Managing Scholarly Research Output: The Smithsonian Institution Experience. Martin R. Kalfatovic, Alvin Hutchinson, Richard Naples, and Suzanne Pilsk. CNI Spring Meeting. St. Louis, MO. 8 April 2019.

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Managing Scholarly Research Output:
The Smithsonian Institution Experience
An Introduction to Smithsonian Research Information Management
Martin R. Kalfatovic
Alvin Hutchinson, Richard Naples,
Suzanne Pilsk
CNI Spring Meeting
8 April 2019 | St. Louis

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156 Million Objects &
Specimens

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Anacostia Community Museum Library
National Air and Space Museum Library
National Museum of African American History & Culture Library
National Museum of American History Library
National Postal Museum Library
Smithsonian Institution Libraries Research Annex
The Vine Deloria, Jr. Library, National Museum of the American Indian
History and Culture
Smithsonian American Art / Portrait Gallery Library
Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Library
Freer and Sackler Galleries Library
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library
Warren M. Robbins Library, National Museum of African Art
Art and Design
Botany and Horticulture Library
John Wesley Powell Library of Anthropology
Museum Support Center Library
National Museum of Natural History Library
National Zoological Park Library
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Library
Earl Tupper Library, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Sciences
Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology
Joseph F. Cullman 3rd Library of Natural History
Special Collections
Smithsonian Libraries

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Supporting
Research
Taxonomy

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Supporting
Research
Keeping Pandas Alive

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Olinguito
(Bassaricyon neblina)
First carnivore species discovered
in Americas in 35 years.
Supporting
Research
New Discoveries

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Supporting
Research
History / Art / Culture

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SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH OF ARTICLES
Global scientific output
doubles every nine years
Source: http://blogs.nature.com/news/2014/05/global-
scientific-output-doubles-every-nine-years.html

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SMITHSONIAN SCHOLARLY PUBLISHING
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10000
20000
30000
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60000
70000
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90000
Growth of annual number of publications by Smithsonian authors in Research Online (from 1843-2018)
OVER 87K PUBLICATIONS SINCE 1843

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SMITHSONIAN RESEARCH ONLINE
RESEARCH.SI.EDU

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Dspace Repository

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SCIENCE
HISTORY &
CULTURE
ART
OTHER
What
Smithsonian
Researchers
Publish
Lots of Science, sure.
But enough of the “other
stuff” to cause data
capture headaches
12,115 publications: 2012-2017
87,800+ total publications since 1846

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NATURAL
HISTORY
MUSEUM
ASTROPHYSICAL
OBSERVATORY
TROPICAL
RESEARCH
INSTITUTE
NATIONAL
ZOO
ENVIRONMENTAL
RESEARCH CENTER
MUSEUM
CONSERVATION
INSTITUTE
Science
Publications in
Research Online
From astrophysics to
zebra reproduction,
10:1 journal articles to
everything else
9,834 Science publications: 2012-2017

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AIR & SPACE
MUSEUM
AMERICAN
HISTORY
MUSEUM
POSTAL
MUSEUM
FOLKLIFE
AMERICAN
INDIAN
ANACOSTIA
AFRICAN AMERICAN
HISTORY AND CULTURE
ASIAN PACIFIC
AMERICAN CENTER
1,376 History & Culture publications:
2012-2017
History & Culture
Publications in
Research Online
25% book & book
chapters, 25% blog posts,
50% journal articles

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AMERICAN ART MUSEUM
FREER & SACKLER
PORTRAIT GALLERY
COOPER HEWITT
HIRSHHORN
AFRICAN
ART
350 Art publications: 2012-2017
Art Publications in
Research Online
More than half are books or
book chapters

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SCHOLARLY
PRESS
CASTLE
OFFICE OF
POLICY &
ANALYSIS
ARCHIVES
SMITHSONIAN
LIBRARIES
GARDENS
Other Publications in
Research Online
Interdisciplinary and support
organizations, including our
publications arm.
60% books & chapters
411 Other publications: 2012-2017

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Yet Another Digital Identifier (YADI) Slide

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Commitment to Globally Unique Identifiers
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CrossRef DOIs
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Zenodo
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ORCID
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EZID
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Archival Resource Keys
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Etc.

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We interupt this talk for a public
service announcment …
ARKs in the Open Project

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ARKs in the Open:
community owned
identifier infrastructure
ARKs in the Open Project

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The Covenant of the ARK
The ARK scheme
will not charge fees to create or use ARKs
will not limit the number of ARKs you assign
will not limit the kind of content you identify
will not require metadata, nor even persistence
will not mandate use of any particular resolver
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The Covenant of the ARK

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Collaboration with DuraSpace
ARKsInTheOpen.org
• Start-up help for community-building
• Experience with open-source
software support
• Fiscal sponsor for small non-profits

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No!
CDL plans to be a core member
of the ARK community and invites anyone
with an interest in promoting long-term access to
information objects to join us.
Is CDL abandoning ARKs?

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How can I get involved?
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Explore the work so far: ARKsInTheOpen.org
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ARK mailing list
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Express your Interest: bit.ly/2C4fU8f
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Project roadmap, Advisory Group
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WGs: outreach, sustainability, technical
Questions?
arks@ucop.edu

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Smithsonian Public Access Plan
• Reaffirm the Smithsonian’s
commitment to increasing public
access to federally funded research
materials.
• Support the governance of and best
practices for managing federally
funded research materials across the
Smithsonian.
• Ensure effective access to and
reliable preservation of federally
funded research materials for
research, development, and
education.
• Preserve and increase the use of
federally funded research materials
to enhance discoveries.

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Smithsonian Public Access Plan
Public Access to Federally
Funded Research Materials
Submission of accepted manuscripts
and publisher agreements is facilitated
via a website maintained by the
Smithsonian Libraries. Likewise
uploading the accepted manuscript to
the SRO repository and observing any
stated embargo period is done by SRO
program staff.
Persistent Identifier Use and
Creation
The Smithsonian Libraries works with
recognized external service providers
to create and manage standard
identifiers used in scholarly
informatics.

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The Smithsonian is publishing more articles in Open
Access Journals
Articles in OA Journals
Articles published 2012-2018 in Smithsonian Research Online with
exact journal title matches with the Directory of Open Access
Journals.
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But publishing in OA Journals still only accounts for a low
percentage of all articles
% of Total Articles in OA Journals
Articles published 2012-2018 in Smithsonian Research Online with
exact journal title matches with the Directory of Open Access
Journals.
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
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10%
20%
30%
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90%
100%

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Atmospheric Chemistry and Phy...
BMC Geno...
Biodiversity Data Jou...
Science Adva...
Royal Society Open Sci...
Journal of Hymenoptera Rese...
Ecosp...
BMC Evolutionary Bio...
Nature Communicat...
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Scientific Rep...
Phyto...
Ecology and Evolu...
Zoo
PLoS...
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175
408
These are the 15 journals where we’ve published
20+ articles from 2012 to 2018

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Bibliometrics in Service of …

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Administration

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Administration

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BIBLIOMETRICS AT THE SMITHSONIAN
AD HOC REPORTING EXAMPLES

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BIBLIOMETRICS AT THE SMITHSONIAN
AD HOC REPORTING EXAMPLES
Impact of Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems
CITATION ANALYSIS, PRODUCTIVITY, CLARIVATE INCITES, ALTMETRICS

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Data Reuse on Staff & Department Pages

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Data Reuse on Staff & Department Pages

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Smithsonian Profiles

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Smithsonian Profiles
• Expert Locator
• Source for staff
information for re-use in
other Smithsonian
systems
• Statistics on staff
expertise

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Smithsonian Profiles
• Profiles link

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Smithsonian Profiles
• Profiles Details

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RIM in a Material Culture Enviroment

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Smithsonian Research Information Managment
Collections & Research: RDM

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Smithsonian Research Information Managment
People: Profiles
Collections & Research: RDM

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Smithsonian Research Information Managment
People: Profiles
Collections & Research: RDM
Publication Citation: Research Online

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Smithsonian Research Information Managment
Public Access: Research Repository
People: Profiles
Collections & Research: RDM
Publication Citation: Research Online

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Smithsonian Research Information Managment
Public Access: Research Repository
People: Profiles
Collections & Research: RDM
Impact: Bibliometrics/ScholComm
Publication Citation: Research Online

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Smithsonian Research Information Managment
Public Access: Research Repository
People: Profiles
Collections & Research: RDM
Impact: Bibliometrics/ScholComm
Publication Citation: Research Online
IDENTIFIERS

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Thank You!
Alvin Hutchinson
Richard Naples
Scott Miller
Suzanne Pilsk
Thanks to these
Smithsonian Staff for
assistance in this
presentation
& The ARKs in the
Open Team