News

Serval now periodically monitors the latest publications belonging to UNIL/CHUV published in Web of Science. When Serval finds ORCID identifiers in the metadata of the publications and that these identifiers have been linked to Unisciences by one of our authors, it adds the relevant links and sends a message to the linked persons.

The message invites authors to check their list of proposals. They will then be able to import the records into Serval in a few clicks. A video tutorial showing the steps to follow is available.

If you want to benefit from this feature, don’t forget to create your ORCID profile, to communicate it to your editor when you publish your next article and to link it to Unisciences. This will ensure that the publications are yours and reduce the likelihood of an incorrect email being sent.

You can now generate a list of publications that follows the format required by the SNSF for any new request for funds in a few clicks!

The “My SNSF report” feature allows anyone affiliated to a UNIL research unit to create a list of research results in the format requested by the Swiss National Science Foundation.

Indeed, the SNSF requires all applicants to provide a standardised set of information when applying for new funding. This includes a list of research results that can be generated from Serval and that meets the requirements of the SNSF.

You will find more information about InfoSERVAL as well as in the video tutorial that will show you how to work on your document to facilitate the layout of the publication list.

Aiming to improve SERVAL to make it more user-friendly and attractive to our researchers, we have redesigned the input interface and its workflow. Depositing your publication in SERVAL has never been easier!

The following features will therefore be pushed into production on Wednesday, November 13, 2019:

Simplified entry interface

When creating a record in SERVAL, you must choose whether the publication has an identifier (DOI or PMID) or not. This allows the user to be directed to the automatic (DOI/PMID) or manual data entry.

It is strongly recommended to go use the automatic entry with an ID, if you have it. This allows us to retrieve a large amount of data related to your publication without you having to enter it yourself.

Data recovery

Data recovery has also evolved, notably with the addition of Unpaywall (for the Open Access status of publications), thus enriching existing third-party services such as Crossref for DOIs, Pubmed for PMIDs, the UNIL service for people and the service for the UNIL structure.

All these operations may take time, but the benefit is greater than with a manual entry.

Automatic input interface

If automatic entry (DOI/PMID) is selected, the input screen is displayed:

In order to enter a new publication with this method, please enter the ID and press “retrieve data”. You can then complete the rest of the form (link to people and units and PDF) and click on “continue”.

You will be redirected to a verification screen to control the data retrieved from the ID. Here you will have the choice to save the record (draft), publish it, or edit the data to complete or correct it.

Manual entry interface

Manual entry involves the same steps, but you must enter the required metadata yourself.

Entering persons

The entry of persons has also been completely reviewed:

It is now possible to enter all persons related to a publication and specify their role with the drop-down menu on the left. This makes it possible to condense the interface considerably and to have an overview of all the actors involved in the publication.

Person and unit links

Don’t forget to link your publication to all UNIL authors and to the units where the research leading to the publication was conducted.

Automatic entry

During automatic entry, proposed links will be displayed after data recovery from the ID. When you check the box for the authors of the publication, their unit will automatically be displayed in the “Unit” field.

If the author of the publication has not been found automatically, you can add them by using the “search manually” button.

Manual entry

During manual entry, the proposed links are displayed after entering the full name of the authors of the publication (for those where there is a correspondence for a UNIL collaborator). As in the previous case, when you tick the box of one of the authors of the publication, their unit is automatically added in the “Unit” field.

If the author of the publication has not been found automatically, you can add them by using the “search manually” button.

Advanced entry

Advanced entry, which can be accessed by editing a record, allows automatic and manual link search. If the author of the publication has not been found automatically, you can add them by using the “search manually” button.

Default visibility of documents

When a new document is added to a record, the default visibility is now set to “UNIL restricted”. This means that the document will only be accessible to UNIL members. Do not forget to change the visibility if you want to share it immediately (“Public”) or after an embargo period (“Under embargo”).

Editing existing records

In order to edit an existing record (in draft or public form), press the blue chevron in the “Details/Edit” column and all available options will then be displayed.

Google Scholar and Google badges

In manual entry and advanced editing of a record, some fields now have a Google Scholar and/or Google badge.

These badges indicate the fields that should be completed for your publication to be well indexed by these search engines.

Improved help

The help icon is now specific to navigation. It takes you to the documentation targeted to the page you are on.

This is a text help, but it includes a link to the video tutorial.

Links to further information on self-archiving and personalized advice on depositing the full text can be found in the input section of the publication manuscript:

Information for researchers

Weekly email notifications are sent to co-authors listing the records to which they are linked that have been created. This allows them to publish them or add the corresponding full texts.

New subtype dedicated to conference slides

Slides presented at scientific conferences can now be submitted and shared from SERVAL by choosing the type “inproceedings”, then subtype “slides”:

Scientific editor for articles

It is now possible to choose the role “scientific editor” for articles.

Due to an update of the repository, Serval, the courses support, the news and BiBIL will be disturbed between 7:30 and 9:00 on November 13, 2019. Only the consultation will be available in Serval (no data entry and possible modifications) during a part of the operation.

Thank you for your understanding.

The following features will be added in production on Thursday, May 16, 2019:

Fundings

Fields for entering research funds required by the plan S have been added:

Co-first / co-last author

The co-first and co-last author choices have been added to the list of the field “Person(s)”:

The following features will be added in production on Wednesday, May 8, 2019:

Single field “person(s)”

Entry in a single list of people instead of an entry in separate fields (author (s), translator (s), …):

It is possible to change the order by moving a line with a drag and drop.

Plan S – “Open Access” et “APC” fields

The fields “Open Access” and “APC” (publication fees), required by plan S, have been added in the entry:

New presentation of the fields in the metadata step

The layout of the metadata page has been modified.

The interface is now much more compact because all types of authors can be entered in the same “person” field. The help text of a field can be accessed by clicking on its name.

The navigation buttons have been moved to the top of the page, and the different sections of the interface (mandatory or recommended/optional metadata) can be hidden/shown by clicking on their title.