Funder Acronyms Are Still Not Enough

Funder Acronyms Are Still Not Enough

Funder metadata is becoming more important as the global research infrastructure is engaged as a tool for quantifying impact of funders on research results and as interest in open science increases. Using acronyms in funder names makes it difficult to find identifiers and make the connections that are needed to realize benefits.

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CHORUS Data Journeys

CHORUS Data Journeys

The CHORUS Dashboard provides visualizations and a variety of reports from the Global Research Infrastructure for Federal agencies and other users. The INFORMATE project focuses on three of the CHORUS Reports: All, Author Affiliation and Dataset. The goal of the first phase of the project is to understand the contents of the CHORUS reports and the data collection and processing that bring the data to the reports, i.e. the CHORUS Data Journey.

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INFORMATE: Metadata Game Changers and CHORUS Collaborate to Make the Invisible Visible

INFORMATE: Metadata Game Changers and CHORUS Collaborate to Make the Invisible Visible

How can the global research infrastructure increase understanding of the myriad contributions made to global knowledge by U.S. Federal agencies? How can we use this infrastructure to increase understanding of connections across the U.S. and global research landscape? How can this infrastructure be used to increase completeness, consistency, and connectivity within agency repositories and search tools?

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