An evaluator's task is to connect the dots between program goals and its outcomes. This can be accomplished through surveys, research, interviews, frequently performed post hoc. Evaluation hampered by a lack of data that clearly with outcomes and, in particular, ambiguity about who has participated what contributions they have made. Manually making these connections very labor-intensive, algorithmic matching introduces errors assumptions distort results. In this paper, we discuss use...

Persistent identifiers (PIDs) – for people (researchers), places (their organizations) and things research outputs other contributions) are foundational elements in the overall information infrastructure. They enable these entities to be uniquely identified connected, create reliable links between them. In this paper we describe what PIDs how they work. We demonstrate how, if widely adopted, connections will result improved access information, opportunitiesfor collaboration, reduced...

<p xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" class="first" dir="auto" id="d737118e84">Thirteen years after its launch, ORCID has been integrated in hundreds of research systems and is used by millions researchers contributors, making it a powerful tool for author identification. But, despite important developments such as the recent introduction trust markers records, full potential improving integrity not yet realized. In this session, Alice Meadows will use framework strategic...

As scholarly communications became digital, Open Access and, more broadly, open research, emerged among the most exciting possibilities of academic Web. However, these have been constrained by phenomena carried over from print age. Information resources dwell in discrete silos. It is difficult to connect authors and others unambiguously specific outputs, despite advances algorithmic matching. Connecting funding information, datasets, other essential research information individuals their...

The digitization of journal content and its availability online has revolutionized publishing in recent years, resulting both opportunities challenges for traditional publishers. explosion data the emergence new players such as Google, business models like Open Access, consumers producers, example, China are significantly changing face publishing. It is not yet clear what impact these changes will be but by continuing to collaborate with our existing stakeholders building partnerships...

Key points Publishers increasingly acknowledge the need for better recognition of peer review activities and are experimenting with ways to achieve this. A recent community working group recommended a set data exchange standards support this recognition, these have now been implemented by Open Researcher Contributor ID. The American Geophysical Union F1000 first adopters new functionality.

Key points Open research infrastructure provides the building blocks of scientific progress, which must be available to everyone, with no barriers access. Organizations enabling open endorse these fundamental principles: equity, value, trust, interoperability, sustainability, and community governance. Finding ways invite co‐creation participation engenders a strong sense ‘buy‐in’ is therefore essential developing successful infrastructure.

As an industry, scholarly publishing attracts more women than men. Yet despite their majority, there is a concerning dearth of in the industry's most senior positions. Furthermore, and we will posit, contributing to this leadership divide, significant gender gap speaking opportunities at major industry conferences. In paper, present research that supports these claims offer three distinct challenges – organizations; work for them; community large help address imbalance improve parity, both...

This report explores the role of women in STEM and challenges they face, looking at areas gender inequality, exploring potential causes this inequality offering solutions. Women’s reluctance to step into leading roles, their tendency suffer from “imposter syndrome” career breaks as a result motherhood, are just some contributory factors holding them back, well outdated, sexist attitudes sometimes have face workplace.In recognition Ada Lovelace Day, we hope is thought provoking provides an...

In January 2016, eight publishers and scholarly associations signed an open letter committing their organization to requiring ORCID iDs for authors do so following ORCID's best practices. By the end of there were 25 signatories letter, 16 which had gone live with this requirement. This report summarizes impact initiative, highlights successes challenges, identifies opportunities improvement based on lessons learned.