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📊 We asked the community, and the community answered.
Now that the Community Survey is closed, we have collected and analysed the results. The full report is available on #Zenodo, while our latest blog post offers an overview of key trends.
💭A phase of strategic reflection starts now: stay tuned for what's next!
📌Report: https://zenodo.org/records/18470862
📌Blog post: https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/4130
🌱OpenCitations has always grown thanks to its community of institutions and people who believe in the value of open scholarly data, and now we're asking for your input.
🏗️To continue building an infrastructure that truly reflects the needs of the scholarly community, we’ve launched the OpenCitations Community Survey.
Whether you are a supporter, a partner institution, a user, or have simply come across OpenCitations by chance (even if you’ve never used our data or looked closely at what we do), this survey is your opportunity to share your experience, tell us what works, what could be improved, and what you’d like to see in the future. Your insights will directly inform how we evolve our activities and services to better support open and responsible research.
⏲️It takes about 10 minutes to complete, and every single response helps us strengthen OpenCitations as a community-driven, transparent, and sustainable open infrastructure.
👉 Take the survey and help shape the future of OpenCitations: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/GYSZ230686
We are pleased to announce that the Proceedings of the Workshop on Open Citations and Open Scholarly Metadata (#WOOC2025), held in #Bologna on 28–29 May 2025, are now available on Zenodo.
📖 The index volume: https://zenodo.org/records/17199918
📚 All individual papers, each with its own DOI, are available in the dedicated Zenodo community: https://zenodo.org/communities/wooc2025/records?q=&l=list&p=1&s=10&sort=newest
The proceedings include the report of the Bologna Meeting on Open Research Information, as well as invited talks and peer-reviewed papers.
We warmly thank all authors and participants who made WOOC 2025 such a stimulating event, and we invite the community to read and share these open contributions, helping us advance transparency and openness in scholarly communication.
📢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/
GRAPHIA 2026 Webinar Series
Missed the March webinar sharing an introduction to LLMs? You can now watch the recording:
🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg1-BF6donA&t=995s
We also invite you to join the next webinar:
“Beyond SPARQL: Towards Conversation-Based Access to Knowledge Graphs in GRAPHIA”
📅 Apr 16, 2 PM CET
In this session, you will discover how conversational approaches can make knowledge graphs more accessible and useful for Social Sciences & Humanities research.
🔗 Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/zv0Kr1JNQeyuiGAFc7z-6g#/registration
#GRAPHIA #Webinar #KnowledgeGraphs #DigitalHumanities #OpenScience #SSH
🔍 GRAPHIA Researchers Series
The Researchers Series continues, highlighting the people behind GRAPHIA Project 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 second feature, we introduce Athanasios Koutoupas from The Cyprus Institute. Stay tuned to learn more about his work and how it connects to GRAPHIA’s mission: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TAh3sbTJo2A
Follow the series as we spotlight the researchers driving collaboration across disciplines.
#GRAPHIA #Researchers #DigitalHumanities #KnowledgeGraphs #OpenScience #SSH
Version 2.0 of the Principles of Open Scholarly Infrastructure is out! This version is the result of a review of the version 1.1 principles by the #POSI Adopters and consultation with the community to create version 2.0: https://openscholarlyinfrastructure.org/
🔭What’s next for OpenCitations in 2026?
Following the analysis of our Community Survey, we’ve identified the key steps that will guide our work over the coming year.
Our focus: strengthening engagement with our core community, while ensuring sustainable growth, balancing community input with our capacity and resources.
We will pursue this through targeted actions aimed at:
📌improving usability with tutorials tailored to specific use cases
📌expanding data coverage
📌advancing interoperability through backend development
📌enabling new workflows for crowdsourced citation data
🛣️Explore our updated roadmap: https://trello.com/b/RprHYoKL/opencitations
📰Read the blog post: https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/4214
A revolution in #OpenCitations: forget the multiple indexes, the new ingestion workflow is designed to produce just two comprehensive collections: the OpenCitations Index, now containing almost 2 BILLION unique citations, and OpenCitations Meta, for the open bibliographical metadata.
👉Learn more about the new process and its benefits on #OpenCitationsBlog: https://opencitations.hypotheses.org/3499
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📩The first issue of the OpenCitations Newsletter is out!
This issue has a special focus on the OpenCitations Community Survey, where you can share your feedback and help us shape the future of our open infrastructure.
📖Read it at https://mailchi.mp/334ad32e7aa7/opencitations-newsletter
Every two months, we’ll share news, technical updates, and events straight from our team and community.
👉Curious? Subscribe at https://opencitations.net/newsletter/
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⏰ Last call! Today is the final day to complete the OpenCitations Community Survey.
Thank you for helping us build better open infrastructure!
👉https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/GYSZ230686
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The slides of @essepuntato@scholar.social's talk, given online for the University of Derby in the context of the #OpenResearchWeek are now available on Zenodo:
Peroni, S. (2026, March 12). OpenCitations: recent developments and future directions. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18989920
We’re delighted to see our blog post on the outcomes of our Community Survey featured among the Must-Reads in Open Science in the post “Open Science round-up: Making preprints count” on the International Science Council blog: https://council.science/blog/open-science-round-up-making-preprints-count/
These are exciting days for the OpenCitations team, attending the @graspos@scicomm.xyz Final Conference in #Pisa.
💭Today has been a busy and inspiring day: we took part in the poster session and our director @essepuntato@scholar.social contributed to the panel discussion “Open Infrastructures for Responsible Research Assessment: Challenges and Next Steps.”
👉Tomorrow at 17:00 CET, Silvio will also join the round table during the final event of the @CoARAssessment@mastodon.social Italian National Chapter, another great opportunity to discuss how open infrastructures can support responsible and transparent research assessment: https://www.coara-italia.it/gli-eventi/evento-pisa/
📩 The second issue of the OpenCitations Newsletter is out!
This issue is dedicated to the new OpenCitations Governance model, insights from the Community Survey, updates on the OpenCitations trademark, new technical releases, events, and news from our community.
📖 Read it at: https://mailchi.mp/6c5ce4190c68/opencitations-newsletter-13888870
Every two months, we share news, technical updates, and events directly from our team and community.
👉 Curious? Subscribe at https://opencitations.net/newsletter/
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📥The slides from @essepuntato@scholar.social's talk "The path to open: premises and achievements after more than a decade of OpenCitations" at Open and Engaged Conference 2025 are now available on Zenodo: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17417193
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SSH researchers, there’s still time to take part in the #GRAPHIA survey on how you use #KnowledgeGraphs in your research.
Your insights will help shape GRAPHIA’s future features.
🕑It takes about 15 minutes, so don’t wait: the deadline is 16 January!
👉 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf5BDE0Okrbz-9IWQWOR-AZD28sjB750rx8v_Bo9lTxPDaaOQ/viewform
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!🌟
The presentation from @essepuntato@scholar.social keynote speech at 1st SESAME-2025 workshop is now available on #Zenodo
📥Peroni, S. (2025, December 19). OpenCitations: recent developments and future directions. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17991410
Save the date! On Sept. 5, h. 16:30-17 CEST @brevelunga@scicomm.xyz will be speaking at #OAI13 with the talk "A case study: OpenCitations, an open science infrastructure seeking long-term sustainability": https://oai.events/oai13/
This event is virtual and free, and registration is still open: https://oai.events/registration/
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Countdown to #EGI2023 (#Poznań,19-23/06)! During the conference, you will find our Head of Comms @brevelunga@scicomm.xyz displaying the poster "OpenCitations: an open science infrastructure on its way towards sustainability". See you at the pitch session (20/06): https://whova.com/web/M8zkrnLo5DUwlnug54VINPkHTdssyl49PHa20jCW2Qg%3D/Agenda/
Last available seats! Register now for the online event "OpenCitations: recent developments and future directions", organized by University of Derby in the context of the #OpenResearchWeek!
📌12 March 2026, h. 12-13 CET
👉Register at: https://libcal.derby.ac.uk/event/4486464
⚠️ PLANNED DOWNTIME - 10 March 2026
On Tuesday, 10 March, OpenCitations services may experience temporary disruptions due to scheduled maintenance on the power grid. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
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
⚠️ PLANNED DOWNTIME - POSSIBLE SERVICE DISRUPTIONS
On Monday, 22 December, OpenCitations services may experience temporary disruptions due to scheduled maintenance on the power grid. We apologise for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding.
🔍 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
