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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 OurResearch blog.| OurResearch blog
We recently announced major changes to Unpaywall on our Unpaywall google group (https://groups.google.com/g/unpaywall) and via email to Unpaywall Premium Subscribers. A lot of folks aren’t on the group so we’re announcing here as well. TL;DRUnpaywall has migrated to a new codebase that helps us address data quality issues faster, and you may notice some changes. […]| OurResearch blog
As 2024 comes to a close, we’re taking the opportunity to reflect on the year behind us. And what a year it has been for OpenAlex! It’s hard to believe that it was only one year ago when we launched the Beta of our web interface and the first University, The Sorbonne, announced that they […] The post OpenAlex: 2024 in Review appeared first on OurResearch blog.| OurResearch blog
OurResearch is proud to announce a grant of $688,800 from The Navigation Fund to develop and launch an open, sustainable, web-based research intelligence (RI) module for the OpenAlex website. Our goal is to support expert finding, trend detection, and knowledge gap identification for researchers and research users. The RI module will serve as a map […] The post OurResearch receives $688k grant from Navigation Fund to enhance the OpenAlex User Interface appeared first on OurResearch blog.| OurResearch 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.| OurResearch 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 OurResearch blog.| OurResearch 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 OurResearch blog.| OurResearch 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 […] The post Assigning Institutions — New England Journal of Medicine Case Study appeared first on OurResearch blog.| OurResearch blog
Next month, we’re submitting a renewal application for our main grant. This grant helps keep OpenAlex free to you. We need your help to get the renewal. There are two ways to help: Details below: 1. Testimonial We need to show our funder that we’re making a real and necessary impact. Testimonials are amazing for […] The post How you can help keep OpenAlex free appeared first on OurResearch blog.| OurResearch blog
New research from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research analyzes global migration of scholars, using bibliometric data. ... Overall, we are very proud that OpenAlex is being recognized as an emerging high-quality, completely open source of bibliometric data that can be used for demographic research. The lack of restrictions on our data is extremely important as it eliminates barriers that researchers face in doing their work.| OurResearch blog