Initiative for #OpenCitations (#I4OC)

"The #publishers who have released their raw #citationdata into the #publicdomain are making the vision of an #opencitationgraph a reality.

We urge the remaining publishers to join this effort -- and #researchers, practitioners, #librarians, scholarly societies, and members of the public who believe in this vision to help us reach our 100% target. The world is waiting for the #citationgraph to become a #publicgood."
#openscience

https://boingboing.net/2018/04/14/open-graphs.html/

The citation graph is one of humankind's most important intellectual achievements

When researchers write, we don’t just describe new findings — we place them in context by citing the work of others. Citations trace the lineage of ideas, connecting disparate lines of …

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