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JST (Japan Science and Technology Agency), one of Japan’s prominent funders of research in science and the agency hosting J-STAGE journal and J-STAGE Data platforms, announces the launch of its preprint server Jxiv on March 24. As preprints globally become more acceptable as one of the forms of publication of research, Jxiv has been launched […]

On 23 February 2022, during the R2R Conference Michael Levine-Clark (Dean of Libraries, University of Denver), Joaquín Giménez Héau (Research Data Coordinator at UNAM, Mexico), and Judy Russell (Dean of University Libraries, University of Florida) led a discussion on “Research Data Discoverability: The role of libraries in making research data discoverable and accessible. Presentation Link: […]

Open research is concerned with making scientific research more transparent, more collaborative and more efficient, the same goals that led to the creation of CHORUS nine years ago.  In this spirit, CHORUS developed a set of Open Research Principles that align with CHORUS values, and is asking members and other organizations to signal their support.  […]

CHORUS and ChemRxiv have signed a one-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to pilot a preprint dashboard service. By using persistent identifiers, CHORUS will create a dashboard for ChemRxiv that connects preprints to funders and datasets as well as information related to public accessibility and other key metadata to be added later. The Preprint Dashboard will […]

CHORUS FORUM: What Article Version Best Supports Research Integrity? 25 February 2022 @ 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM EST – Free online meeting #CHORUS Forum During the past few years, confidence in the integrity of scientific research has come into question. The use of preprints and unpublished materials has been on the rise. What does […]

Wednesday, 12 January at 15:15-16:45 during the APE 2022 forum a discussion on “Ensuring Public Access to Research Data” was given along with some of the challenges faced by research institutions of different sizes in managing data. Moderated by Nick Campbell, VP for Funder Relations at Springer Nature. Rick Anderson, University Librarian, Brigham Young University […]

Several members of the CHORUS Academic Advisory Working Group (AAWG) were on the conference circuit in November, speaking at two key events. Charleston Conference On 4 November 2021, Michael Levine-Clark (Dean of Libraries, University of Denver), Liz Lorbeer (Chair, Medical Library, Stryker School of Medicine, Western Michigan University), and Judy Russell (Dean of University Libraries, […]

CHORUS is pleased to announce two enhancements to CHORUS’ core services to identify and monitor research articles reporting on funded research. CHORUS Auditing Service Expands with Unpaywall CHORUS is now capturing results from Unpaywall to enhance our open access monitoring processes. The inclusion of Unpaywall’s Open Access checks augment existing CHORUS open access monitoring  procedures […]

Over 250 publishers, researchers, librarians, and research funders registered for the CHORUS Forum: Are We Ready for Data Citation Metrics held on 28 October 2021.  This forum was co-hosted with the American Geophysical Union. The full recording of the forum session is available on the event page as well as the individual presentations. Shelley Stall, […]

The Show US the Data virtual conference held on October 20, 2021 was a great success with over 500 registrants.It showed that automated search and discovery tools were possible to develop and that those tools could be used to find and close some gaps between what agencies know about how their data are being used […]