MAG replacement update: meet OpenAlex!
OpenAlex,
Sept 18, 2021
Steve McCarty write to remind me that "Microsoft Academic is closing at the end of the year but OpenAlex plans to carry similar work on." Why is Microsoft Academic shutting down? The site explains, MAS was developed to address "inequality in accessing large datasets presented a significant obstacle" and now "this research project has achieved its objective." That's a matter of debate; what happens to access after the doors close? OpenAlex will step in, but it won't replicate everything MAS was doing, losing most abstracts and full coverage of DOI-unassigned works. Still, the objective of creating "a truly comprehensive map of the global scholarly conversation" is worthwhile and should be supported.
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