Open Alex a Swedish SUNET
2nd No dic Bibliome ic In as uc u e Sp ing Mee ing
Tobias Jeppsson, KTH Lib a y
Con en s
•Backg ound
•Cu en si ua ion
•Sune
•Cu en idea and ime plan
•Commen s and e lec ions
Backg ound
•Se e al Swedish o ganiza ions use bibliome ics ex ensi ely
−Mix u e o Web o science, Scopus, OpenAlex and comme cial
sys ems (SciVal e c)
•No common na ional sys em o bibliome ics o esea ch
e alua ions
•Mul iple indi idual a emp s o e alua e and
use Open Alex, bo h o esea ch and e alua i e
bibliome ics
Cu en si ua ion
•Se e al uni e si ies and unde s a e looking in o OpenAlex
−API access
−Loading o ull snapsho in o local da abases
•Qui e esou ce demanding
•Much duplica ed wo k and much done “on he side” on
insu icien esou ces
la ge coo dina ion gains o be made
La es esea ch and inno a ion bill poin ing owa ds
openness in esea ch and esea ch e alua ion
Sune
•Backbone o IT-se ices o Swedish uni e si ies
•Hos ing bo h speci ic se ices as well as lexible
VM-based esou ces
•Suppo ing sys ems o bo h esea ch as well as uni e si y
adminis a ion
•Ha e models o cos -sha ing and secu e login solu ions
ac oss o ganisa ions
Reques s and demands
•Abili y o sha e da a
−wi hin uni e si y sys em bu also wi h ou side ac o s
−collabo a ion wi h comme cial pa ne s (combining da a, language models)
•Compa able e alua ion da a be ween o ganisa ions (i.e. based on same da a
and me hods)
•Bo h access o ull da a o cus omiza ion and deep
analysis as well as s anda dized da a se s
•C ossing bibliome ic da a wi h Swepub o local, in e nal
da a sou ces
Idea going o wa d
1. Tes phase
Cen al download and la ening o da a
Access o abula da a and basic da abase
2. Pilo phase (i es phase goes well)
Planning o s able sys em
P obably/hope ully smoo h ansi ion om es phase
3. Implemen a ion and main enance phase
Clea idea o di ision o esponsibili ies
Collabo a i e eam ac oss o ganisa ions o de elopmen
and main enance
En isioned sys em
( e y p elimina y ideas)
•Pipeline o con inuous da a upda es
•Fla ened da a a ailable in abula o m + as da abase
•Mix u e o “ aw” OpenAlex and de i ed indica o s
•Addi ional co-loca ed da a (Swepub, o g. s uc u es e c)
•Some s anda dized da ase / epo s based on e.g. PIDs
•Common codebase
E en ually sepa a e da abases/spaces o o ganiza ions
wi h es ic ed access
Go e nance
−SUHF me ics g oup (bibliome ic communi y)
−Sune
−SUHF s ee ing g oup? (Associa ion o Swedish Highe Educa ion Ins i u ions)
Dis ibu ed bibliome ic esou ce ac oss uni e si ies and
pa icipa ing o ganiza ions o me hod and indica o
de elopmen .
Base o collabo a ion wi h OpenAlex on cu a ion o
Swedish esea ch me a da a
