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A big welcome to the latest edition of The Download, the Digital Science newsletter dedicated to the academic community.
Research Transformation report just published
Our new report calls for greater awareness of the impact that a number of fast-developing technologies are having on academics and their institutions. The report - based on a global survey and interviews with members of the academic community - looks at how changing attitudes and behaviors toward research are affecting traditional research models and dynamics. Themes emerging from the findings touch on open research, impact and evaluation, tech and AI, collaboration and research security.
New features for Dimensions Research Security
A year after its beta launch, the Dimensions Research Security dashboard app is coming out of beta, including a new look for its researcher lookup, which will reduce the time taken to review researchers, enable a single "print to pdf" version of consolidated data and support audit trails by providing context around researcher queries. Dimensions Research Security aims to support research security professionals by simplifying the audit process, saving time and improving efficiency.
Figshare and Symplectic in global growth
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In a major new announcement, researchers and institutions in Qatar can share their outputs with Manara, the research repository by Qatar National Library powered by Figshare. Qatar National Library joins other recent new customers Queen's University Belfast, the University of Limpopo and Appalachian State University in ensuring the long-term preservation and accessibility of data. Meanwhile, Symplectic has partnered with George Washington University and Indiana University to introduce Symplectic Elements as a faculty activity reporting system.
Lifting the lid on conflicts of interest
A Digital Science team working on research integrity data with Dimensions have not only been able to categorize conflict of interest statements into into six distinct types to aid future analysis, they have also uncovered anomalous data results. This led them to conclude that, sadly, many authors weren’t truthfully reporting their conflicts of interest, as of the papers that had been retracted due to conflict of interest, only about a third had declared any conflict in the first place.
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