News Jisc launches Plan S-compliant repository
Jisc has launched a multi-content repository for storing research data and articles that will make it easier for university staff to manage the administration around open access publishing. The repository offers simple, cost-
effective ways to manage, store and share digital research outputs, and will allow institutions to meet all Plan-S mandatory requirements and other funder and publisher mandates for open scholarship. Developed with input from the research
sector, the research repository allows institutions to manage open access articles, research data and theses in a single system. The service is the most interoperable system on the market and permits integration with a wide range of Current Research Information Systems (CRIS), research management systems and digital preservation systems. This makes it easier to report against funder mandates, creating automated workflows that transfer data objects and metadata, which reduces re-keying information between systems.
Liz Bal, Jisc’s director of open research
services, said: ‘We are delighted to offer institutions this service for the long-term management of all their digital research outputs, from articles, datasets and theses, to metadata-only records and outputs that normally can’t be added to subject or funder data repositories.’ Cardiff University’s research data manager Kellie Snow said: ‘Cardiff University recognises the significant social and economic benefits associated with free and open access to publicly- funded research. That’s why we welcome
Physics societies unite in support of OA
Major physics societies, which support physical science researchers with the publication of more than 75,000 peer- reviewed journal articles each year, have joined forces to show their commitment to open access (OA) for physics research. The group comprises 16
societies: the Acoustical Society of America, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine, the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Astronomical Society, the American Crystallographic Association, the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, American Institute of Physics, American Physical Society, AVS Science & Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processes, the Chinese Physical Society, European Physical Society, Institute of Physics, Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, the Laser Institute of America, The
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Optical Society (OSA), and the Society of Rheology. In a joint statement the
societies detail how they have long embraced open science and OA to research results. Their proactive engagement, such as the launch of high- quality OA journals, switching hybrid journals to full OA and establishing transformative agreements, has contributed to an average annual growth in OA physics articles of more than 25 per cent, compared with an overall average annual growth in physics articles of around two per cent. Having supported open publishing in physics for decades, the group says its common ambition is that all OA models provide financially sustainable support for author choice and the quality of peer- review and publication upon which excellent physics research relies.
The statement highlights how policies, such as the proposed
Jisc’s research repository, which allows us to meet funder and publisher expectations for open data, aligning with our commitment to open research and our signature to the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, supporting responsible research assessment and accountability. Jisc has worked closely with us to align their research repository with our workflows, and to ensure that our connectivity requirements are met. Jisc’s support around integration with our CRIS has been particularly responsive to our customisation needs.’ The research repository is a fully managed ‘software-as-a-service’ provision, which is hosted on a secure cloud platform. Included in the service is a ‘FAIR checker’ to make sure research data is ‘findable, accessible, interoperable and reusable’. In support of open research, Jisc
also offers research systems connect, a preservation service and research repository plus: a single service to manage, store, preserve and share digital research outputs.
cOAlition S Rights Retention Strategy, could undermine the viability of high-quality hybrid journals and the important role they play in balancing OA expansion with the researcher’s freedom to publish where they choose. It stresses the need for
broader international financial support for OA to be in place before hybrid journals can fully
transition, pointing out that adjustments to the global flow of funding will take time. The group also acknowledges
the strong culture of sharing results before peer review via preprint platforms, and calls for funders to increase their recognition and encouragement for this practice in physics as a complement to peer-reviewed journal publication.
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