Tuesday 13 May 2025

Digital Science, a technology company serving stakeholders across the research ecosystem, will offer U.S. government libraries access to some of its most powerful research data and analytics tools under a new partnership with the Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK).

“As an approved FEDLINK vendor, we’re excited that three of Digital Science’s flagship solutions will be available to FEDLINK libraries, helping to drive discoveries, analysis, actionable insights, reporting, and planning across U.S. government branches,” said Duane Willams, Managing Director, Global Governments and Non-Profits, Digital Science.

The three Digital Science solutions now available to FEDLINK libraries and agencies are:

Dimensions – hosting the largest collection of interconnected global research data, Dimensions re-imagines research discovery with access to grants, publications, clinical trials, patents, and policy documents all in one place. Dimensions helps researchers discover deeper insights from more sources in less time, guide collection decisions with data, and strengthen library planning and reporting with actionable intelligence.

Altmetric – a leading provider of alternative research metrics, Altmetric helps everyone involved in research to gauge the impact of their work. Altmetric’s powerful technology searches thousands of online sources, revealing where research is being shared and discussed. See who’s talking about your institution’s research, show real-world impact, and highlight popular research for promotion or outreach.

ReadCube – a leader in scalable literature workflow solutions, ReadCube helps individuals and organizations focus on the breakthrough work that matters most by transforming the way scholarly literature is managed, monitored and reviewed. ReadCube makes it easier to access and manage articles, supports researchers with smart tools, and speeds up literature reviews.

Digital Science FEDLINK Vendor Contract: LCFDL25D0002

Vendor Code: DG

Discover more about Digital Science’s solutions at the FEDLINK Spring Expo (Thursday 15 May 2025).
Find out more at Digital Science’s FEDLINK information page.

About FEDLINK
The Federal Library and Information Network (FEDLINK) is an organization of federal agencies working together to achieve the optimum use of the resources and facilities of federal libraries and information centers by promoting common services, coordinating and sharing available resources, and providing continuing professional education for federal library and information staff. FEDLINK serves as a forum for the discussion of the policies, programs, procedures, and technologies that affect federal libraries and the information services they provide to their agencies, Congress, the federal courts, and the American people.

About the Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the world’s largest library, offering access to the creative record of the United States – and extensive materials from around the world – both on-site and online. It is the main research arm of the U.S. Congress and the home of the U.S. Copyright Office. Explore collections, reference services and other programs and plan a visit at loc.gov; access the official site for U.S. federal legislative information at congress.gov; and register creative works of authorship at copyright.gov.

About Digital Science
Digital Science is an AI-focused technology company providing innovative solutions to complex challenges faced by researchers, universities, funders, industry and publishers. We work in partnership to advance global research for the benefit of society. Through our brands – Altmetric, Dimensions, Figshare, IFI CLAIMS Patent Services, metaphacts, OntoChem, Overleaf, ReadCube, Symplectic, and Writefull – we believe when we solve problems together, we drive progress for all. Visit digital-science.com and follow Digital Science on Bluesky, on X or on LinkedIn.

Media contact
David Ellis, Press, PR & Social Manager, Digital Science: Mobile +61 447 783 023, d.ellis@digital-science.com

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North Andover, Massachusetts, USA, and London, UK

Aries Systems Corporation, a leading technology workflow solutions provider to the scholarly publishing community, and Figshare, a highly configurable platform for sharing research data, have partnered to promote and facilitate the sharing of open data from academic papers.

Figshare, part of Digital Science, has integrated with Aries’ Editorial Manager^® (EM) to allow authors to submit their datasets to Figshare during manuscript submission in EM. Leveraging Aries’ repository API, the integration allows authors to preview the dataset files as they will appear on Figshare when published, edit the metadata, and add additional files to their submission in EM. When the associated article is ready to be published, the datasets will be published in the publisher’s Figshare Portal and assigned a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for citing and reuse.

This integration – available for all publishers using both Editorial Manager and Figshare – makes publishing open data faster and easier for publishers and authors without the disruption of workflow.

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Figshare to add another data repository option to our ecosystem of applications,” stated Nathan Westgarth, Aries’ VP of Product Management. “This partnership not only streamlines workflow and improves user experience, but further supports open data to make research more discoverable and accessible.”

“Mark Hahnel, Founder and CEO of Figshare, said: “We’re excited to creatively support the needs of publishers. Now, more than ever, it’s critical for publishers to ensure their datasets and supplementary information are supported as first-class research and to make it as easy as possible for their authors to share that information as part of the submission process.”

For more information about the Figshare/Editorial Manager integration, please contact: publishing@digital-science.com.

About Aries Systems
Aries Systems transforms and revolutionizes the delivery of high-value content to the world. We are committed to providing highly customizable, flexible, and innovative workflow solutions designed to help enhance the discovery and dissemination of human knowledge. Publish faster, publish smarter, with Aries Systems.

About Figshare
Figshare offers a highly configurable repository solution to provide access to datasets, publications, and all of the products of research with a dedicated repository portal. Figshare’s out-of-the-box software is designed to meet requirements for security, accessibility, and global repository standards, such as preservation, persistence, metadata, and discoverability. Visit figshare.com and follow @figshare on Twitter.

About Digital Science
Digital Science is a technology company working to make research more efficient. We invest in, nurture and support innovative businesses and technologies that make all parts of the research process more open and effective. Our portfolio includes admired brands Altmetric, Dimensions, Figshare, ReadCube, Symplectic, IFI CLAIMS, GRID, Overleaf, Ripeta and Writefull. We believe that together, we can help researchers make a difference. Visit www.digital-science.com and follow @digitalsci on Twitter.

Media contacts

Megan Hardeman, Product Marketing Manager, Figshare: megan@figshare.com

David Ellis, Press, PR & Social Manager, Digital Science: d.ellis@digital-science.com

Aimee DesRoches, Marketing Manager, Aries Systems: marketing@ariessys.com

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Publisher extends its commitment to open science by offering authors first integrated route for data deposition

Springer Nature and Figshare have launched a free pilot to better support authors in making their data openly available. Authors submitting to a number of Nature research journals and Academic Journals will now be able to easily opt into data sharing, via Figshare, as part of one integrated submission process.

The availability of data is central to open science and integral to the reproducibility of research and therefore the advancement of knowledge. Research on the impact of data sharing shows that when data is openly available, articles receive over 25% more citations. However, despite the positive impact of sharing data and willingness from authors, less than 40% actually make their data available. Reasons for this include a lack of understanding, difficulties in how to deposit data, convoluted processes, or challenges around correctly linking data and articles.

This pilot builds on a longstanding commitment from Springer Nature to open data – including automatic deposition of supplementary Information for BMC and SpringerOpen journals, enhanced curation support for authors and integration at our flagship data journal Scientific Data.

Speaking of the pilot, Meredith LeMasurier, Vice President Journals, Fully OA Portfolio commented:

“Open Data has an essential role in increasing the credibility of research – validating data so that researchers can trust it, and combating scientific misinformation so that wider society can trust it. Yet there are still some barriers and hesitations around both the development and adoption of open data and open research solutions.

“Integrating data sharing more seamlessly into an author’s submission workflow removes the challenge faced by many authors of having to find a suitable repository, registering and linking data – all admin heavy tasks. It supports straightforward and simple guidance, drives best practice, improves data sharing and creates a better foundation for reader engagement. We are incredibly proud to be collaborating further with Figshare to help develop standards, tools and services to better support sustainable open research, and therefore open science practice.”

The pilot will initially include Nature research journals and Academic Journals portfolios across the fields of neuroscience, ecology and evolution, chemistry, energy, cancer and transplantation. Working closely with researchers throughout, the pilot will explore and test out more integrated ways for data sharing.

“It’s inspiring to see incremental leaps in the Nature Research and Academic Journals team. The fact that hard work is going into making life easier for researchers, as well as moving towards sustainable, open research data is massively encouraging,” said Mark Hahnel, Figshare CEO.

More on Springer Nature’s approach to open research and open science can be found here. Eugenie Regan’s, VP Research Solutions, blog on open research at Springer Nature.

About Springer Nature

For over 175 years Springer Nature has been advancing discovery by providing the best possible service to the whole research community. We help researchers uncover new ideas, make sure all the research we publish is significant, robust and stands up to objective scrutiny, that it reaches all relevant audiences in the best possible format, and can be discovered, accessed, used, re-used and shared. We support librarians and institutions with innovations in technology and data; and provide quality publishing support to societies.
As a research publisher, Springer Nature is home to trusted brands including Springer, Nature Portfolio, BMC, Palgrave Macmillan and Scientific American. For more information, please visit springernature.com and @SpringerNature

About Figshare

Figshare, part of Digital Science, offers a highly configurable storage solution to provide access to publishers’ datasets and supplementary material with a dedicated repository portal and in-article viewer. Figshare’s out-of-the-box software is designed to meet requirements for security, accessibility, and global repository standards, such as preservation, persistence, metadata, and discoverability. Visit figshare.com and follow @figshare on Twitter.

Media contacts

Megan Hardeman, Product Marketing Manager, Figshare: megan@figshare.com

Sam Sule, Communications, Springer Nature: sam.sule@springernature.com

David Ellis, Press, PR & Social Manager, Digital Science: d.ellis@digital-science.com

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