Distinguish yourself from every other researcher with the same or a similar name to you and gain the credit for your work. There are different ways to do so. Check out the following options:
If you don’t have one yet, create an ORCID ID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID). ORCID ID gives you a way to reliably, unambiguously and permanently connect your name(s) with your work.
Alternatively, go to Researcher ID, sign up and completeyour profile. If you already have made an ORCID ID you can link Researcher ID to that.
In addition, you can increase your findability by using Google. First, create a Google account. Go to Google Scholar, make sure you are logged in and click “My Citations”. Follow instructions to create your profile and add or removepublications that are yours or not yours.
If you want to find out more how you can enhance your visibility, check out this page.
Enter a journal title, for example, Journal of Structural Biology.
Look up the open access policy of the journal. What is it? What do you need to keep in mind before, during, and after publishing in your selected journal?
Research publications and underlying research data can often be shared in free open repositories. Copies of journal articles are often shared in open repositories as well as being published in the academic journals themselves (subject to licence agreements). Some repositories hold publications only, whereas others hold data as well as publications. Learn how to share and archive your research outputs in easy steps:
Explore a publications repository. Go to EOSC Synergy Spanish Landscaping Report at DIGITAL.CSIC, the online open access repository of research produced by the Spanish National Research Council. Check out the details and download the report. Notice the Description shows a Creative Commons licence showing the report can be shared with attribution.
Explore data and publications repositories. Go to the generic data repositories, such as Zenodo, OSF or Figshare and explore their collections. Notice that in Zenodo, for example, you will see the type of resource deposited (Publication, Report, Dataset, Software etc).
Upload to a repository. Choose a recent paper, poster or presentation of your own and create a digital object identifier (DOI) by publishing in a repository of your choice. You will need to register to deposit.
Watch the video “European Open Science Cloud - The New Frontier of Data-Driven Science” (6 min). Reflect on the following questions:
What is the role of the EOSC in tackling global issues? What relevant examples are used to illustrate this?
Making data open poses a number of challenges to researchers as well as other stakeholders. What are some of these challenges? What could be the ways to address them?
"The more people use the same dataset, the more valuable it becomes." What does this statement mean? Do you agree/disagree?
Find out more about the thematic services the EOSC-Synergy team is working on. Answer the following questions:
What thematic services does EOSC Synergy cover? Which services are relevant to your field/work?
If you work in a different field than the thematic services of EOSC Synergy, is there any thematic service that addresses some challenges and issues that are similar to your field? Which thematic service(s) is it? What are some of these challenges and issues?
EOSC-Synergy is a regional project involving eight European countries. Take a look at the recent country landscape infographics and find out more about the progress of different countries in achieving the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) on a national level:
What policies and strategies do these countries have?
How high is EOSC awareness among researchers and decision makers?
What maturity level have these countries reached in terms of getting closer to EOSC?
If you are from one of the countries participating in EOSC, do you agree with the statements? If you do not agree, do you think your government would take a similar stand?
For further information and details, browse through national landscape reports that are available on infographics pages.
In the following case study, Dr Alberto Azevedo from the National Laboratory for Civil Engineering in Portugal (LNEC) explains the development of the innovative service for water management, highlighting its main characteristics and the value it brings to end-users. Read the case study and test your knowledge by completing a short quiz.
Go to FAIR-Aware to find out how much you know about the FAIR data principles. Become more confident at putting them in practice. The test will take between 10 and 30 minutes depending on your current knowledge. Use the provided guidance to plan and manage your research data.
Data repositories provide an easy way to publish your data following the FAIR principles. They play a central role in making your data discoverable for reuse by others or finding someone else’s data. Use the websites below to find a fitting repository and define your criteria for the suitable repository (think of the domain and trustworthiness):
In the planning phase, you should ensure appropriate and secure storage solutions for your data. Find your institution’s policy on research data storage. If you can’t find any relevant documents, reflect on these questions:
Where can you store your data?
Is the data frequently and safely backed up?
Who is responsible for storage, back-up and security of your data?
How do you prevent unauthorised access to your data, if relevant?
