Q&A MEMBERSHIP<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Advan\u00adtages<\/a>
\nEligi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and Costs<\/a>
\nSteps<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>What are the advan\u00adtages of using the KB data infrastructure?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n- KB trans\u00adpar\u00adent\u00adly informs users\/members<\/a> about the data quali\u00adty allow\u00ading for an informed use of biblio\u00admet\u00adric data.<\/li>\n
- KB curates data with enriched infor\u00adma\u00adtion<\/a> on German insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, journals\/publishers and addition\u00adal indica\u00adtors, increas\u00ading the infor\u00adma\u00adtion value of the data.<\/li>\n
- KB\u2019s unified and time-tested data schema eases data usage for many common analyt\u00adi\u00adcal inter\u00adests while facil\u00adi\u00adtat\u00ading complex analy\u00adsis via flexi\u00adble access to raw data.<\/li>\n
- The longtime commu\u00adni\u00adty of experi\u00adenced KB users will help with your partic\u00adu\u00adlar analyt\u00adi\u00adcal interests.<\/li>\n
- The for OpenAlex and Scopus simpli\u00adfies database compar\u00adisons and allows KB users to easily choose the most appro\u00adpri\u00adate data source for their analyt\u00adi\u00adcal interest.<\/li>\n
- KB\u2019s quarter\u00adly snapshots facil\u00adi\u00adtate the repro\u00adducibil\u00adi\u00adty of analy\u00adses via archival routines and support biblio\u00admet\u00adric monitor\u00ading via updat\u00aded data in time-consis\u00adtent data formats.<\/li>\n
- KB\u2019s frame\u00adwork licence for Scopus data and the KB data infra\u00adstruc\u00adture minimize usage barri\u00aders by stream\u00adlin\u00ading and safeguard\u00ading the data access and subsi\u00addiz\u00ading licenc\u00ading fees.<\/li>\n
- Want to learn more? These and other advan\u00adtages are detailed in a journal article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Eligi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, Offer for Non-Eligi\u00adble Persons, Costs<\/strong><\/p>\nIs my insti\u00adtu\u00adtion eligi\u00adble for member\u00adship in KB\u2019s consortium?<\/p>\n
\n- Publicly financed research insti\u00adtu\u00adtions in Germany are eligi\u00adble for KB member\u00adship, and their employ\u00adees may make use of KB\u2019s offerings.<\/li>\n
- Contrary persons without an employ\u00adment at an eligi\u00adble insti\u00adtu\u00adtion cannot partic\u00adi\u00adpate directly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
What does KB offer for non-eligi\u00adble third parties beyond the consor\u00adtium partners?<\/p>\n
\n- Open, unrestrict\u00aded access to OpenAlex data processed and curat\u00aded by KB is avail\u00adable to every\u00adone openly via Google big query. Please note that Google charges for data usage after a free trial access.<\/li>\n
- Documen\u00adta\u00adtion on the access and the data itself is provided<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Are there any costs for member\u00adship or data access within KB?<\/p>\n
\n- KB member\u00adship, includ\u00ading usage of KB\u2019s analyt\u00adi\u00adcal platform, is free for eligi\u00adble insti\u00adtu\u00adtions thanks to the funding by BMFTR<\/li>\n
- Any consor\u00adtium members may apply for project funding to enhance KB\u2019s offers on infra\u00adstruc\u00adture and on compe\u00adten\u00adcies building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Access to the propri\u00adetary Scopus data requires the payment of a subsi\u00addized fee to Elsevi\u00ader. Pure research projects with up to two users per eligi\u00adble insti\u00adtu\u00adtion are exempt\u00aded from this payment duty. OpenAlex can be analysed free of charges within KB\u2019s analyt\u00adi\u00adcal platform.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
Advan\u00adtages<\/a> What are the advan\u00adtages of using the KB data infrastructure?<\/strong><\/p>\n Eligi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, Offer for Non-Eligi\u00adble Persons, Costs<\/strong><\/p>\n Is my insti\u00adtu\u00adtion eligi\u00adble for member\u00adship in KB\u2019s consortium?<\/p>\n What does KB offer for non-eligi\u00adble third parties beyond the consor\u00adtium partners?<\/p>\n Are there any costs for member\u00adship or data access within KB?<\/p>\n Access to the propri\u00adetary Scopus data requires the payment of a subsi\u00addized fee to Elsevi\u00ader. Pure research projects with up to two users per eligi\u00adble insti\u00adtu\u00adtion are exempt\u00aded from this payment duty. OpenAlex can be analysed free of charges within KB\u2019s analyt\u00adi\u00adcal platform.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>
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