Xiao, Research Data Insights Analyst, UTS

      1:50 pm / 2:20 pm – Understanding Attention: Exploring Altmetric case studies

      • Elizabeth Smee, Engagement Manager (APAC) – Digital Science

      2:20 pm / 2:40 pm – Product Update: Recent Altmetric highlights and our plans for the future

      • Miguel Garcia, Product Director – Digital Science

      2:40 pm / 3:10 pm – Community session: Growing our community engagement and support

      • Elizabeth Smee, Engagement Manager (APAC) – Digital Science
      • Murray Deerborn, Customer Support Manager – Symplectic

      3:10 pm / 3:30 pm – BREAK

      3:30 pm / 3:50 pm – Product Update: Beyond the Annual Collection – Evolving Symplectic Elements’ output review workflows

      • Jackson Anderson, Director of Product, Workflow Solutions – Digital Science

      Session 4: INDUSTRY COLLABORATION

      3:50 pm / 4:05 pm – Product preview: Introducing the Dimensions University Innovation Dashboard

      • Miguel Garcia, Product Director – Digital Science

      4:05 pm / 4:20 pm – Accelerating Collaboration: How Discovery Profiles Drive Academic-Industry Partnerships

      • Stephanie Guichard, RSM, APAC Academic – Figshare & Symplectic

      4:20 pm / 4:30 pm – Wrap-up and closing remarks

      • Julia Hawks, CCO, Data & Analytics – Digital Science

      4:30 pm – END

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      DS APAC 2025 https://www.digital-science.com/conference/research-transformation-navigating-change-together/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 09:12:23 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?page_id=74239 Digital Science is delighted to host an event for members of the academic community on 4-5 March at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. 

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      Research Transformation: navigating change together

      4th – 5th March
      Sydney, Australia

      Digital Science is delighted to host an event for members of the academic community on 4-5 March at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. 

      As technological advancements, new research practices, and global challenges reshape academia, institutions face both new opportunities and complex challenges. This event is designed to foster meaningful discussions and connections as the sector navigates this transformative time.

      Join us to:

      • Hear from industry-leaders and peers on their strategic approach to current and future organisational challenges.
      • Network and share thoughts about the future of academia.
      • Find out what’s next on our product roadmap and how it can make your jobs easier and more effective. 
      • Gain actionable insights and strategies to help you address the challenges of today and tomorrow. 

      Don’t miss this opportunity to connect, collaborate, and gain insights into the future of academic research.

      Please note that registration closes on the 28th February.

      Agenda & Speakers: 

      Below is a preview of what you can look forward to during the event, along with key timings to help you plan your attendance and travel.  

      We’re also excited to welcome speakers from universities including the University Technology Sydney, University of South Australia, Macquarie University and Griffith University. 

      4th March Day 1: 10:00 Welcome (arrival from 9.30)

      Day one themes: navigating change and open research 

      • Research transformation: change in the era of AI, Open and Impact 
      • Pathways to Research Transformation 
      • Unlocking open access with Figshare and Symplectic Elements 
      • Key highlights from the Figshare and Symplectic product roadmaps, including recent releases and enhancements, new functionality and a look to the future. 
      • Discussion around opportunities, and responsibilities for supporting the National Persistent Identifier Strategy

      Day one will also conclude with an informal drinks reception from 17:00. 

      5th March Day 2: 10:00 Welcome to day 2 (arrival from 09:30) 

      Day two themes: research security and impact evaluation 

      • Key highlights from the Dimensions and Altmetric product roadmaps, including recent releases and enhancements, new functionality and a look to the future.
      • An introduction to Dimensions Research Security 
      • Responding to evolving research security legislation
      • Exploring diverse assessment approaches and opportunities for learning and collaboration

      Location:

      Aerial Function Centre UTS, Level7/235 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia


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      Will 2025 be a turning point for Open Access? https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2024/10/will-2025-be-a-turning-point-for-open-access/ Tue, 22 Oct 2024 10:20:59 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?p=73725 The race is on for many publishers to make the transition to open access (OA) in 2025 and beyond. We ask, are these targets achievable?

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      With a number of deadlines for open access (OA) coming up in 2025 and beyond, the race is on for many publishers to make the transition to OA. Simon Linacre asks, are these targets achievable?


      Traditionally, September and October have always been one of the busiest – and most interesting – times to be in the publishing industry. Back in the day, September would be the deadline for the first of the following year’s issues to be collated by editors, while in more recent times big events like the ALPSP Conference, the Frankfurt Book Fair and Open Access Week have set the agenda for the remainder of the year and beyond.

      In 2024, this period has perhaps more intrigue than most given a number of deadlines and political events occurring in the next 12 months or so, many of them revolving around open access (OA) and its further adoption. But will things pan out the way people anticipate, and are there solutions that can be used to help forge a path through so many uncertainties about the future?

      Conference season

      At the recent ALPSP Conference in Manchester in September, there was a good deal of discussion about how open access had developed this year, and its potential progress in 2025 and beyond. Perhaps unsurprisingly at a conference full of publishers, the mood was a little downbeat when it came to the theme of OA, but not for the reasons one might think. Reading between the lines, there was a frustration at the shifting sands many felt they had to constantly navigate, in the shape of changing or newly introduced policies, and a sense that innovation was being stymied as a result.

      For example, the tone for OA seemed to have been set by the JISC report on transformative agreements (TAs) which was published in the UK earlier in 2024. This made for somber reading, with the headline prediction that while the UK’s transitioning to OA was faster than most countries, based on the journal flipping rates observed between 2018–2022 it would take at least 70 years for the big five publishers to flip their TA titles to OA. 

      With this in mind, the fact that there were deadlines for Plan S set for 2025 around transition that seemed unlikely to be met, and with the OSTP memo in the US mired in committees and a potential change on the cards in the White House, the belief among many publishers was that the move to OA was not happening at the pace or in the direction that many thought it would.

      Geopolitical calculations

      In addition to what is happening in the UK, Europe and in the US, events further afield are also causing publishers to take stock of their medium-to-long-term strategies. The publication of authors based in Russia has declined sharply since the invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, and collaboration between US authors and those based in China have also decreased, possibly due to policy changes by the Chinese government favoring publication in China-based journals, but also potentially due to fears about research security issues in the US and in other countries. 

      China’s move to OA is also happening at a much lower level than many countries, which is significant as it takes up such a high percentage of published articles, passing the US a few years ago as the world’s most prolific publisher of research articles. As a result, despite the increase in the number of TAs being agreed with universities, publishers are still seeing a high degree of uncertainty in the transition to OA.

      Forward motion

      This uncertainty will be in the back of publishers’ minds when celebrating OA Week this year, coming as it does every year on the back of major conferences such as ALPSP and Frankfurt, and in the midst of fine tuning budgets for the following year. At Digital Science, we understand this predicament given how closely we work with publishers as customers, and also because many of us have worked in the publishing industry ourselves. As such, we have been analyzing how Digital Science solutions can help publishers steer a path forward on OA and transformative agreements, and have created this use case for Dimensions in support of our community.

      This resource has been designed to reflect the period of change that the publishing industry is undergoing, supporting the need for publishers to create, evaluate and negotiate TAs by delivering a strong range of historical and predictive data through Dimensions. Using the Dimensions database – which now holds data on almost 150m publications as well as details on funding, grants and patents – publishers can easily find and analyze data surrounding authorship across categories such as country, geography, institution and funder. Understanding a given discipline’s current or future state of play can complement publishers’ own data and inform their strategies accordingly.

      Solid state

      The theme of this year’s OA Week – ‘Community over Commercialization’ – is a deliberately provocative one, and should engender a good deal of debate during the week and beyond. It should also broaden the conversation to adjacent areas such as open research and open science, as here we have policy and geopolitics making waves for everyone involved in the research ecosystem. 

      The origin of some of these ripples can be seen in two upcoming reports from Digital Science. At the end of October, a new report on Research Transformation includes substantial input from those involved in academia on how OA is impacting on their work, while November sees the ninth annual State of Open Data report, tracking how researchers see open data issues developing as part of their work. Without giving too much away, both of these reports call for greater awareness of – and support using – the myriad of fast-developing technologies that are starting to impact academics and their institutions. As such, the community of interest that supports OA Week every year needs to work together in the ecosystem they all inhabit if those OA deadlines are to be met.


      Simon Linacre

      About the Author

      Simon Linacre, Head of Content, Brand & Press | Digital Science

      Simon has 20 years’ experience in scholarly communications. He has lectured and published on the topics of bibliometrics, publication ethics and research impact, and has recently authored a book on predatory publishing. Simon is an ALPSP tutor and has also served as a COPE Trustee.

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      SRAI 2024 https://www.digital-science.com/conference/srai-2024/ Tue, 01 Oct 2024 12:31:36 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?page_id=73441 Digital Science is proud to support SRAI members.

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      Digital Science is proud to support SRAI members

      At Digital Science we are dedicated to making open, collaborative, and inclusive research a reality, partnering with academic institutions to provide pioneering AI-powered tools that enhance decision-making, foster innovation, and help shape a future where trusted, collaborative research drives progress for all.

      How can we support you?

      Our solutions and expertise offer exclusive access to global data to support your goals and improve decision-making around your research investments across the entire research lifecycle.


      Assess foreign influence, vet researchers and be compliant to safeguard your institution’s reputation.


      Access unrivalled data and insights to analyze the funding landscape, enhance decision making and address critical questions.


      Objectively pinpoint strengths, measure influence and elevate research recognition


      Integrate and optimize research workflows and effectively manage data to maximize funding and showcase impact.


      Navigate the research landscape to uncover new opportunities for academic and industry collaborations.

      What’s coming up for SRAI members?

      “How to ensure your institutions research security in an increasingly complex environment”

       

      Upcoming webinar February 26th at 2:00 ET
      More details coming soon!

      Visit us at booth 302
      Schedule a 1:1 meeting to explore how we can support your needs
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      To reserve your spot, email Michael Qiu, our VP of Academic Sales—availability is limited, so act quickly.

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      Shining a light on conflict of interest statements https://www.digital-science.com/blog/2024/09/shining-a-light-on-conflict-of-interest-statements/ Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:56:41 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?p=73188 A Digital Science study of conflict of interest statements highlights the need for a more careful appraisal of published research.

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      Authors either have a conflict of interest or not, right? Wrong. Research from Digital Science has uncovered a tangled web of missing statements, errors, and subterfuge, which highlights the need for a more careful appraisal of published research.


      At this year’s World Conference on Research Integrity, a team of researchers from Digital Science led by Pritha Sarkar presented a poster with findings from their deep dive on conflict of interest (COI) statements. Entitled Conflict of Interest: A data driven approach to categorisation of COI statements, the initial goal was to look at COI statements with a view to creating a binary model that determines whether a Conflict of Interest statement is present or not in an article. 

      However, all was not as it seemed. While some articles had no COI and some had one present, those present covered a number of different areas, which led the team to think COIs might represent a spectrum rather than binary options.

      Gold standard

      Conflict of interest is a crucial aspect of academic integrity. Properly declaring a COI statement is essential for other researchers to assess any potential bias in scholarly articles. However, those same researchers often encounter COI statements that are either inadequate or misleading in some way even if they are present. 

      The Digital Science team – all working on research integrity with Dimensions – soon realized the data could be leveraged further to better explore the richness inherent in the nuanced COI statements. After further research and analysis, it became clear that COI statements could be categorized into six distinct types:

      1. None Declared
      2. Membership or Employment
      3. Funds Received
      4. Shareholder, Stakeholder or Ownership
      5. Personal Relationship
      6. Donation

      This analysis involved manually annotating hundreds of COI statements with Natural Language Processing (NLP) tools. The aim was to create a gold standard that could be used to categorize all other COI statements, however despite the team’s diligence a significant challenge persisted in the shape of ‘data skewness’ – which can be defined as an imbalance in the distribution of data within a dataset that can impact data processing and analytics.

      Fatal flaw

      One irresistible conclusion to the data skewness was a simple one – that authors weren’t truthfully reporting their conflicts of interest. But could this really be true?

      The gold standard approach came from manually and expertly annotating COI statements to develop an auto-annotation process. However, despite the algorithm’s ability to auto-annotate 33,812 papers in just 15 minutes, the skewness that had been initially identified persisted, leading to the false reporting theory for authors (see Figure 1 of COI Poster). 

      To firm up this hypothesis, when the Retraction Watch database was analyzed, the troubling trend, including the discrepancy between reported COI category and retraction reason, became even more apparent (see Figure 2 of the COI Poster). 

      Moreover, when the team continued with the investigation, they found there were 24,289 overlapping papers in Dimensions GBQ and Retraction Watch, and among those papers, 393 were retracted due to conflict of interest. Out of those 393 papers, 134 had a COI statement, however 119 declared there was no conflict to declare.

      Conclusion

      Underreporting and misreporting conflict of interest statements or types can undermine the integrity of scholarly work. Other research integrity issues around paper mills, plagiarism and predatory journals have already damaged the trust the public has with published research, so further problems with COIs can only worsen the situation. With the evidence of these findings, it is clear that all stakeholders in the research publication process must adopt standard practices on reporting critical trust markers such as COI to uphold the transparency and honesty in scholarly endeavors. 

      To finish on a positive note, this research poster was awarded second-place at the 2024 World Conference on Research Integrity, showing that the team’s research has already attracted considerable attention among those who seek to safeguard research integrity and trust in science.

      You can find the poster on Figshare: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25901707.v2

      Partial data and the code for this project are also available on Figshare.


      For more on the topic of research integrity, see details of Digital Science’s Catalyst Grant award for 2024, which focuses on digital solutions around this topic.

      Simon Linacre

      About the Author

      Simon Linacre, Head of Content, Brand & Press | Digital Science

      Simon has 20 years’ experience in scholarly communications. He has lectured and published on the topics of bibliometrics, publication ethics and research impact, and has recently authored a book on predatory publishing. Simon is an ALPSP tutor and has also served as a COPE Trustee.

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      Research leaders https://www.digital-science.com/audience/research-leaders/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:56:11 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?post_type=audience&p=71945 Resources and insights for the academic research leadership community

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      Our vision is of a future where a trusted and collaborative research ecosystem drives progress for all. 

      Discover how our AI-enabled solutions can provide valuable insights and solutions to support decision making across the entire research lifecycle – from strategy development, to impact measurement and showcasing.

      How can we support you?

      Access unrivalled data and insights to analyze the funding landscape, enhance decision making and address critical questions

      Objectively pinpoint strengths, measure influence and deliver trustworthy information to help strengthen and elevate the influence of research recognition

      Analyze awarded grants and pinpoint potential collaborators for more compelling grant applications

      Integrate and optimize research workflows and effectively manage data to maximize funding and showcase results.

      Navigate the research landscape to uncover new opportunities for academic and industry collaboration. Empower researchers to seamlessly collaborate and share their findings, fostering a dynamic and interconnected research community.

      Better understand your research security risks, assess foreign influence, review potential research collaborations and be compliant to safeguard your institution’s reputation, its researchers and funding.

      Empower and enhance transparency across the research ecosystem. Cultivate a knowledge sharing environment and provide robust support to researchers in light of mandates.

      In partnership with EARMA, our panel will delve into the evolving open research landscape and look at how data captured throughout the research lifecycle can uncover insights and boat research impact

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      Academia is at a pivotal juncture. It has often been criticized as slow to change, but external pressures from an increasingly complex world are forcing rapid change in the sector.

      To understand more about how the research world is transforming, what’s influencing change, and how roles are impacted, we reached out to the research community through a global survey and in-depth interviews.

      Latest insights

      Setting out Digital Science’s commitment to Open Research now and into the future

      Case study: Tracking SDGs

      How Carnegie Mellon University tracks SDGs using Symplectic Elements

      How universities can extract and utilize verified data from the increasing sources using Dimensions

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      A new campaign from Digital Science looks at how research can transform society at large

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      Librarian https://www.digital-science.com/audience/academic-institutions/librarian/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:52:22 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?post_type=audience&p=71821 Resources and insights for the library community

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      Librarian resource hub

      Resources and insights for the library community

      Our vision is of a future where a trusted and collaborative research ecosystem drives progress for all. 

      Discover how our AI-enabled solutions can provide the valuable insights and solutions you need to empower researchers to advance the research lifecycle and make open, collaborative and inclusive research possible.

      How can we support you?

      Empower and enhance transparency across the research ecosystem. Cultivate a knowledge sharing environment and provide robust support to researchers

      Objectively pinpoint strengths, measure influence and deliver trustworthy information to help strengthen and elevate the influence of research recognition

      Integrate and optimize research workflows and effectively manage data to maximize funding and showcase results

      Empower researchers to seamlessly collaborate and share their findings, fostering a dynamic and interconnected research community

      Research Transformation

      Academia is at a pivotal juncture. It has often been criticised as slow to change, but external pressures from an increasingly complex world are forcing rapid change in the sector.

      To understand more about how the research world is transforming, what’s influencing change, and how roles are impacted, we reached out to the research community through a global survey and in-depth interviews.

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      Mind the trust gap

      How do we hold on to the sanctity of science and ‘mind the trust gap’ that some perceive?

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      Research transformation

      A new campaign from Digital Science looks at how research can transform society at large

      Case study: Expertise search solution

      How the University of Oxford implemented Symplectic Elements as an expertise search solution

      A new approach for AI

      Introducing an integration between Dimensions and ChatGPT for a new way to research data

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      Research collaboration https://www.digital-science.com/audience/academic-institutions/research-collaboration/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:48:06 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?post_type=audience&p=71798 Supporting research collaboration with our solutions to help paint a more complete picture of the research landscape

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      Research collaboration

      Uncover new opportunities for collaboration across academia and industry

      Supporting research collaboration

      Our solutions can help paint a more complete picture of the research landscape, equipping you with the tools and insights needed to identify new collaboration opportunities and empowering researchers to seamlessly collaborate and showcase the results and impact of their work across the community.

      How can I see existing collaborations?

      Establish an overview of existing partnerships with various institutions, organizations and countries worldwide, so you are well placed to connect faculty members with experts to enhance research, and select partnerships to nurture.

      Access extensive data points to help you to measure the success of existing partnership programs.

      Support external collaborations in the writing process, and access data to see which organizations are being collaborated with.

      Jeffrey Holmes, the Dean of Engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, explains how Dimensions has supported their hiring process and their search for better collaborations.

      How can I identify potential partners? 

      Identify researchers with a common research mission within a specific field of research and pinpoint opportunistic areas for focus and talent acquisition.

      How can I find new industry collaborators? 

      Increasing access to funding via strategic partnerships within the industry for tech transfer and commercialization opportunities that can be crucial for fostering innovation and driving growth.

      Dimensions can be a valuable resource in identifying organizations that have received industry partnership grants, enabling you to pinpoint suitable businesses for potential partnership or alliance formation.

      Using Dimensions to identify potential collaborators within the industry

      How can I make collaborating with external teams easier?

      Overleaf is collaborative by design. With commenting, real-time track changes, document history, and more, it makes writing together easier, whether that’s a student working with their professor or a research group collaborating with another organization anywhere in the world.

      How can I find funder information?

      Discover funding sources for your strategically important areas of research, and drill down to see specific information including the country.

      How can I help our internal team collaborate better? 

      Take academic research collaboration to the next level with Papers – a reference management solution that helps teams simplify the way they work together by improving the way they discover, organize, read, annotate, share, and cite research.

      How can I best showcase equipment and services?

      Symplectic Elements can serve as a catalyst for tech transfer by providing a centralised platform for industry-academic collaboration, facilitating the exchange of knowledge and resources, and driving the commercialisation of research innovations for the benefit of society.

      The best features of Papers are the intuitive interface, the collaborative shared library, the ease of creating bibliographies, and the annotation tools. The desktop and web versions work very nicely together and the Match feature works very well too

      David Sykes M.D., Ph.D. | Massachusetts General Hospital | Harvard Medical School

      Case study: University of Toronto uses Symplectic Elements to showcase expertise through public researcher profiles

      How can I showcase our expertise? 

      Attract recognition for academic achievements and researcher expertise through public facing profiles, opening up new routes to impact discovery, collaboration, and partnership.

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      A new report shows how vital social sciences are to STM and innovation in the UK

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      An interview with Nobel Prize-winner Venki Ramakrishnan

      Using Dimensions and Altmetric to identify key opinion leaders

      Figshare supporting research collaboration

      Why one university has launched a Figshare institutional repository to share, showcase and manage its creative and scholarly outputs

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      Research compliance https://www.digital-science.com/audience/research-compliance/ Tue, 04 Jun 2024 09:46:16 +0000 https://www.digital-science.com/?post_type=audience&p=71937 Comply with government, funder and internal compliance standards and mandates.

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      Research compliance

      Comply with government, funder and internal compliance standards and mandates.

      Supporting research compliance

      Over the past decade, there has been a global shift from 70% of all publishing being closed access to over half being open access. Now, institutions worldwide are required to ensure compliance with government and funding bodies’ policies on open access, open data mandates, as well as reporting and tracking requirements.

      Our Research Information Management (RIMs) solutions make data sharing easy, enabling you to focus on tracking and monitoring compliance. 

      How can I support faculty in navigating the Open Access landscape?

      In The State of Open Data 2023, nearly three-quarters of researchers said they had never received support for making their data openly available.

      Maturing your research management infrastructure and support offerings is crucial to effectively support your research community with growing funder and publisher requirements for open research. 

      Figshare repository infrastructure and Symplectic Elements work together to provide a holistic research management solution; reducing administrative burden, creating efficiencies for your team and offering best-in-class research management systems for your researchers and faculty.

      How can I reduce the complexity of compliance for researchers? 

      Meet 100% of the desirable characteristics of data repositories for federally funded research, laid out by The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) themselves

      • Free and easy access 
      • Clear use guidance
      • Retention policy
      • Long-term organizational sustainability 
      • Unique persistent identifiers  
      • Metadata 
      • Broad and measured reuse 
      • Provenance 
      • Authentication 
      • Long-term technical sustainability 
      • Security & integrity

      How can I track and monitor my institution’s compliance?

      Collect and report on research inputs, outputs, outcomes, and professional activities, to ensure you have the data you need to meet reporting requirements.

      To help inform internal quality judgements, Symplectic Elements integrates with a wide range of external data sources, automatically harvesting a range of metrics from sources including; Dimensions, Web of Science, Scopus, Europe PMC and Altmetric.

      Symplectic’s Open Access Monitor was pretty critical to our REF open access compliance monitoring – I can’t really imagine doing without it.

      Open Access Compliance Manager | University College London

      How can I demonstrate to funders that researchers have undergone thorough vetting?

      Funders of research in sensitive areas – such as defense technology – have strict requirements pertaining to researchers involved with such projects. Effectively conduct due diligence to:

      • Surface international collaborations on publications and grants, view past & current affiliations, related IP & clinical trials
      • Analyze international funders acknowledged on potential researchers’ publications
      • Identify undisclosed collaborations or international funding sources that may put your institution’s grant application at risk

      How can ensure compliance with federal and governmental regulations in your hiring decisions?

      Identify potential risks to your research security, verify disclosures, and review research networks with Dimensions Research Security. 

      New and emerging mandatory research security regulations can often mean fines, penalties, reputational damage and the potential loss of stakeholder trust and funding for academic institutions found non-compliant. 

      Easily guide your hiring decisions and protect your institution with Dimensions Research Security – an easy-to-use and powerful solution combining visual dashboards with data drawn from the world’s largest global research information database.

      Latest insights

      How a new app can make it easy to assess potential research security risks and thoroughly review potential researcher collaborations quickly

      Ensuring research security

      How Dimensions Research Security can assess potential risk, complete compliance tasks and build trust.

      How to protect international collaboration and foreign contributions critical to the success of research

      Mind the trust gap

      How do we hold on to the sanctity of science and ‘mind the trust gap’ that some perceive?

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