Update: more research made accessible with figshare

This week Springer Nature’s figshare integration reached more than 450 BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals. Upwards of 19,000 articles now have their supplementary materials (additional files) stored in figshare and previewable within the journal article. As a result these research outputs are now available in a more citable, shareable and discoverable manner. In December 2016 Springer Nature (our parent company) introduced this new approach for additional files at BioMed Central and SpringerOpen journals. Each file receives a unique DOI and richer metrics on readership and usage, while the files themselves are displayed in-article via the figshare widget. Every journal involved also benefits from a customised, branded figshare portal – its own general purpose data repository. Widget displaying previewable video on Frontiers in Zoology article page The figshare platform supports over 650 file types, enabling datasets, code, video and images to be previewed on the platform and via the in-article widget. In many instances this removes the need for downloads, specialist software or even opening a new browser window to view the file (see the example linked above). Compared to general embeddable video players, YouTube for example, figshare allows not only the citation of content and a specialist academic metadata structure, but a relatively unrestricted reach to audiences worldwide. This initiative is part of Springer Nature’s wider effort to enable authors and jour...
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