#opencitations — Public Fediverse posts

📢 The #PUBMET2026 programme is out, and #OpenCitations will be there!
On 10 September, our Communications Director Chiara Di Giambattista will give a lightning talk entitled:
🎤 “OpenCitations as a community-based open scholarly infrastructure and its recent steps towards sustainability” as part of the session “Building, governing and sustaining the infrastructures” (h.15:25-17:10): https://pubmet.hr/05-s-7848/
Chiara will share insights into OpenCitations’ journey as a community-based, open scholarly infrastructure, with a focus on our recent steps towards long-term sustainability.
📍 See you at PUBMET2026!

What does “competitiveness” really mean for Open Science infrastructures?

🔎In the June Open Science Round-up by the International Science Council, #OpenCitations contributes a reflection on this question. The post by our Communications Director Chiara Di Giambattista highlights OpenCitations’ role in providing free and open citation data and bibliographic metadata and, drawing on the recent community survey, it explores the tensions between openness, usability, and long-term sustainability.

💭Rather than competitiveness driven by commercial scale, it points towards a different model: one based on shared stewardship and openness.

We’re grateful to the International Science Council for the opportunity to contribute to this important discussion for the future of Open Science infrastructures.

Read the Round-up here: https://council.science/blog/open-science-changing-research-ecosystem/

💭 “In the World of Citations, Are We Really Open(Minded), or Stuck in a Comfort Zone?”

This is the question at the core of the project presented today by the second-year students of the Digital Humanities and Digital Knowledge Master's programme at University of Bologna, during the final workshop of the Open Science course taught by @essepuntato.

The project builds upon a recently published preprint by Andreose, Heibi, Peroni, and Zilli (2026), which assessed and compared the coverage of Italian publications in #OpenCitations across six Italian universities: UNIBO, UNIMI, UNITO, UNIPD, UPO, and SNS.

Starting from this foundation, the students investigated citation patterns in institutional publication data, focusing on geographical and disciplinary aspects.

✍️The students' article is available on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/20718540
🌐The project's website: https://open-sci.github.io/2025-2026/#explore

#DHDK #BolDH

This morning, #OpenCitations was awarded the Certificate of Excellence in Research Infrastructure Leadership, marking the conclusion of the Executive Masters in Management of Research Infrastructures (#EMMRI), a unique journey that saw members of the OpenCitations team participate in all the programme’s training modules.

We are deeply grateful to the entire faculty who guided us throughout this educational path, and especially to Dr Marialuisa Lavitrano, Dr Enrico Guarini, and Dr Laura Farina for making possible the creation of a master’s programme truly unique in its kind.

💡During today’s graduation session, one sentence resonated strongly with us: “Leadership is a form of enthusiasm.”

This perfectly reflects the spirit that drives our daily work at OpenCitations. Beyond the knowledge and skills we gained, we will carry forward the relationships and shared visions we built with colleagues across global research infrastructures: this enthusiasm for collaboratively building sustainable infrastructures for research is something we recognized in every participant we met along the way. @unimib @essepuntato @brevelunga

🔍 GRAPHIA Researchers Series

GRAPHIA’s Researchers Series continues, highlighting the people behind #GRAPHIA and the diverse expertise shaping the project. From digital humanities to data science, these perspectives come together to build more connected and accessible knowledge.

In this third feature, we introduce Marta Soricetti (#OpenCitations - University of Bologna), sharing her perspective on GRAPHIA’s work.

As she puts it:
“GRAPHIA automates the parsing of millions of documents through one unified citations network, revealing who is citing whom. It’s like, I would say, digital archaeology for modern scholarship.”

📢 Follow the series as we spotlight the researchers driving collaboration across disciplines
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/fLmt-qcyQUo

📢OpenCitations Governance Evolution

Over the past few years, #OpenCitations has grown into a core component of the global Open Science ecosystem. To match this growth, we have now adopted a new governance model, providing a clearer, more robust, and sustainable institutional foundation.

Developed with guidance from our International Advisory Board and in collaboration with the Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, the new framework strengthens autonomy, formalizes long-term commitments, and aligns with internationally recognized best practices for Open Science sustainability.

This is a key milestone, reflecting the shared commitment of our community to ensure OpenCitations continues to operate in the service of researchers and institutions worldwide.

📰Read the blog post: https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/4095

🔗Visit our website: https://opencitations.net/governance/

Looking back at 2025, #OpenCitations focused on strengthening the foundations: stronger workflows, resilient infrastructure, and deeper community collaboration.

Read the story behind the work in our year in review on the #OpenCitationsBlog
👉 https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/4106

Holiday wishes from the #OpenCitations team!🎄✨

Sharing good food, great conversations, and ideas around the table.

We’ll be back in January, recharged and ready to make the new year count. Wishing everyone a bright time ahead!🌟

👉Call for Abstracts für CiteX ist noch bis 15.01. offen: https://sites.google.com/view/workshop-on-citation-extractio/startseite

Wir freuen uns auf eure Beiträge und Teilnahme,
das OFFZIB-Team von @GESIS und @dipf_aktuell , auch im Namen des gesamten Programmkomitees.

#opencitations #openscience

👩🏻‍💻 Checking the Day 2 Wed. 23Oct programme at #OpenEngaged #OAWeek:
🌟Lightning talks: #SafeguardingResearch #Datarescue #CARE #OpenGLAM #Accessibility
🌟Technology, Power, and Equitable Design session. #LocalContexts #OpenCitations #OpenMetadata
✅ Register https://openscholarship.gitbook.io/open-and-engaged-2025/day-2-wednesday-22-october

2/2 It includes the Report of the Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information — showing we’re moving from principles to practice, with community-driven next steps across working groups.

Contributed? Tag your paper (and institution) below. We’ll boost.

#OpenCitations #OpenResearchInformation #OpenScience #WOOC2025

Quels noms de domaine sont les plus fréquemment cités dans Wikidata ? Voilà 80 domaines avec plus de 100 000 liens. Je vous laisse remettre dans le bon ordre les URLs dorénavant stockés ainsi 😉

🇫🇷 2 .fr dans le top80 : #Gallica et #Insee

https://quarry.wmcloud.org/query/97286

#Wikidata #EMBLEBI #Crossref #NIH #EuropePMC #PubMed #ORCID #OpenCitations #Elsevier #Springer

[Veille] "Sorbonne Université : retrait du classement THE en 2026 ; « privilégier les bases de données ouvertes »" =>https://education.newstank.fr/article/view/411437/sorbonne-universite-retrait-classement-the-2026-privilegier-bases-donnees.html
#ESR #openscience #bibliometrics #scientometrics #opencitations #ranking #research #universities #opendata

[Veille] : Booster la visibilité des publications scientifiques lorraines dans OpenAlex : mission accomplie => https://factuel.univ-lorraine.fr/article/booster-la-visibilite-des-publications-scientifiques-lorraines-dans-openalex-mission-accomplie/
#openscience #opencitations #opendata #bibliometrics #scientometrics

Now on stage at #csvconf: @essepuntato presenting "How did we get to OpenCitations: a brief history of open scholarly citations" #opencitations

Happening now: Arcangelo Massari at #csvconf presenting "Automated citation crowdsourcing: extending scholarly data coverage through community contributions" #opencitations

Double talk session for the OpenCitations team at csv,conf,v9, the community conference dedicated to the theme ‘Data for Communities’.”

💡10 Sept., h. 10:30 CEST: Arcangelo Massari with the talk “Automated citation crowdsourcing: extending scholarly data coverage through community contributions”

🔓 10 Sept., h. 16:05: @essepuntato presenting “How did we get to #OpenCitations a brief history of open scholarly citations”

🦙More info at https://csvconf.com/index.html

❗SERVICE ALERT❗
On Aug.21, between 09:00 and 18:00 CEST, #OpenCitations services may experience temporary disruptions due to technical interventions. We apologise in advance for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.

☀️ July may be for holidays, but it's never too late to read a good annual report!
The #OpenCitations 2024 Annual Report is now available on Zenodo, featuring our five key focus areas and full financial transparency.
📘 Read it here: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15862616

@SCOSSfunding @investinopen @graspos @BarcelonaDORI @eoscassociation @jisc @ERC_Research @dblp

📢 Tomorrow!
@essepuntato will present #OpenCitations during an online seminar organised by the Italian chapter of @coarassessment
🗓️ Date: July 9
🕙 Time: 10:00–12:00 CEST
🇮🇹 Language: Italian
👉 Info & Registration: https://biblio.unipd.it/news/seminari-coara

Thanks to everyone who checked out our new website at opencitations.net
📩As a reminder, the #OpenCitations Newsletter is now live!
Don’t miss out on updates, projects & community news. Subscribe here:
👉https://opencitations.net/newsletter/

🎉 Our new website is live!  

As part of our rebranding journey, it now offers easier access to our services, and a big new feature: the OpenCitations Newsletter!   

📩Subscribe:  https://opencitations.net/newsletter/  
🔗Explore:  https://opencitations.net/  
📰Read the announcement:  https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/3918

#opencitations

@OpenAIRE @SCOSSfunding @investinopen @eoscassociation @operaseu @graspos

Exciting things are happening behind the scenes at #OpenCitations...
You may experience some temporary service disruptions, but our team is working to minimise the inconvenience.
Get ready. A big reveal is coming soon.🔎✨

❗EXTRAORDINARY MAINTENANCE❗Due to an unplanned outage, some #OpenCitations services may not be working as expected. We are currently working to resolve the issue. Thank you for your patience.

❗PLANNED MAINTENANCE ON APRIL 17 ❗
Due to ordinary maintenance planned on April 17, 2025, some #OpenCitations services may not function as expected. We apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate your patience.

💡 #GRAPHIA aims to create the first comprehensive Social Science and Humanities (SSH) Knowledge Graph. #OpenCitations is one of its data sources, and our @unibo personnel is involved in developing new tools for data extraction from PDFs. Press release at: https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/3869

The new logo of #OpenCitations is an evolution of the elements of the old one and embodies our values of openness, curiosity, and innovation:

Letter O for “Open” our a core value and ultimate goal;

Letter C for “Citations”;

Eye as a symbol of curiosity and exploration of research;

Citation Markups symbolizing the semantic web technologies.

More at https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/3797

THE NAME OF OPENCITATIONS NEW LOGO

Have you already become familiar with the mascot of our new logo?

We have decided to call this character “QUIRIN”, a name which describes the four pillars of #OpenCitations services: QUality; Integration; Reusablity and INteroperability. Quirin is not just a mascot but is an integral part of the OpenCitations brand! Learn more at https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/3797

THE NEW LOGO OF OPENCITATIONS
Our old OC logo has served us well for many years, but we needed a design to reflect the present and future of #OpenCitations. The new logo is strongly distinctive and its uniqueness has made it possible to officially register it as a trademark! And we even gave it a name: https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/3797
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@OpenAIRE @graspos @investinopen @operas_ger @SCOSSfunding @BarcelonaDORI @unibo @eoscassociation @PublicKnowledgeProject @dblp