Unlocking socioeconomic potential through global collaboration: connecting researchers to research output

Abstract

As Team Science and global collaborations expand, the metadata about the research teams, including affiliation, funder, grant, and specific contribution information, will be a critical part of measuring the socioeconomic impact of open research as well as enabling equity and inclusion in research funding. Although standard identifiers such as DOIs, ORCIDs, OpenFunder IDs, and RORs are widely used, the persistent sharing and accuracy of many identifiers related to research output is still subpar compared to the rapid progress being made in global collaboration and the overall evolution of the research ecosystem.

Who is responsible for collecting and validating researcher information? What is the role of publishers or research and submission platforms vs. research institutions or funders? What organizations or activities will drive dramatic improvements to the accuracy and persistence of this data and how? What parts of open access publishing, open science, and DEI will fail when this researcher data is subpar?

This panel will bring together industry leaders to discuss the infrastructure that exists today, what is still needed, and how it can facilitate global collaboration and the measurement of its impact; efficient and cost-effective OA publishing; and improved research assessment, including credit for and measurement of research contributions.

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Unlocking socioeconomic potential through global collaboration: connecting researchers to research output

As Team Science and global collaborations expand, the metadata about the research teams, including affiliation, funder, grant, and specific contribution information, will be a critical part of measuring the socioeconomic impact of open research as well as enabling equity and inclusion in research funding. Although there are mechanisms in place to tag research output with critical identifiers such as DOIs, ORCIDs, OpenFunder IDs, RORs and Ringgolds, the collection and validation of these identifiers remains inconsistent, hampering the industry’s ability to connect researchers to research.
Who is responsible for collecting and validating researcher information? What is the role of publishers or research and submission platforms vs. research institutions or funders? What organizations or activities will drive dramatic improvements to the accuracy and persistence of this data and how? What parts of open access publishing, open science, and DEI will fail when this researcher data is subpar?
This panel will bring together industry leaders to discuss the infrastructure that exists today, what is still needed, and how it can facilitate global collaboration and the measurement of its impact; efficient and cost-effective OA publishing; and improved research assessment, including credit for and measurement of research contributions.

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Christopher Kenneally

At Copyright Clearance Center, Christopher Kenneally develops content and programming covering issues facing the information industry. As Senior Director, Marketing, he works with his CCC colleagues to help the company attract new customers and achieve greater penetration in existing markets. Kenneally is host and producer of CCC’s weekly podcast series, Velocity of Content. As a freelance journalist, Christopher Kenneally reported on education, business, travel, culture and technology for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Los Angeles Times, and The Independent of London, among many other publications. He also reported for WBUR-FM (Boston), National Public Radio, and WGBH-TV (PBS-Boston). He is author of “Massachusetts 101” (Applewood Books), a history of the state “from Redcoats to Red Sox.”

Diane Cogan

Diane Cogan has worked in the scholarly publishing industry for over 40 years. Diane started her publishing career at Butterworth Heinneman, managing their science journals and was then Publishing Director for Elsevier's social science and economics programme of books and journals for many years. Diane ran a publishing consultancy for 5 years and joined Ringgold 10 years ago. Diane heads up Sales at Ringgold and works with customers to help them to find solutions to their data problems.

Georgie Field

Georgie Field is Associate Publisher for six of PLOS’ journals. She works with a team of Managing Editors to develop the journals to ensure that they champion the communities that they serve. Alongside this she works on PLOS’ alternative business models to enable equitable access to publishing

Hannah Heckner

As Director of Product Strategy at Silverchair, Hannah Heckner works to inform, prioritize, and execute on the platform’s development plan. This includes representing the product team on strategic and ad hoc customer meetings; facilitating Publisher Working Groups that discuss industry trends, publisher needs, and the developing Silverchair solutions that address such trends and needs; managing vendor relationships and internal implementation for 3rd party integrations; and serving as an advocate and owner of platform development initiatives in internal governance meetings as well as in presentations to prospective clients. She has worked within academic publishing for over 10 years and has experience with both commercial and non-profit publishing, most recently at the American Association for the Advancement of Science. As someone motivated by relationships, Hannah thrives off of the collaboration and partnership intrinsic to the task of being a technology provider within the dynamic and innovative scholarly communications community.

Jamie Carmichael

Jamie Carmichael brings nearly 20 years’ experience in publishing to her current role as Senior Director, Information and Content Solutions at Copyright Clearance Center (CCC). In this position, she is responsible for the strategic direction of CCC’s flagship Open Access platform, RightsLink for Scientific Communications, and heads go-to-market efforts for new products and services across the scholarly publishing ecosystem. Prior to this, she managed CCC’s publisher portfolio of rights licensing, content, software and professional services offerings, leading a team of solutions managers and product marketers in solving unmet market needs at the intersection of customer collaboration, experimental business models, and technology advancements.

Steven Vidovic

Steven Vidovic is the Head of Open Research and Publication Practice at the University of Southampton, UK. Steven did his PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences, studying the evolution of extinct flying reptiles. Because of Steven’s chosen discipline, scholarly communication and public engagement was important to demonstrate the value of his research. Steven has lectured and briefly worked for a commercial publisher. In his latter role, Steven managed a substantial and diverse portfolio of Biological, and Earth and Environmental Sciences journals. Steven returned to the university sector in 2018 to manage the University of Southampton’s open research interests. It is a privilege for Steven to work with an expert team in an institution with a long and influential history in open research. Additionally, Steven is the Chair of the DOAJ Advisory Board, and contributes to numerous international and national advisory/task and finish groups, to inform and advance the open research agenda.