The initiative will curate, index, and preserve unique, practical, high-impact research from organizations on the frontlines that typically don’t publish their findings in books or journals.
Toby Green, Publisher, said: “Our research shows that in journals, there is a growing number of citations to nontraditional sources such as websites, reports, case studies, technical documents, and social media—content that isn’t published formally, and yet it comes from trustworthy, reputable sources. Even as the volume and importance of this fugitive material grow, much of it remains outside the main academic discovery services.”
Applied Science Commons will identify, enrich, and make these nontraditional materials as easy to find, use, and cite as journal articles. Also, Coherent’s preservation efforts aim to ensure that the content doesn’t disappear.
All items are enriched with Content Object Identifiers (COIs), MARC records, and metadata tools such as tagging and categorization, to ensure ease of citation, tracking, and integration into academic workflows. This curated content provides immediate, actionable insights and recommendations, often well in advance of traditional book or journal publication, delivering millions of items that would not otherwise become part of the scholarly record.
Introduced at the Charleston conference, the first module, Public Health and Social Care, is available now; the second module, Computer Science, Data, and AI, will launch in early 2025.
Other recent databases now available from Coherent Digital include Oceana Commons, Latin American History and Culture, LGBTQ+ Social Justice and Culture and West African Magazines.
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