Julien Sicot

soad.chFirst SOAD Hackathon – For the laughs and the insights – SOAD

"Open data lets you tell great stories!" I had a great time participating in the 1st Swiss Open Academic Data Hackathon, exploring IG Nobel Prize topics using open bibliometric tools. Read the recap of the event here: soad.ch/first-soad-h...

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COMET

@cometadata.bsky.social

Running a metadata enrichment project in the open? COMET pilot teams refined a Project Doc Template to record objectives, collaborators, outputs and lessons learnt, so others can trust and reuse the work. Try it and tell us what you'd change. #ScholarlyMetadata #OpenResearchInformation

cometadata.orgAn Open Approach to Documenting Community Metadata Enrichment Projects - COMET Richer Metadata. Together.This post outlines an open approach to documenting community-led metadata enrichment projects, providing examples from COMET’s pilot projects and template …

2 Sept

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COMET@cometadata.bsky.social

An important milestone for spreading the impact of collaborative metadata enrichment! We’re very interested to see how the community makes use of these initial datatsets and getting feedback on future needs.

github.comGitHub - epfllibrary/infoscience-imports at devInfoscience Imports uses modular Python scripts for distinct tasks: harvesting publications and files from different sources : OpenAlex, unpaywall, WoS and Scopus, deduplicating and enriching metad...

Here is how we built a custom middleware github.com/epfllibrary/... to support our mission of showcasing EPFL’s scientific output in our institutional repository, #Infoscience infoscience.epfl.ch. A short thread on our workflow

Our team can then validate or reject these candidates. Once confirmed, an automated job imports the validated candidates.

Ultimately, this app coupled with open research information brings daily relief and complements human curation, which remains fundamental for data quality ! And you, what is your workflow to feed and enrich your repository?

Second use case: #OpenAccess enrichment. By cross-referencing our repository's content with OpenAlex, a dedicated job identifies missing OA records. This allows us to systematically spot publications that could be flipped to Open Access. #OpenScience

Third use case: researcher-level monitoring. Using external sources and ORCID, the system compares external outputs with our repository, infers IDs, and generates a "gap" view for each profile.

First use case: automated imports from Scopus, WoS, OpenAlex, Crossref & DataCite, etc. for outputs with EPFL authors. The pipeline handles data fetching, metadata mapping, and reconciliation with our internal author and unit registries.

Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

This daily feed populates a curation dashboard. Our team uses it to verify affiliations, manage deduplication, handle versioning (e.g., linking preprints to published versions), and retrieve available full texts and OA metadata.

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COMET

@cometadata.bsky.social

2 July

Register here: datacite.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Join us for results of the funding statements parsing project and a discussion on collaborative opportunities for improving the quality of open funding metadata.

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@barcelonadori.bsky.social

8 June

📚𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧? Join Jerneja Grašič, Bárbara Rivera López, and @msphelps.bsky.social at #OR2026 to explore findings from a pilot survey of institutional repositories. 🗓️ 10 June 2026 | 18:00–18:50 CEST or2026.openrepositories.org

5 June

Didn't know @datacite.org Commons had a related works section and graph view for their DOIs commons.datacite.org/doi.org/10.4...

5 June

What's interesting: the connections shown often aren't in the record's own datacite metadata manifest, they're discovered post-hoc by querying relationships via the API. Quiet but effective scholarly graph enrichment. api.datacite.org/dois?query=%...

Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information

5 June

Practical implication for institutional repositories: these API queries can surface dataset <> publication links that neither side declared explicitly.

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@barcelonadori.bsky.social

26 May

We know who cites research. But do we know who funds it? 💰 Today, the Barcelona Declaration WG on Funding Metadata is publishing 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚: 𝐀 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 and a companion background document. 🔗 barcelona-declaration.org/news/2026052...

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Bientôt la fin de mise en disponibilité. Après presque 5 ans en Suisse, l'heure du choix approche. L’heure est au bilan : ce que j'ai construit ici, et ce que je dois à mon parcours en France :)

Après je vois aussi les choses bouger. Je me surprends a citer souvent la France en exemple pour sa politique d'Open Science et sa vision sur la souveraineté numérique. Le paysage a changé, et certains immobilismes semblent reculer devant de nouvelles ambitions (tant mieux).

Et maintenant ? France, Suisse... Au fond, peu importe l'endroit, tant que je peux me rendre utile au milieu académique et continuer à apprendre. C'est ça qui me fait avancer et me motive :)

Ce que je dois à la France. 15 ans d'expérience dans des projets structurants en informatique documentaire, un réseau de collègues exceptionnels et ces échanges informels qui font battre le cœur de l'IST :) => C'est mon socle, ma culture du service public.

Mais je n'oublie pas aussi les zones d'ombre : ce sentiment de manque de reconnaissance, cette frustration de voir certaines compétences parfois boudées par un certain corporatisme... Ce "plafond de verre" pour les profils hybrides.

Le gros morceau : piloter la migration d’Infoscience vers une approche "CRIS-centric". Se passionner pour l’Open Research Information, améliorer la qualité des données du rapport académique annuel... des défis techniques et humains qui m’ont bien challengé.

C'est aussi évoluer dans un contexte multilingue exigeant, le privilège de contribuer à des projets nationaux comme NAIF... et quelque moments d'humilité : pleurer (un peu, beaucoup) sur mon anglais quand il fallait pousser la granularité des échanges oraux.

En Suisse, j’ai vécu les possibles. J'ai eu la chance de bâtir une équipe incroyable dédiée aux repositories. Gérer une infra et la curation de +6000 outputs/an avec des métadonnées de haute précision. Accompagner les chercheurs avec cette précision, c’est un luxe technique et humain incroyable

Le crawling massif par des bots est un défi pr la durabilité des infras du green OA notamment pour les repositories. Chez nous, c’est 6-7 To de trafic et 21M de requêtes par mois. C'est plus de l'usage légitime, c'est de la saturation. Certaines institutions en viennent à couper les accès externes.

30 Apr

Something we’re proud to share and the result of a great cross-team effort at EPFL Library ! Infoscience, ORCID, and people.epfl.ch form a virtuous, complementary ecosystem.

EPFL Library@epfllibrary.bsky.social

EPFL offers its research community an integrated ecosystem linking Infoscience, ORCID, and people.epfl.ch. By linking your profiles, your publications are: ✅ reliably verified 🔄 regularly updated 👀 and visible across all platforms! Get started today: actu.epfl.ch/news/maximiz...

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23 Apr

🔓 As part of the commitment to strengthening #OpenAccess (OA) and #OpenScience, we provide financial support to key initiatives that help make scholarly communication more transparent, equitable, and accessible. Today, we highlight three services. More info: go.epfl.ch/OA-initiatives

eth-library.github.ioFirst insights from the Swiss institutional repository survey – NAIFEarly results from NAIF Track 3’s first national survey of Swiss institutional repositories show a diverse landscape with strong technical foundations, uneven metadata alignment, and clear priorities ...

16 Apr

What does the Swiss institutional repository landscape look like? NAIF survey dataset is now on Zenodo. 39 Swiss HEIs, 113 questions about infrastructure, metadata, interoperability & governance. First insights👇 & full analysis report coming end of 2026 eth-library.github.io/naif/posts/2...

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Open Access Tracking Project

@oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

6 Apr

Mapping Swiss Institutional Repositories: A National Survey Dataset (NAIF Track 3) https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/product/39ec4819-3b91-401a-92c7-f0877359a1c9

infoscience.epfl.chMapping Swiss Institutional Repositories: A National Survey Dataset (NAIF Track 3)This dataset contains the survey instrument and pseudonymized response dataset produced by Track 3 of the NAIF project (National Approach for Interoperable Repositories and Findable Research Results), a national initiative co-funded by swissuniversities and eight Swiss higher education institutions (ETH Library, University of Zurich, EPFL, ZHAW, PHSG, University of Fribourg, University of Neuchâtel, and University of St.Gallen), running from July 2025 to December 2026. The survey mapped how institutional repositories across Swiss higher education are governed, technically configured, and sustained, covering infrastructure, metadata practices, interoperability, and long-term sustainability. It was administered via SurveyHero between November 5, 2025 and January 15, 2026, targeting swissuniversities-accredited institutions and institutions participating in the Swiss Open Access Monitor. The dataset contains 35 completed responses representing 39 institutions. The full analysis — including descriptive statistics, thematic findings, gap analysis, and recommendations — will be published as a separate report later in 2026.

3 Apr

DataCite@datacite.org

DataCite was founded as collective open research infrastructure, a community for all organizations & all outputs. We’re evolving our membership model to realign with our guiding values & vision and broaden access for more organizations to participate: doi.org/10.5438/gc07...

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couperin.orgBarcelona Declaration on Open Research Information < CouperinGTSO Groupe de travail Science ouverte

1 Apr

🤔 Need support with Research Data, Library resources, or Infoscience services? Struggling with literature searches, citations, or avoiding plagiarism? Book a one-on-one session with a Librarian and get support for your research needs. Available in person or online! go.epfl.ch/bookalibrarian

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io2a

@io2a.cpesr.fr

11 Mar

#VeilleESR Barcelona Declaration on Open Research Information - Couperin a signé la Déclaration de Barcelone, affirmant ainsi son engagement en faveur d’un écosystème de l’information scientifique plus ouvert et transparent. Couperin : www.couperin.org/le-consortiu...

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Open Access Tracking Project

@oatp.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy

1 Mar

Why Stevan Harnad Has Been Dreaming of Chatbots All Along | Katina Magazine https://katinamagazine.org/content/article/open-knowledge/2026/why-stevan-harnad-has-been-dreaming-of-chatbots

katinamagazine.orgWhy Stevan Harnad Has Been Dreaming of Chatbots All AlongThe open access pioneer on the movement’s halting trajectory and thinking in the age of the large language model.

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Crossref

@crossref.org

11 Feb

Where did the funding come from? 250K grant-to-output relationships discovered. 1% directly deposited. 99% found thru matching. More funders registering grants = more connections. ❤️ Dataset: https://doi.org/10.13003/waej1een ❤️ Blog: https://doi.org/10.64000/he02b-neb96 #LoveData26

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Crossref

@crossref.org

11 Feb

Where's the Data? → Where did this preprint end up? Dominika Tkaczyk built a matching strategy to discover #preprint→article relationships—dataset now public with 1,060,573 relationships. 🔗 Dataset: https://doi.org/10.13003/ac2ienay 🔗 Blog: https://doi.org/10.64000/dpcc9-k4564 #LoveData26

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Laetitia Bracco

@braccolaetitia.social.sciences.re.ap.brid.gy

9 Feb

📊 Open Science in Action: the Université de Lorraine Shifts to #OpenAlex for Bibliometric Reports! The Bibliometrics team at the Université de Lorraine has taken a major step in its open science commitment by using OpenAlex for the first time in the annual bibliometric report for the A2F […]

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doi.orgCOMET Community Meeting Slides, 21 January 2026Presentation slides from the COMET Community Meeting on 21 Januaury 2026 focusing on preprint affilation parsing. The video recording for this session is available on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/WC-x...

6 Feb

Travail passionnant de #COMET sur la réconciliation des affiliations (+ alignement ROR) des auteurs de preprints dans le corpus arXiv 👏👏👏. La vidéo présentant ce projet : www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC-x... et les slides sont accessibles sur Zenodo (à p. de la 20) : doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Lib4RI

@lib4ri.bsky.social

5 Feb

Happy to share the #SOAD Spring event: The @barcelonadori.bsky.social in #Switzerland! Meet representatives of the first three Swiss signatories & learn about their motivation to sign and the measures planned and implemented! 🗓️11 March, 15:30 - 17:00 💻 Free & online via Zoom 📝Register via soad.ch

soad.chSOAD

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Daniel Bourrion

@face-ecran.fr

2 Feb

Replying to @face-ecran.fr

Le processus est engagé à compter de… Maintenant. Il faut donc trouver un nouveau job, en activant les procédures internes de nos institutions respectives. Si par ailleurs vous avez des pistes, nous sommes preneurs - mon CV est ici www.face-ecran.fr/sites/defaul... Mes MP sont ouverts.

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8 Dec 2025

Anyone else noticing potential author-data duplication in some recent #OpenAlex works? Looks like something odd is happening in the metadata. Examples: openalex.org/works?page=1... openalex.org/works?page=1... openalex.org/works?page=1...

openalex.orgOpenAlex

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24 Oct 2025

🌍🔓 EPFL backs key Swiss & global OA initiatives via SCOSS, helping sustain vital platforms like arXiv, DOAJ, Episciences & Open Policy Finder. Together, we’re keeping Open Science open, reliable & accessible. 🔗 go.epfl.ch/openaccess #OAWeek #OpenScience #OAinitiatives #SCOSS

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Research Organization Registry (ROR) 🦁

29 Oct 2025

The EPFL Research Data Support Network is officially launched! Bringing together experts to boost collaboration and best practices in RDM and ORD. 💡 Learn how it started and what’s next for a FAIR, sustainable data ecosystem: actu.epfl.ch/news/the-epf... #RDM #OpenScience #FAIRdata

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@ror.org

A new version of the ROR registry has been released! 🎉 As always, new and modified records are immediately available in the ROR API, and the latest data can be downloaded from Zenodo at doi.org/10.5281/zeno.... Read what's new in release v1.73. github.com/ror-communit...

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CNRS Inist

@cnrs-inist.bsky.social

📊 ReadMETRICS à la une dans Arabesques ! Découvrez la boîte à outils dédiée à la mesure des usages des ressources électroniques, développée par l’Inist et Couperin.org. 🔎 À lire dans Arabesques n°118 : publications-prairial.fr/arabesques/i...

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Research Data Workshop #2 with Dr. Guillaume Anciaux 📅 Nov 13, 2025 | 12:15–13:15 Part of EPFL Research Data Week Full program: go.epfl.ch/erdw 💬 Register: go.epfl.ch/erdw-form

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Lib4RI

@lib4ri.bsky.social

Calling all colleagues at Swiss higher education institutions! How do you use data, code and software? Participate in the 2025 National Research Data Management Survey Take the survey: library-survey.epfl.ch/c/4ri-rdm-su... Learn more: www.lib4ri.ch/take-part-na...

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actu.epfl.chUnderstanding Open Access publishing costs at EPFLAcademic publishing has been progressively shifting from traditional subscription-based models to Open Access, placing increasing financial pressure on libraries and researchers. To better understand ...

21 Oct 2025

💸✨ Academic publishing is evolving and so are its costs. We analyzed how Open Access publishing expenses have changed and where they are concentrated across our institution. Explore the full findings: actu.epfl.ch/news/underst... #OAWeek #OpenScience #ScholarlyPublishing #OAcosts

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Jeroen Sondervan

@jeroenson.bsky.social

16 Oct 2025

Development of an #OpenScience Monitor for the Netherlands! A consortium with @cwtsnl.bsky.social and Dialogic, funded by @opensciencenl.bsky.social, will develop a framework and dashboard in co-creation with the community. Your input is highly appreciated: www.openscience.nl/en/news/deve...

openscience.nlDevelopment of an open science monitor for the Netherlands underway | Open Science NLThe development of a national open science monitor for the Netherlands has officially started with a project meeting held in Leiden on 9 October. With funding from Open Science NL, the consortium comprising CWTS and Dialogic will develop a robust, context-specific framework for monitoring and evaluation, as well as a prototype dashboard to visualise such an open science monitor.