Next May, we will celebrate the 10th anniversary of our HAL portal. Over the past decade, this open archive has become a key tool in the policy of opening up research, both at the institutional and national levels, and its excellent referencing provides international visibility to the more than 60,000 UL files deposited in it. … Read more
The Recherche Data Gouv ecosystem, launched in July 2022 in accordance with the second National Plan for Open Science, brings together centers of expertise and resources to support all research stakeholders in managing, publishing, and archiving their data throughout France. In Lorraine, the ADOC data workshop and its many services are the most visible example … Read more
The ADOC Lorraine data workshop, the research data support service for the entire Lorraine research site, helps you find research data to facilitate your research. Read the complete article on Factuel [in French]
Following ACS, the American Chemical Society, which introduced fees for the dissemination via an open archive of the version of an article entirely written by its authors, it is now the turn of the learned society IEEE, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, to innovate in its commercial strategy with the creation of RLFs, … Read more
In order to publish research data in open access, it is necessary to format it and accompany it with metadata, i.e. documentation that helps to understand it. All the best practices to follow to facilitate its visibility and usefulness are summarised under the acronym ‘FAIR’ (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable). Feedback on the supervision of an … Read more
On October 2, 2025, the annual seminar for Open Science ambassadors was held. This network, launched in 2021 with a sole focus on research data, evolved in January 2025 to also cover issues related to publications and software. Initially comprising seven members, it now has 46 members across all disciplines. Read the complete article … Read more
On July 11, the network of eLabFTW team administrators from the University of Lorraine met at the Léopold Presidency in Nancy. Read the complete article on Factuel [in French]
Vice President of the University of Lorraine in charge of Digital Technology, Data, and Open Science, Nicolas Fressengeas answers questions from Factuel about an initiative by the Lorraine research site entitled “For more reproducible, honest, and open research in Lorraine.” Read the complete article on Factuel [in French]
Between February and July 2025, the Bibliometrics team at the University of Lorraine carried out a major project to list the institution’s scientific publications in the OpenAlex database. This greatly improved the quality of the referencing of these works and their attribution to the correct laboratories. Read the complete article on Factuel [in French]
In 2023, the Publishing Division of the Research Support Mission of the Documentation Department conducted a survey that identified 39 journals on the Lorraine site. Read the complete article on Factuel [in French]
