The repository has reached a new peak of 20 million records! A significant increase in Earth Science content has been included over the past month in expanding bibliographic content with the launch of SciX.
We’re pleased to announce the unveiling of the Science Explorer (SciX) at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting (11-15 December) in San Francisco. Join us at booth #649 or the NASA Booth #531 (Demo Kiosk #2) in the Exhibit Hall for an exclusive introduction to the SciX platform. Our team’s AGU schedule is packed with engaging presentations, including: demos, AGU poster and oral presentations, and an intro to SciX at the NASA Hyperwall. For a detailed list of planned activities, visit our blog here. See you soon at AGU!
The ADS Users Group met last month to learn about what we are working on now and our plans for the next year of growth as SciX. Curious? Visit the Users Group page to view our presentations.
Development and data holdings updates as of December 1st:
Website and API
[new] About pages: Added Stephanie Jarmak, Project Scientist for Planetary Science, to the team page
[new] Journals database: When a user makes a query to the /issn endpoint, the return body will now include the abbreviated publisher name.
[new] The data schema now includes the has field: a pre-computed field that indicates whether a subset of Solr fields are populated for a given entry.
[improved] Updated source links label arxiv to preprint for be more general/appropriate for other preprint sources
[fixed] Disabled acronym expansion for _nosyn fields to prevent incorrect exact queries when searching with “=”
[ops] Upgraded the Bumblebee web application to Node 16 and updated to Recaptcha v3
[ops] Resolver service and gateway maintenance: Now accepts link sub type as is, rather than converting it to upper case
Please tell us what you think! We value your perspective! Is something bothering you? Is there something you would like to see? Like something? Please complete our brief survey by 14 November to help enhance the ADS user experience and guide innovation.
We have a new blog post, SciX Models and Datasets, that discusses the machine learning models and datasets created by the ADS team to support our platform and curation.
If you are attending the 2023 Astronomical Data Analysis Software & Systems XXXIII conference, please join us for the ADASS Prize for an Outstanding Contribution to Astronomical Software award and talk on 9 November, from 9:30-10:00 am when Alberto Accommazzi will be accepting the award on behalf of the ADS Team.
Development and data holdings updates as of November 1st:
The position for Project Scientist for Earth Science at ADS is still open! The scientist will work to develop the Science Explorer platform and devote 30% of their time to do original research in Earth Science. Find out more and apply here.
Development and data holdings updates as of July 7th:
Website and API
[new] ADS Libraries: Added raw output option that allows the user to return the exact list of bibcodes that are saved in the library via the API
[new] Export: JATS export feature added and updated
[new] Resolver: Added EMAC to data sources
[improved] Export: Added two new specifiers, for number of references and for eprint comments, for custom formats
[fixed] Resolver: bug fixed for when parameters are included in the query
[ops] About pages: Updated job title for Dr. Kelly Lockhart, and moved Dr. Sergi Blanco-Cuaresma from active employees to research associates
[ops] Oracle: doc matching bug fixed and tests added
ADS is hiring a Project Scientist for Earth Science, who will work to establish and maintain the ADS as a world leading information resource for Earth Science and related disciplines. The employee will devote 30% of their time to do original research in Earth science. Find out more and apply here.
Development and data holdings updates as of June 1st:
Website and API
[fixed] Fixed a bug in the bibcode section of the feedback form
[fixed] Fixed date parsing issue
[fixed] Journals Database: API fix for 500 errors on the /holdings endpoint
[ops] Maintenance to Reference Resolver
[ops] About pages: Removed PS scientist job listing
[ops] Added endpoint to enable/disable all myADS for a user
Harry Blom joined our team as SciX’s Senior Publishing Liaison. Harry provides advice on publishing partner collaborations and supports the expansion of ADS to include the research results from disciplines funded by NASA.
Development and data holdings updates as of May 1st:
[new] Journals: Adds the ability to search the journals database on a user-supplied ISSN to return the ADS bibstem and Journal name if available.
[improved] Libraries: Added versioning to libraries for ease of restoration in the event a user wishes to revert library versions; updated adding documents to library function to validate existence of bibcodes
[ops] Libraries: efficiency improvements to fetching list of libraries
Data holdings and pipelines
460k new bibcodes, 3.7M new citations
ADS has begun the process of ingesting our new Earth Science holdings. More information and instructions on accessing these holdings will be available soon.
ADS is hiring a Project Scientist for Planetary Science, who will work to establish and maintain the ADS as a world leading information resource for planetary science and related disciplines. The employee will devote 30% of their time to do original research in planetary science. Find out more and apply here.
Development and data holdings updates as of March 1st:
Website and API
[new] About page: Planetary science project scientist job ad posted
[fixed] Website: feedback form fixes
[fixed] Recommender: fixes in support of doc matching pipeline
[fixed] Blog: fixed formatting of main blog post listing so thumbnail image doesn’t overlap with blog titles when at a medium screen width
ADS is still hiring! We’ll soon have a position open for a Project Scientist for Planetary Science. We’re also looking for candidates for three technical positions: a back-office developer experienced with Python, a search + back-office developer knowledgeable in Java and Python, and a DevOps engineer to manage our software infrastructure. For more details and to apply, visit our Careers page.
Development and data holdings updates as of February 1st:
Website and API
[improved] Recommender: Enable matching on DOI, if DOI is present in pubnote
[fixed] Export: fixed bug with custom export when author has no first name, better handle multiple DOIs
ADS will be participating at the 241st AAS meeting in Seattle with a booth (#326), three iPoster presentations (on document matching, software citation, and machine learning activities), exhibitor presentations (Tuesday, January 10th at 9:30am & Wednesday January 11th at 10:30am in the exhibit hall), and a Hyperwall talk at the NASA booth (Monday, January 9th at 9:35am). Please stop by to say hi!
ADS is still hiring! We’re looking for candidates for four positions: an astrophysics project scientist (30% research time), a back-office developer experienced with Python (new!), a search + back-office developer knowledgeable in Java and Python, and a DevOps engineer to manage our software infrastructure. For more details and to apply, visit our Careers page.
The ADS database has reached 17 million records and nearly 160 million citations!
Development and data holdings updates as of January 1st:
Website and API
[new] Blog: new blog post on the Unified Astronomy Thesaurus and its integration into ADS
[improved] Website: Fixed styling of search bar so text and the clear button do not overlap, updated author search examples, removed message referring to ADS Classic credentials
[ops] Search engine: fixed bad SSL certificate, updated schema
[ops] Blog: edited templates to better format multiple authors and their affiliations
Science Explorer