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Thank you to all who joined our #metadata best practices workshop yesterday!
We hope it was a valuable session & we really appreciated your engagement throughout🙌
Recording coming to our website soon👀
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🚨Happening tomorrow!
Join us for our Arabic-language workshop exploring how #metadata shapes discoverability & research integrity.
9 June | 13:00 GST
🔗Register now: shorturl.at/GQ2nL
Only ONE week to go!👀
Our upcoming Arabic-language workshop on #metadata best practices will take place on 9-Jun, 13:00 GST. Join us to explore essential & optional Crossref metadata elements & practical strategies for accurate content registration.
🔗Register now: shorturl.at/GQ2nL
4️⃣PKP & Crossref Launch OJS 3.5 Webinar Series
@pkp.sfu.ca & @crossref.bsky.social are offering a free webinar series on OJS 3.5 features, upgrades, & metadata workflows. The sessions aim to help journals improve interoperability, discoverability, & publishing practices.
2️⃣PLOS Medicine Requires Code Sharing
@plosmedicine.org announced a new code-sharing policy to strengthen reproducibility & accountability in medical research. The policy supports greater transparency in how published findings are generated & validated.
We're thrilled to welcome the University of Doha for Science & Technology as FORM's newest institutional member!🎉
The membership reflects a shared commitment to advancing accessible & community-driven approaches to research & #ScholarlyCommunication
🔗Read more: shorturl.at/swPyb
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Wondering about this year's conference?🤔
We've been busy behind the scenes, & exciting news is coming very soon. We're not quite ready to share the details yet, but trust us, it'll be worth the wait.
Stay tuned!📣
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3️⃣AI Search Tools Need Better Metadata
Concerns remain about missed articles & inaccurate results as AI-powered scholarly search tools gain popularity. This discussion from the @scholarlykitchen.bsky.social highlights the critical role of high-quality metadata in improving research discovery.
#OpenScience news we're excited about📣🧵
1️⃣New TOP 2025 Journal Implementation Guidance
@cos.io released guidance to help journals align with updated TOP 2025 Guidelines. The resource introduces new transparency practices & clearer expectations for sharing & verifying research outputs.
AI scholarly search tools often miss important literature due to incomplete metadata. Better full-text-derived metadata could significantly improve discovery.
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Thank you so much @forumforopen.bsky.social for sharing!
The first recording from the PKP and @crossref.bsky.social webinar "Introducing OJS 3.5: Features and User Enhancements" is now up on the above PKP News Blog post, and here: youtu.be/KzeIvJVNGvg?...
PKP in collaboration with Crossref invites you to the OJS 3.5 Features, User Enhancements, and Upgrading Webinar Series with events in English, Spanish, French, and Indonesian, starting June 2026 thro...
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Recognizing that code is as essential a research artifact as the data it analyzes, this Editorial outlines how PLOS Medicine is strengthening its code sharing policy to further ensure reproducibility ...
