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Elements integrates with Europe PMC

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Yesterday, we released our final version of Elements for 2013, v4.7. One of the most exciting features in this release was the introduction of a new data source, Europe PubMed Central (Europe PMC). Based on the PubMed Central (PMC) database developed in the US and part of the network of PMC repositories, Europe PMC provides a comprehensive and reliable source of full-texts and publications to further enhance the wide data coverage already available in Elements.

How does Europe PMC differ from PubMed and PMC?

Simple, it has more content. Europe PMC provides access to 28 million abstracts and over 2.6 million biomedical and life science full-text articles (of which over 570,000are Open Access). It does this by providing a single point of access to the 28 million abstracts from PubMed and the 2.5 million full-texts from PMC. It then supplements this with an additional 5 million records from other relevant sources. In short, it’s awesome!

An alternative citation count

Europe PMC also provides a valuable source of citation counts, from which Elements calculates H-Index values. Citation counts are hyperlinked to the corresponding Europe PMC pages that provide further detail on the citations.

Alternative Citation Count

The technical stuff

As with full-text files from arXiv, Elements users will be able to through-load full-text files directly from Europe PMC to their institutional repository. This bit of functionality will require the Elements Repository Tools package.

Thanks to our users

As with all of our initiatives, Europe PMC integration was put into development after user feedback. You can read more about Europe PMC on their website, and if you’re a user of Elements, head over to the Feature Request forum to join the conversation.

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Keith Webster, Dean of University Libraries, Carnegie Mellon

I cannot overstate how pleased we have been.
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for at least 5 years on a project of this size.

Caleb Smith, Senior Strategy Manager for Research Intelligence & Analytics, University of Michigan

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Associate Dean, Carnegie Mellon University at Qatar

"Leveraging the interoperability between Symplectic Elements and DSpace has increased policy-driven institutional repository deposits by over 350%."

Ellen Phillips, Open Access Specialist, Boston University

Elements elegantly connected our multi-university system providing a
single source of truth throughout OIEx.

Tim Cain, The Ohio Innovation Exchange (OIEx)

The University measures the individual research activity of academic staff. This Measure of Research Activity (MoRA) requires the collection of publication data from faculty. Symplectic Elements supports this beautifully.

Floris van der Leest, Victoria University, Melbourne, Australia

[Elements] will help to bring transparency to the richness of thought showcased within non-traditional publications, providing a more holistic representation of faculties’ scholarly work.

Caleb Smith, University of Michigan

Feedback to date has been extremely positive from all levels across the University, with individual academics and colleagues actively promoting the ease of use of the system.

Rachel Baird, Research Policy Analyst, University of Liverpool
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