This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 4.0 International License RENU building a sustainable, ORCID networked knowledge commons in Uganda – shared best practice with the Wits University Libraries 9 May 2025, Africana Hotel, Kampala, Uganda  Location and Campuses: Wits is located in Johannesburg, South Africa, and spans over 400 acres with campuses in Braamfontein and Parktown  Faculties and Schools: The university has five faculties and 34 schools, offering a wide range of courses and programs  Libraries and Resources: Wits boasts 11 libraries and access to over 1.2 million book volumes, 150,000+ print and electronic journal titles, and 234 online databases  Research Excellence: Wits is known for its research contributions, particularly in the palaeo- sciences, and hosts one of the largest fossil collections in the southern hemisphere  Medical Training: The Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre is renowned for training more medical specialists and super-specialists than any other university in southern Africa  Historical Contributions: Wits established the first clinical trial in South Africa for a COVID-19 vaccine in 2020  Student and Staff Diversity: The university has a diverse student body with 42,175 students, 56.43% of whom are female, and 61.89% are African (Black South African). The academic staff includes 1,174 full-time permanent employees  Cultural and Historical Archives: Wits has one of the largest independent and open-access archives in South Africa, with over 3,400 collections Wits is a vibrant and dynamic institution with a rich history and a strong commitment to research and education Facts about the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits): Facts about the University of the Witwatersrand ORCID Project: 2024-6 Drivers for Open Scholarship in South Africa  Launched ORCID in 2014  Statement on Open Access to Research Publications from the National Research Foundation (NRF)-Funded Research was published, in 2015  The NRF/DSI/ASSAf established the AOSP in 2017 to position African scientists at the cutting edge of data-intensive science by stimulating interactivity and creating opportunity through the development of efficiencies of scale, building critical mass through shared capacities, and amplifying impact through a commonality of purpose and voice.  SA Cabinet approved the adoption of the 2019 White Paper on Science, Technology, and Innovation as government policy.  Draft SA Open Access Policy, 2022 Wits’ and SA Open Access Policies https://libguides.wits.ac.za/ld.php?content_id=72475954 https://www.nrf.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/NRF-Open-Access-Statement.pdf https://libguides.wits.ac.za/ld.php?content_id=72475954 The Draft National Open Science Policy, by the South African government with stakeholders in 2022, is an encouraging step forward as it aims to promote the practice of open, application ORCID in South Africa  Proposal for all publicly funded research to be disseminated via open-access platforms, including data-supporting publications – as mandated by most global funders SA-EU Open Science Dialogue Report, 29 October, 2018 https://www.usaf.ac.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/SA-EU-Open-Science-Dialogue-Report-29-October-2018.pdf Wits is an ORCID Member Organisation  Wits is an ORCID Member Organisation. See here for more details on the benefits of ORCID membership for organisations.  ORCID is now integrated with Wits' Research Repository Platforms (publications and datasets). This means that Wits researchers can link their ORCID to identify and import their publications and outputs. The ORCID funding module was launched in 2014 Who is using ORCID?  Publishers and Presses including eLife Sciences, Elsevier, Wiley, Public Library of Science, Hindawi and Institute of Physics Publishing.  Research Institutions such as CERN, Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, National Institutes of Health and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.  Funding Agencies including NRF, The Wellcome Trust, Japan Science and Technology Agency, UK National Institute of Health Research  Learned Societies and Professional Associations such as: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS); American Chemical Society; IEEE; Optical Society; and many more  Scholarly Sharing Service Providers including Almetric, Dimensions, CrossRef, FigShare etc.  Major Research Universities including Harvard University, MIT, Oxford etc. The implementation of ORCID and its adoption into open-access strategies in South African HEIs  The first significant implementation of ORCID in South Africa was led by the National Research Foundation (NRF).  In October 2018, the NRF launched its ORCID integration, marking a pivotal step in the national adoption of ORCID Image: Copyright IDC/ORCID ORCID's API the system works as a hub to connect many research activities ORCID as a hub Funders, e.g. the NRF require grant applicants to register with ORCID ORCID’s role in open scholarship workflows What is Research Data Management (RDM)? 10,837 datasets have been curated over 6 months • for ORCID is required of authors to identify their institutional membership WIReDSpace: Wits Publications Repository https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/home WIReDSpace: Article deposited in the repository WIReDSpace: Article deposited in the repository ORCID WIReDSpace: Wits Publications Repository •1. Academic Wits Research Publications (Faculties submissions) •This community is for all faculties and schools' research outputs and publications by Wits academics and researchers. •2. Academic Wits University Research Outputs (All submissions) •This community hosts traditional outputs such as published and unpublished research articles, conference papers, book chapters, and other research outputs authored by Wits academics and researchers. Items in this collection are also mapped to relevant collections within the Faculties/Schools/Departments communities for more specific browsing and searching. •3. Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) - All submissions •This Community hosts a collection of electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs) submitted by doctoral and masters' students of Wits University. •4. Electronic Theses and Dissertations (ETDs) - Faculties submissions •This community is for all faculties and schools' theses and dissertations by masters and doctoral students. •5. Inaugural Lectures https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/communities/d9e6ceb1-73f8-4537-b48f-3c146ba96645 https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/communities/7233d299-30fe-41b8-9f67-171019cf2bda https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/communities/1534a1c1-070b-46da-8296-11820af70170 https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/communities/da483ca6-9262-470a-ae21-471270e56b04 https://wiredspace.wits.ac.za/communities/95890b62-3317-49af-bbfa-684b4fc758a5 Wits Publications Research Output – Discoverable online Over 80,000 publications curated in WiredSpace, linked to ORCID Author profiles  Research Articles- 48,344  Review Articles - 3,493  Book Chapters - 1,823  Conference Papers- 1,399  Letter to the Editor- 1,091  Reference Works- 839  Book Reviews - 770  Editorials - 618  Conference Abstracts - 562  Other Journal Content- 440  Thesis & Dissertations - 40,013 WITS’ Research output growth, 2014-2022 Types of Open Access  Pre-print – a manuscript draft that has not yet been subject to formal peer review, distributed to receive early feedback on research from peers.  Post-print – a manuscript draft after it has been peer reviewed.  Version of Record (VOR) – the final version of a manuscript, after peer review and processing by a publishers.  Hybrid – a type of journal in which certain articles are made open access for typically a significantly higher price (relative to full OA journals), while others remain toll access.  Accepted author manuscript – the version of a manuscript that has been accepted by a publisher for publication.  Eprint – a digital version of a research document available online for a repository.  Green OA – making a version of the manuscript freely available in a repository.  Gold OA – making the final version of manuscript freely available immediately upon publication by the publisher.  Gratis OA – the paper is available to read free-of-charge, though its reuse is still restricted, for example by ‘All Rights Reserved’ copyright. (source)  Libre OA – the paper is made available under an open licence, allowing it to be shared and reused, depending on which licence is used. (source) (Libre and Gratis refer to copyright and licensing restrictions)  Diamond OA – a form of gold open access in which there is no author fee (APC). http://creativecommons.org.nz/research/ http://creativecommons.org.nz/research/ WITS’ research output: OA articles Items No. of publications Citations Citations (mean) Closed publications 36,223 692,296 19.11 All OA 28,282 697,083 24,65 Gold OA 13,960 213,189 15,27 Green OA 5,500 192,219 34,95 Hybrid 4,437 144,504 32,57 Bronze 4,385 147,171 33,56 2020 the year when Open Access surpassed closed access WITS authors’ collaborations Top 5 - SA Universities Measuring Research Productivity: OA Publishing & Open Data Analysis from the Dimensions/Altmetric Tools (which are enhanced by ORCIDs) 19 499 – all to be republished in WiredSpace Wits’ OA publications count Source: Dim ensions, 3/09/2024 Library metadata support for SDGs impact & rankings 61% 70% 56% 63% 49% 62% 52% 60% 48% 56% 46% 53% 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Growth of International Collaborations University of Cape Town University of the Witwatersrand University of Johannesburg Stellenbosch University University of KwaZulu-Natal University of Pretoria Research Librarians – tracking co-authorship Source: Dimensions, 3/09/2024 Source: Dimensions, 3/09/2024 ORCID as the driver for Research Visibility and Impact Strategy to improve university’s research visibility and impact WITS’ researcher profiles Next-Generation Metrics Tools – Dimensions; Altmetric Explorer Image: Delft University of Technology A Conceptual Framework for Researcher Visibility and Impact Check Tool at Two South African Universities Lazarus Gallant Matizirofa¹ – Presenter Veliswa Tshetsha ² Dr Heather Thuynsma³ Lazarus Gallant Matizirofa, Veliswa Tshetsha, Heather Thuynsma, A conceptual framework for researcher visibility and impact check tool at two South African universities, Open Science Fair, 25-27 September 2023, Madrid, Spain University of Pretoria, Webpages of staff profiling ORCID is mandatory as well as on the HR system South African HE libraries managing OJS systems Wits OJS - Journals Restructuring the role of libraries and operations to meet Open Science and Open Innovation implementation of ORCID as a Researcher Tool Wits Libraries’ Research Visibility & Open Scholarship Unit – 5 staff members, supported by 11 Faculty Libraries Research Librarians Open Science tools, partners/forums to consider, among others Special acknowledgement to Prof Daisy Selematsela, Vice President of CODATA and Library Director, Wits Libraries Presenter’s contact details ������ Slide Number 2 Slide Number 3 Slide Number 4 Slide Number 5 Slide Number 6 Slide Number 7 Slide Number 8 Slide Number 9 Slide Number 10 Slide Number 11 Slide Number 14 Slide Number 18 Slide Number 19 Slide Number 20 Slide Number 21 Slide Number 22 Slide Number 23 Slide Number 24 Slide Number 25 What is Research Data Management (RDM)? 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