Daily Updates for publications paused Sept 9-12, 2021

Daily updates for new publications, updates to existing publications, citations, etc. are going to be paused from Thursday Sept 9 to Sunday Sept 12, 2021 as the latest software release is being implemented for public availability. We apologize for the inconvenience but want to ensure platform stability from these new enhancements!

UI tweeks, minor bug fixes, etc.

We are still sluggin' away on the backend enhancements but have added/fixed a few pieces on the front end in the meantime.

Periodicals in search results, publisher's lists, or any other list for that matter will report (via icons) some pertinent information regarding a listed periodical:

• Whether PSIthority has an Aim and Scope indexed.
• Whether PSIthority has an active/broken/missing hyperlink to the original periodical.
• Number of Issues currently indexed by PSIthority for a given periodical.
• Number of Publications currently indexed by PSIthority for a given periodical.

The idea here is to:

• help save you time (i.e. if we only have a periodical's title and respective ISSNs and no publications indexed, we don't want to waste your time requiring you to click on the periodical only to find out there is nothing else indexed for it.
• create an opportunity for crowdsourcing and enabling the community to improve upon these records (update/report/fix broken hyperlinks, update/add Aim and Scope, etc.)

Much of the metadata in the scholarly publishing environment changes over time (hyperlinks change/break, journals disappear/become inactive/change publishers, Aim and Scopes change or are updated, etc.). The decentralized nature of the scholarly publishing environment makes it very difficult for the community to be aware of such changes/updates.

One of PSIthority's goals is to provide a medium for this environment to maintain these sort of metadata in near-real-time. However, to do so is nearly impossible for any single entity, organization or service to execute effectively. But together as a community (ie via crowdsourcing) this feat is entirely possible and to everyone's benefit.

User Profiles and Discussion Forums will be going offline temporarily.

The PSIthority platform is bringing new and improved functionality to user profiles, user libraries, as well the discussion forum system. They are not being removed - they are being improved! It turned out to be a difficult proposition to maintain the legacy code with the incremental changes being made. So for the sake of expedience, bear with us! You won't be disappointed!

The ETA for this development sprint is currently mid August, 2021. This release will include the base functionalities and features you're used to but the underlying code modifications will simplify extendability for new functionalities on our end.

New Functionality: Citation Networks Activated!

Not an April Fool's! Publications now have a Citations Network tab to include publications that are part of the extended citation network of any publication. These citation networks are created by using magic ... or possibly a derivation of the BFS algorithm, think "Friend of a Friend" in the social media world. But let's stick with magic.

It's a simple and convenient way to discover related publications residing in the citation sphere for any given publication. Enjoy!

CrossRef Integration

The PSIthority platform is integrating the CrossRef metadata dataset behind the scenes. We expect full integration into the platform, availability, and discoverability services to be ready by September 2021.

Bug Fixes

• Filter Feature should be working correctly for Periodicals (i.e. Filter by Open Access journals, active, etc.).
• Categorization Schemas are now functioning correctly for publications.
• Fixed reported issue with "Add to My Library" for Microsoft Edge users.
• Optimized query functionality to improve response times.

New Functionality: Retractions, Expressions of Concern and CQC Notices (Non-editorial Comments, Questions, and Concerns)

The PSI Library home page now includes the Retractions & EoC Notices tab that includes the latest retractions, expressions of concern as well as non-editorial comments being raised by third parties (i.e. PubPeer comments).

Updated daily, it is our hope that this integration will increase visibility of problematic publications within the literature record, reduce post-retraction citations, and bring more eyes to bear on the science.

New Functionality: New Journals in 20XX

Find the newest journals coming online for the current or past year.

As editors register their journals with us or as we stumble upon them in our internet travels, the latest journals will be automatically included on the PSI Library page under the News tab to assist in improving visibility and gaining traction.

Editors: if your journal is not yet registered with PSIthority, contact us today!