OpenAIRE at INFSO-RTD, Open Access Co-ordination Workshop, Brussels, May 2011

Yannis Ioannidis

Professor, Dept of Informatics & Telecom, U. Athens

President & Gen. Director, ATHENA Research Center

Peeking Through an Open Window to OpenAIRE

INFSO-RTD, Open Access Co-ordination Workshop, Brussels, 4 May 2011

Open Access to Knowledge


“Scientific information has the power to transform our lives for the better - it is too valuable to be locked away.”

Neelie Kroes Vice President of the European Commission for the Digital Agenda

OpenAIRE brings the innovation cycle to a new open world, contributing to the Digital Agenda for Europe

OpenAIRE & Open Access

OpenAIRE makes Open Access a reality for research publications

OpenAIRE implements the OA pilot in FP7 of the EC

OpenAIRE addresses projects with special clause 39 in their grant agreement …

… and beyond


OpenAIRE & Infrastructures

- OpenAIRE delivers participatory infrastructure of repositories, technologies, people- building on existing European infrastructures- pushing coordination of repositories- capitalizing on existing technologies- building up support networks for and of people



o Links OA repositories with FP7 / ERC projectso Provides repository for “homeless” publicationso Calculates statistics on OA/FP7/ERC deposition

FP7 /ERC Project InformationOA repositories

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Researchers Funders

OpenAIRE Participatory Design

Institutional repositoriesand depositionsgrowing over timeStrong institutional commitment: responsibilityand mission for maintainingcentral repositoryIndividual cost can be very high: Participatory design avoids expense duplication

Founded on DRIVER’s 292(↑) validated repositories


OpenAIRE & Research Impact


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OpenAIRE puts foundations to measure research impact per publication, researcher, project, institution, country, …

OA repositories

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Funders

Repository Managers

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OpenAIRE & European Freedoms

OpenAIRE improves scientific information access, use and reuse - easier & more reliable

OpenAIRE improves free info movement in European Research Area benefiting

– researchers, students, citizens– funding officers and industry


OpenAIRE Unique Added Values

Researchers: One-step deposition of publications

– for local reporting– for global dissemination

Researchers/industry: One-stop shop for European open access research publications



Funding agencies: Comprehensive assessment of research impact

– includes national funding project information– extends to national programmes (upcoming

COAR guidelines)

Repository managers: Interoperability and harmonization of repositories

– standards and guidelinesINFSO-RTD, Open Access Co-ordination Workshop, Brussels, 4 May 2011


Policy makers: Generic infrastructures applicable/available beyond OA pilot mandate

– other EC programs– national funding agencies and programs– funding organizations around the globe

– data linked to research publications (OpenAIRE+)– any scientific area– government documents, learning objects, …


OpenAIRE European Footprint

Coordination– University of Athens – Göttingen State and University Library– CNR-ISTI

5 technical partners– Digital libraries, e-Infrastructure experts

6 libraries/library ITs– Active on OA - European & international level

27 national organizations covering entire European Union– National research infrastructures on scholarly

publications5 scientific communities


National Open Access Desks


Region 1 North(DTU)

Denmark (Danish Technical

University)

Finland (University of Helsinki)

Sweden (National Library of

Sweden)

Region 2 South(UMINHO)

Cyprus (Universtity of Cyprus)

Greece (National

Documentation Center)

Italy (CASPAR)

Malta (Malta Council for

Science & Technology)

Portugal (University of Minho)

Spain (Spanish Foundation

for Science & Technology)

Region 3 East(eIFL)

Bulgaria (Bulgarian Academy of

Sciences)

Czech Republic (Technical University of

Ostrava)

Estonia (University of Tartu)

Hungary (HUNOR)

Latvia (University of Latvia)

Lithuania (Kaunas Technical

University)

Poland (ICM – University of

Warsaw)

Romania (Kosson)

Slovakia (university Library of

Bratislava)

Slovenia (University of Ljubljana)

Region 4 West(UGENT)

France (Couperin)

Germany (University of Kostanz)

Ireland (Trinity College)

Netherlands (Utrecht University)

UK (SHERPA)

Austria (University of Wien)

Belgium (Universtiy of Gent)

Norway(University of Tromsoe)

OpenAIRE & The World

OpenAIRE relaxes and bridges geographic, organisational, disciplinary boundaries

OpenAIRE establishes European leadership in a domain with a global horizon


OpenAIREOpen Access Infrastructure for Research

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Out in the Air with OpenAIRE


Deposition


Deposition Services

Single point of entry to European repositories– Identify institutional, thematic, national

repositories (OpenDOAR repository registry)

Homeless repository– Publications preserved by the CERN library

Link from publishers to EC data– Links to external publications (through DOIs)


Access and Interaction


Access and Interaction

Window to EC funded publications

Find the who, what, when, how of European research

Easy ways to search, identify, and view publications


Window to the World of OA


Window to the World of OA

Open Access Policies and Mandates

Open Access Initiatives– What is happening around in my country, in

similar institutions, in Europe, in the world?

Comprehensive information on national infrastructures


Advocacy, Human Support



Guidelines and how-to’s for– researchers as authors– repository managers– institution leaders

Detailed info on copyrights

Updated FAQ on “hot” issues



Helpdesk customized to your – Needs (researchers, repository manager, funder)– Geographical region (responded by people that

are familiar with your situation, practices)


Get People Involved


Get People Involved

500+ European repositories

292 validated through DRIVER

OpenAIRE Guidelines 1.1

Repository registration and validation tool

Tools to retrieve project info to enrich local metadata

Popular repository platform plugins for OpenAIRE compliance


Repository Validation


Research Output for Funding Input


Research Production & Impact

Quantitative measurements → Qualitative metrics

First: get the numbers– Standards– Tools

Then: do the math– Metrics


Quantitative Measurements


Different types of statistics to evaluate research output• project, programme, scientific area• timelines, country, institution → coming soon

Quantitative Measurements

Putting the foundations

Combine different methodologies and define explorative performance indicators

– Bibliometrics– Webometrics– Usage data


Bibliometrics in OpenAIRE


Total # of citation per project and Working Programme

Frequency distribution of the ISI listed

records per project and Working Programme

Bibliographic and citation data extracted from ISI Web of Science

Project IDs in the SC 39Project List provided by the EC

Webometrics in OpenAIRE


Through popular search engines

Usage Statistics in OpenAIRE

Usage data aggregator– Privacy issues

Collaboration with– National initiatives (SURF, JISC, OAStatistik, …)– European initiatives (Knowledge Exchange, …)

Upcoming OpenAIRE standards & guidelines


Usage Statistics in OpenAIREGoogle Motion Charts


Per Repository

Per Project

Per Publication

Portal: New Face, New Layout


OpenAIRE → OpenAIREplus


Significant effort so far

Significant effort ahead

Moving towards global OA vision

Come join us

Fresh air in innovation cycle

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