FASCA - Facilitating Scholarly Communication Analysis through GoTriple Pipeline
Science cluster
Summary
FASCA builds on the GoTriple platform, a multilingual discovery service developed as an EOSC service by the TRIPLE project led by OPERAS* Research Infrastructure (RI) and catering specifically to the needs of researchers in the domains of the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH). GoTriple provides SSH researchers with access to over 15 million publications and datasets, promoting international collaboration and Open Science. The FASCA project enhances this platform by integrating data science tools to support comprehensive analysis of scholarly communication, with a specific focus on linking research to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through two pilot studies, the project aims to deliver FAIR-compliant research outputs, including publications, data, and code, while establishing a sustainable support GoTriple-based service for data-driven SSH research.
*OPERAS is the RI supporting open scholarly communication in SSH across the European Research Area. Its mission is to coordinate and federate both technical and non-technical resources in Europe. OPERAS is an ESFRI on the path to become an ERIC in 2027. It is part of the SSH Open Cluster with its representative in the SSHOC Governance Board.
Challenge
Open Science project, Open Science Service
The need for accessible and comprehensive research tools in the SSH has become increasingly evident as scholars struggle to navigate a vast array of multilingual resources. Traditional research methods often fall short of leveraging the full potential of large datasets and diverse research outputs. Moreover, there is a growing demand for making scholarly communication more aligned with global challenges such as the SDGs. Without efficient tools for data-driven research, the SSH community faces obstacles in fostering cross-disciplinary collaborations and ensuring Open Science practices.
Solution
FASCA aims to establish a data science support service for multilingual data-driven research with data science assistance, by implementing a pipeline for comprehensive research support through tailored, personalised services. It will run two pilot research projects dedicated to investigating the relationship between scholarly communication and SDGs. Selected teams will get access to support from the Data Science team, publish their manuscript/preprint, data and code in a FAIR-compliant way. The pilots will be used to test and develop a GoTriple Data Science support service that will be offered on top of the GoTriple discovery platform.
It will build a Data Science GoTriple pipeline that facilitates the use of GoTriple data (publications, projects, profiles, datasets) with the Data Science Universal Toolbox (JupyterLab, Neo4j) and improved GoTriple functionalities (GoTriple API, Chatbot, Pundit). It will enable users to publish research results (on GitHub, Zenodo, BinderHub) in a FAIR-compliant way by linking the results with datasets, as well as to use software and run research pilots. Their results will be presented through the dedicated GoTriple’s Project page, as a manuscript/preprint, research data and code to form a FAIRified research object which connects publication, research data and research code.
Scientific Impact
The project is expected to enhance the EOSC service GoTriple by developing and providing a Data Science support service, which will allow the SSH community to build cross-disciplinary collaborations between the SSH Open Cluster and other EOSC Thematic Clusters thanks to shared background of data-driven methodologies. The results of the 2 data-driven research pilots from SSH researchers eager to obtain data science support to investigate relationships between scholarly communication and SDGs, will be published in a FAIR-compliant way (manuscript/preprint, code and data). The project’s FAIR-compliant outputs will serve as models for future studies, promoting best practices in Open Science.
Principal investigator
Sy is the OPERAS Chief Technology Officer (CTO), in charge of the technical vision and service strategy, coordinating the teams behind the solutions and aligning with the overall organisational strategy. Previous to OPERAS, Sy spent more than fifteen years in EU-funded projects related to the development and implementation of e-Infrastructures for research and innovation as well as commercial exploitation. He is a certified expert, trainer and auditor (ISO 19011) in both FitSM and ISO/IEC 27001 standards and volunteers as Co-chair of the ITEMO working group to evolve the FitSM standard.
