For research products, this refers to the affiliated organizations of its authors
For projects: the organizations participating in the project (i.e. beneficiaries of the grant)
We are improving the organization database with the use of our OpenOrgs tool. It allows curators to disambiguate organizations (merge different names of the same organization) and identify parent-child relationships (schools, departments, etc.).
The country of the organization.
Country code mapping: https://api.openaire.eu/vocabularies/dnet:countries
Funders that have joined OpenAIRE, i.e. their project data have gone through a validation process.
You can visit https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find if you would like to explore the research products and projects of all funders in OpenAIRE (the list of funders can be seen under the "Funder" Filter shown on the left side of the page).
For funder who want to join OpenAIRE: https://www.openaire.eu/funders-how-to-join-guide
The sub-type of a research outcome (e.g., a publication can be a pre-print, conference proceeding, article, etc.)
Resource type mapping: https://api.openaire.eu/vocabularies/dnet:result_typologies (click on the code to see the specific types for each result type)
The best available (across all instances) access rights of a research product
Types (by best available):
Open: Open Access
Embargo: Closed for a specific period of time, then open.
Restricted: Definition of restricted may vary by data source, it may refer to access rights being given to registered users, potentially behind a paywall.
Closed: Closed access
The fee charged by publishers in order to publish a research publication in an open access journal. These charges are meant to cover the costs of publication and ensure the work is freely accessible to all. The APC information is sourced from OpenAPC, which is fully integrated into the OpenAIRE Graph. For a comprehensive guide:https://www.openaire.eu/openapc-guide.
A Creative Commons copyright license (https://creativecommons.org/)
A long-lasting reference to a resource
Related research community, initiative or infrastructure.
The scholarly journal an article is published in.
The publisher of the venue (journal, book, etc.) of a research product.
The different data sources ingested in the OpenAIRE Graph.
Information systems where scientists upload the bibliographic metadata and payloads of their research products (e.g. PDFs of their scholarly articles, CSVs of their data, archive with their software), due to obligations from their organizations, their funders, or due to community practices (e.g. ArXiv, Europe PMC, Zenodo).
Information systems of open access publishers or relative journals, which offer bibliographic metadata and PDFs of their published articles.
Information systems that collect descriptive metadata about research products from multiple sources in order to enable cross-data source discovery of given research products (e,g, DataCite, BASE, DOAJ).
Information systems created with the intent of maintaining authoritative registries of given entities in the scholarly communication, such as OpenDOAR for the institutional repositories, re3data for the data repositories, CORDA and other funder databases for projects and funding information.
Information systems adopted by research and academic organizations to keep track of their research administration records and relative results; examples of CRIS content are articles or research data funded by projects, their principal investigators, facilities acquired thanks to funding, etc.
This inferred attribute refers to the utilization of a Fields of Science taxonomy to categorize research publications within the OpenAIRE Graph. The algorithm classifies research across various levels of detail, from broad categories at Level 1 to more nuanced classifications at Level 3. For more: https://explore.openaire.eu/fields-of-science#01%20natural%20sciences.
This inferred attribute, determined through our own classification system, associates research publications in the OpenAIRE Graph with specific UN Sustainable Development Goals. By doing so, it emphasizes how individual research works align with and address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and poverty reduction. For more information:https://www.openaire.eu/openaire-explore-introducing-sdgs-and-fos.
A journal that publishes only in open access.
We follow Unpaywall’s approach on defining fully Open Access journals and publishers and we construct the lists of the latter using Unpaywall data.
In brief, a journal is fully Open Access if one or more of the following occur:
A journal that charges for access to its articles.
Journals without any open access articles.
A subscription journal where some of its articles are open access.
Journals with open access articles that are not fully OA journals.
"A Transformative Journal is a subscription/hybrid journal that is actively committed to transitioning to a fully Open Access journal.
In addition, a Transformative Journal must:
Source: Plan S initiative
We identify Transformative Journals by ISSN matching with the publicly available Transformative Journals data from Plan S initiative.
A fully OA journal that does not charge article processing charges (APCs).
In other words, fully OA journals are either diamond, or charge APCs.
We obtain APC data from DOAJ using DOAJ’s Public Data Dump (an exportable version of the journal metadata). We used it to determine whether a particular fully OA journal charges APCs.
An open access scholarly publication deposited in a repository
As in definition
A scholarly publication published in a fully OA journal.
We define fully OA journals above.
An open access scholarly publication published in a hybrid journal with an open license.
We define hybrid journals above.
At this point we consider only CC licenses “open”. We are currently working on cleaning non-CC licenses as well to identify other open ones.
In principle, this means that we may be underestimating the number of hybrid OA articles and overestimating the number of bronze.
An open access scholarly publication published in a hybrid journal without an open license.
A measure representing the proportion of an organization's research that is available in Open Access.
We calculate this metric by taking the average share of an organization’s research output that is in Open Access. This score is determined based on the best available access rights for any given output in the OpenAIRE Graph after undergoing the Graph Production Workflow including merging, enrichment and cleaning steps. For example, if a publication is published under closed access but can also be found in open access in a repository, it will be categorized as open access for the purposes of this score.
A metric indicating the proportion of an organization's research output identifiable by a Persistent Identifier (PID).
We calculate this metric by taking the average share of an organization's research output with a Persistent Identifier (PID) in its metadata record within the OpenAIRE Graph, after it undergoing the Graph Production Workflow, comprising of merging, enrichment, and cleaning steps. For more detailed criteria on PIDs within the OpenAIRE Graph, refer to OpenAIRE's PID and Identifiers documentation.
A metric demonstrating the presence of critical metadata elements in an organization's research output, including the Title, Publisher, Abstract, Year of Publication, Author(s), and a Persistent Identifier (PID). It signifies the presence of metadata not its quality, with the exception of PIDs which have specific inclusion criteria.
We calculate this metric by taking the average share of an organization's research output with essential metadata criteria; specifically the presence of a Title, Publisher, Abstract, Year of Publication, Author(s), and a Persistent Identifier (PID). While the score indicates the presence of these metadata elements, it does not assess their quality, with the exception of PIDs that have unique inclusion criteria in the OpenAIRE Graph, as detailed in OpenAIRE's PID and Identifiers documentation. The score represents the state of the organization’s research output metadata records in the OpenAIRE Graph after undergoing the Graph Production Workflow, encompassing merging, enrichment, and cleaning procedures. Please see OpenAIRE's Graph Production Workflow.
The number of downloads of a publication’s full text in a specific time frame, from a given set of data sources.
We utilize the usage data for the downloads from OpenAIRE’s Usage Counts service that harvests it from a set of datasources. The time range of available downloads varies for each datasource.
The number of citations received by a publication. A citation is a reference to the source of information used in a publication.
We utilize the number of citations of a publication from from the calculated impact indicators, provided by BIP!. Precisely, we use the Citation Count (CC) impact indicator, which sums all citations received by each article. More information: https://graph.openaire.eu/docs/graph-production-workflow/indicators-ingestion/impact-indicators/
For research products, this refers to the affiliated organizations of its authors
For projects: the organizations participating in the project (i.e. beneficiaries of the grant)
We are improving the organization database with the use of our OpenOrgs tool. It allows curators to disambiguate organizations (merge different names of the same organization) and identify parent-child relationships (schools, departments, etc.).
The country of the organization.
Country code mapping: https://api.openaire.eu/vocabularies/dnet:countries
Funders that have joined OpenAIRE, i.e. their project data have gone through a validation process.
You can visit https://explore.openaire.eu/search/find if you would like to explore the research products and projects of all funders in OpenAIRE (the list of funders can be seen under the "Funder" Filter shown on the left side of the page).
For funder who want to join OpenAIRE: https://www.openaire.eu/funders-how-to-join-guide
The sub-type of a research outcome (e.g., a publication can be a pre-print, conference proceeding, article, etc.)
Resource type mapping: https://api.openaire.eu/vocabularies/dnet:result_typologies (click on the code to see the specific types for each result type)
The best available (across all instances) access rights of a research product
Types (by best available):
Open: Open Access
Embargo: Closed for a specific period of time, then open.
Restricted: Definition of restricted may vary by data source, it may refer to access rights being given to registered users, potentially behind a paywall.
Closed: Closed access
The fee charged by publishers in order to publish a research publication in an open access journal. These charges are meant to cover the costs of publication and ensure the work is freely accessible to all. The APC information is sourced from OpenAPC, which is fully integrated into the OpenAIRE Graph. For a comprehensive guide:https://www.openaire.eu/openapc-guide.
A Creative Commons copyright license (https://creativecommons.org/)
A long-lasting reference to a resource
Related research community, initiative or infrastructure.
The scholarly journal an article is published in.
The publisher of the venue (journal, book, etc.) of a research product.
The different data sources ingested in the OpenAIRE Graph.
Information systems where scientists upload the bibliographic metadata and payloads of their research products (e.g. PDFs of their scholarly articles, CSVs of their data, archive with their software), due to obligations from their organizations, their funders, or due to community practices (e.g. ArXiv, Europe PMC, Zenodo).
Information systems of open access publishers or relative journals, which offer bibliographic metadata and PDFs of their published articles.
Information systems that collect descriptive metadata about research products from multiple sources in order to enable cross-data source discovery of given research products (e,g, DataCite, BASE, DOAJ).
Information systems created with the intent of maintaining authoritative registries of given entities in the scholarly communication, such as OpenDOAR for the institutional repositories, re3data for the data repositories, CORDA and other funder databases for projects and funding information.
Information systems adopted by research and academic organizations to keep track of their research administration records and relative results; examples of CRIS content are articles or research data funded by projects, their principal investigators, facilities acquired thanks to funding, etc.
This inferred attribute refers to the utilization of a Fields of Science taxonomy to categorize research publications within the OpenAIRE Graph. The algorithm classifies research across various levels of detail, from broad categories at Level 1 to more nuanced classifications at Level 3. For more: https://explore.openaire.eu/fields-of-science#01%20natural%20sciences.
This inferred attribute, determined through our own classification system, associates research publications in the OpenAIRE Graph with specific UN Sustainable Development Goals. By doing so, it emphasizes how individual research works align with and address global challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution, and poverty reduction. For more information:https://www.openaire.eu/openaire-explore-introducing-sdgs-and-fos.
A journal that publishes only in open access.
We follow Unpaywall’s approach on defining fully Open Access journals and publishers and we construct the lists of the latter using Unpaywall data.
In brief, a journal is fully Open Access if one or more of the following occur:
A journal that charges for access to its articles.
Journals without any open access articles.
A subscription journal where some of its articles are open access.
Journals with open access articles that are not fully OA journals.
"A Transformative Journal is a subscription/hybrid journal that is actively committed to transitioning to a fully Open Access journal.
In addition, a Transformative Journal must:
Source: Plan S initiative
We identify Transformative Journals by ISSN matching with the publicly available Transformative Journals data from Plan S initiative.
A fully OA journal that does not charge article processing charges (APCs).
In other words, fully OA journals are either diamond, or charge APCs.
We obtain APC data from DOAJ using DOAJ’s Public Data Dump (an exportable version of the journal metadata). We used it to determine whether a particular fully OA journal charges APCs.
An open access scholarly publication deposited in a repository
As in definition
A scholarly publication published in a fully OA journal.
We define fully OA journals above.
An open access scholarly publication published in a hybrid journal with an open license.
We define hybrid journals above.
At this point we consider only CC licenses “open”. We are currently working on cleaning non-CC licenses as well to identify other open ones.
In principle, this means that we may be underestimating the number of hybrid OA articles and overestimating the number of bronze.
An open access scholarly publication published in a hybrid journal without an open license.
A measure representing the proportion of an organization's research that is available in Open Access.
We calculate this metric by taking the average share of an organization’s research output that is in Open Access. This score is determined based on the best available access rights for any given output in the OpenAIRE Graph after undergoing the Graph Production Workflow including merging, enrichment and cleaning steps. For example, if a publication is published under closed access but can also be found in open access in a repository, it will be categorized as open access for the purposes of this score.
A metric indicating the proportion of an organization's research output identifiable by a Persistent Identifier (PID).
We calculate this metric by taking the average share of an organization's research output with a Persistent Identifier (PID) in its metadata record within the OpenAIRE Graph, after it undergoing the Graph Production Workflow, comprising of merging, enrichment, and cleaning steps. For more detailed criteria on PIDs within the OpenAIRE Graph, refer to OpenAIRE's PID and Identifiers documentation.
A metric demonstrating the presence of critical metadata elements in an organization's research output, including the Title, Publisher, Abstract, Year of Publication, Author(s), and a Persistent Identifier (PID). It signifies the presence of metadata not its quality, with the exception of PIDs which have specific inclusion criteria.
We calculate this metric by taking the average share of an organization's research output with essential metadata criteria; specifically the presence of a Title, Publisher, Abstract, Year of Publication, Author(s), and a Persistent Identifier (PID). While the score indicates the presence of these metadata elements, it does not assess their quality, with the exception of PIDs that have unique inclusion criteria in the OpenAIRE Graph, as detailed in OpenAIRE's PID and Identifiers documentation. The score represents the state of the organization’s research output metadata records in the OpenAIRE Graph after undergoing the Graph Production Workflow, encompassing merging, enrichment, and cleaning procedures. Please see OpenAIRE's Graph Production Workflow.
The number of downloads of a publication’s full text in a specific time frame, from a given set of data sources.
We utilize the usage data for the downloads from OpenAIRE’s Usage Counts service that harvests it from a set of datasources. The time range of available downloads varies for each datasource.
The number of citations received by a publication. A citation is a reference to the source of information used in a publication.
We utilize the number of citations of a publication from from the calculated impact indicators, provided by BIP!. Precisely, we use the Citation Count (CC) impact indicator, which sums all citations received by each article. More information: https://graph.openaire.eu/docs/graph-production-workflow/indicators-ingestion/impact-indicators/