For years, we’ve been working under the name OurResearch. That name sat at the top of our org chart, with three child projects under it: OpenAlex, Unpaywall, and Unsub. Starting today, things are simpler: that org chart now has just one parent—OpenAlex—with Unpaywall and Unsub beneath it. Why the change? Three reasons: 1. Fewer brands […] The post We’re now OpenAlex appeared first on OpenAlex blog.| OpenAlex blog
TLDR: Over the next five months we’re migrating OpenAlex to a new, better codebase; our schema won’t change, but some data (5%) will, and we’ll add over 50 million new works. Why the change OpenAlex was written in a big hurry, to fill the gap left when Microsoft Academic Graph disappeared. The code was rushed […] The post We’re Rebuilding OpenAlex While It’s Running — Here’s What’s Changing appeared first on OpenAlex blog.| OpenAlex blog
OurResearch is proud to announce a $7.5M grant from Arcadia, to establish a sustainable and completely open index of the world’s research ecosystem. The post OurResearch receives $7.5M grant from Arcadia to establish OpenAlex, a milestone development for Open Science appeared first on OpenAlex blog.| OpenAlex blog
The Financial Times recently published an article detailing Sorbonne University’s “radical decision” to switch to OpenAlex for its publication database and bibliometric analytics. The article (behind a paywall, unfortunately 😞) came out a little while ago, but we wanted to highlight it here in case you missed it. The news comes in the context of […] The post Coverage in the Financial Times of OpenAlex and the Sorbonne appeared first on OpenAlex blog.| OpenAlex blog
We at OpenAlex are thrilled at Sorbonne University’s recent announcement that they will be switching to OpenAlex for their publication database and bibliometric analytics, abandoning the use of proprietary products! The Sorbonne, a leading French university, made their announcement in a recent post (click here for the English version; click here for the French version). […] The post Sorbonne University announces switch to OpenAlex appeared first on OpenAlex blog.| OpenAlex blog
The New England Journal of Medicine uses a non-standard format when presenting authors and their institutional affiliations, which is a problem when we want to keep track of these links in our data. We developed a custom algorithm to solve this problem, preserving more than a hundred thousand author-institution links. Linking works, authors, and institutions […]| OpenAlex blog
