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U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released their revised public access plan on 30 June 2023. Read the USDOE announcement here. The plan describes how DOE-funded research and digital data will become more open and available to the public and how DOE will use persistent identifiers to help ensure scientific and research integrity. This plan builds […]

Join us at the next CHORUS Forum Real World Impact of Faculty Publications Tuesday, 26 September 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT   Academic institutions are interested in measuring the real-world impact of faculty publications. What does “real-world impact” mean in this context, and how might it be measured? Once measured, what are the best […]

The 6 June 2023 CHORUS Forum was an open discussion around what it takes to connect pieces of the research lifecycle. The forum was moderated by Phill Jones of MoreBrains Cooperative and sponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery, AIP Publishing, GeoScienceWorld, Silverchair, and STM. Phill Jones, MoreBrains Cooperative, along with Lori Schultz, Assistant Vice […]

NASA released a request for public input on the “NASA’s Public Access Plan, Increasing Access to the Results of Scientific Research” (NASA Public Access Plan).  The NASA Public Access Plan outlines the proposed approach NASA will take to implement the new guidance, consistent with its longstanding commitment to public access. CHORUS is pleased that NASA […]

With a slate of excellent presenters and over 160 registrants for this 19 April 2023 Forum, we held a robust discussion around the value of open data software sharing in a world of open science from the researcher perspective and those who manage support systems. Much gratitude goes to our generous sponsors of this forum: […]

SAVE THE DATE Join us at the next CHORUS Forum Mapping the Research Lifecycle – Connecting the Pieces Tuesday, June 6, 2023 @ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM EDT *Registration will open soon* Connecting people, places, and things throughout the research lifecycle is increasingly important to all stakeholders in the research ecosystem. Speakers and panelists in this […]

Directors were elected to the CHORUS/CHOR, Inc. Board of Directors at the Annual Members Meeting, 28 April 2023. New to the board is Michael Cairns (American Psychological Association). Returning to the CHORUS board are: Andrew Bostjancic (Taylor & Francis), Nick Campbell (Springer Nature), Ann Gabriel (Elsevier), Robert Harington (American Mathematical Society), Will Schweitzer (Silverchair), Christopher Straub […]

CHORUS is pleased to announce that both ChemRxiv and TechRxiv have signed with CHORUS for the CHORUS Preprint Dashboard and Reporting Service. The CHORUS Preprint Dashboard and Reporting Service provides a means to connect preprints to funders and datasets as well as information related to public accessibility and other key metadata. The dashboards provide non-ambiguous […]

ROR (Research Organization Registry) is one of the most important PIDs to identify organizations. ROR clarifies how it includes parent-child relationships! Organizations such as funders and universities can now use RORs to identify directorates, child agencies (e.g., NIST and NOAA are agencies within the US Department of Commerce), and institutes. ROR is publicizing its ROR’s […]

Save the Date – AGU/CHORUS Forum: How Open is Open Data & Software? April 19, 2023 @ 11 AM – 1 PM EDT  The word “open” is being used commonly in scholarly communications with little context as to what is meant or intended. Researchers have been working openly to their advantage throughout their careers. What […]