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v7.3 | 26 February 2026 | | Summary of functionality included in this release:
Item evaluation module AI assisted data entry Awards management This release includes: A series of improvements designed to simplify the proposal approval process, reducing the number of steps required The expansion of group type restriction options to Managing Groups Addition of new funding types
Assessment Other improvements |
v7.2 | 1 December 2025 | | Summary of functionality included in this release: AI assisted data entry We have introduced a new streamlined alternative to manual data entry across several Element’s content types. This new functionality allows users to quickly create new items by entering free form plain text, rather than using the manual entry form. The new feature leverages AI to extract structured item metadata from text entered by the user, e.g. a publication citation string, or a blurb copied from a CV or personal profile. Key functionality includes: This feature is available for Publications, Grants, Teaching Activities, and Professional Activities. Please note: This functionality is available to Digital Science-hosted Elements customers only. Usage quotas apply. Additional fees may apply to increase usage limits.
Item evaluation module Awards Management Assessment Other improvements The Elements 5.5 API has been removed and is no longer supported. We have updated the role types available for person list configuration to support Grant roles, working in the same manner as the role types available on Publication person lists.
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v7.1 | 18 September 2025 | | Summary of functionality included in this release
Item evaluation module In this release, we have launched our new Item Evaluation module, designed to streamline the peer review process for individual research outcomes, such as publications. Unlike the existing Assessment module, which focuses on assessing a portfolio of an individual’s academic activity, this new module is all about the evaluation of individual items themselves. In this first foundational phase of release, the module includes the ability to: Create and configure Item Evaluation exercises, Create Units within an exercise, including selecting members and managers, Configure form fields for application in nomination, review, and overall outcome forms, Configure the nomination form for an exercise, and Nominate publications for review.
The Item Evaluation module is available within the Elements Evaluation & Review solution. Clients that already licence this solution have access to the module automatically. Clients who only currently licence the Assessment module should contact their Account Manager so a contract amendment can be arranged to move you on to the full Evaluation & Review solution. If you’re not sure whether you licence the full Evaluation & Review solution, or just the Assessment module, get in touch with your Account Manager.
Awards Management Other improvements Following community feedback from the v7.0 release, we have applied several small visual and accessibility-oriented adjustments to the sidebar navigation menu. We have introduced two new OA Monitor exceptions, as per the REF2029 Open Access policy, which comes into force 1 January 2026 (UK).
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v7.0 | 26 June 2025 | | Summary of functionality included in this release Updated navigation As a part of our commitment to ensuring that Elements offers a high quality user experience and is as intuitive to use as possible, we have updated the navigation functionality in Elements, streamlining access to important features and content, and moving Elements’ navigation into closer alignment other Digital Science products, with a goal of creating a more consistent user experience.
Repository Tools improvements We have added full support for DSpace 9, which was released on 27 May 2025. For clients with a connected Figshare for Institutions repository, we have added support for setting an indefinite embargo when depositing.
Update WoS integration to use Starter API External Organisations ROR, ISNI and Wikidata identifiers in author affiliation data are now harvested from CrossRef (where available). We have added an option to disable hyperlinks on GRID IDs in the user interface, following customer feedback that such links are inaccessible to users without a paid Dimensions account.
Awards Management Other improvements |
v6.23 | 24 April 2025 | | Summary of functionality included in this release External Organisations Repository Tools improvements The following improvements and fixes to the Repository Tools module are included in this release: For clients with DSpace repositories: Support for DSpace 8 deposit and harvest. Allow DSpace deposit and harvest to use bundles other than "ORIGINAL". Respect the 'xwalk-in-without-files' parameter during full harvest from DSpace. Restore 'resubmit on redeposit' behaviour for DSpace 7 and above.
For clients with EPrints repositories:
Open Access Monitor Awards Management |
v6.22 | 27 Feb 2025 | | Summary of functionality included in this release Open Access Monitor Continuing to build on the new OA Monitor framework delivered in the latter half of 2024, the following enhancements are included in this release: New compliance criteria, including file reuse licence New scope criteria Major reporting improvements, including new stock reports New OA Monitor Administrator user role Improvements to the Manage publications in OA scheme list page, including a new ‘Repository’ tab, the ability to save applied filters, and the ability to apply exceptions in bulk
External organisations This release includes new functionality to allow more accurate tracking of external collaboration networks and funding organisations: A new 'External Organisations' data category provides a data model for organisations outside your own institution. This new category is initially populated with metadata from the GRID database. Ongoing synchronisation keeps this metadata up to date with the latest data from Dimensions (Dimensions subscription required). You can add your own External Organisations metadata via a data feed, the Elements API, or manual entry. ROR, GRID, OFR, ISNI, and Wikidata organisation identifiers are used to disambiguate funder and affiliation metadata that contains these identifiers. Our harvest of data from data sources now includes more affiliation and funder metadata, including organisation IDs where available. Funding acknowledgements in publication metadata are now more visible to end users.
Discovery module We have introduced two new features to Discovery profiles, designed to give visitors easy to understand insights into your experts' research outputs: Display a publication’s abstract directly within the overview - for publications with valid abstract sources. An option to display AI-generated overviews for publications with valid abstracts, including a non-technical explanation of the work, key highlights, and extracted keywords.
Other improvements Refreshed the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) data. Updated the Professional Activities 'Service type' field to replace outdated terminology. Improved the ordering of search results for user suggestions when there are many suggestions and/or the searched-for user has a short name. In the Assessment module, resolved an issue on the Manage Exercises page to ensure that the ‘Reviewers started’ and ‘Reviewers marked as complete’ filters return accurate results. On the Data source management page, resolved an issue where saved changes to the data source precedence appeared to revert when navigating across tabs. For clients with an EPrints RT2 integration, harvest release dates for expired embargoes from the date_embargo_retained field added in EPrints 3.4.3.
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v6.21 | 28 Nov 2024 | | Summary of functionality included in this release Open Access Monitor Discovery module We have migrated the remaining Discovery configuration settings, making these available to administrators to update themselves. This includes: Primary and secondary branding colours Favicon and logo files Desktop and mobile homepage images Desktop and mobile search results page background
To help Discovery visitors find relevant groups or pieces of equipment, we have added a new summary statistics section to each result on the search results page. This new section summarises the number of people, outputs, and activities linked to each group or piece of equipment.
Cookie consent management (Discovery module) Other improvements Various accessibility improvements The Elements API updated to include a privacy filter to enable the extraction only of objects of the desired privacy level(s) When adding person metadata to a manual record, where the person corresponds to a user of the system, the auto-populated metadata takes account of the user's "Known As" name, if present.
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v6.20 | 19 Sept 2024 | | Summary of functionality included in this release Open Access Monitor Discovery module As a part of v6.20, we continue our migration of Discovery Configuration settings to the Elements administrative UI to allow admins to update their Discovery configuration settings more quickly and easily without the need to submit support requests. For this release, we made the following settings available for administrators: Naming options for search modes, tabs, lists, and featured works Branding style Logo size and positioning Institutional appointments heading User feedback survey Pre-setting filters using URL parameters
We have also made a number of accessibility improvements, including improvements to focus outlines.
Cookie consent management We have introduced cookie consent management to Elements, providing an easy and effective route to compliance with GDPR and other similar legislation. This is designed to have minimal impact on end users, with one-click accept and reject options and retention of the user's choice in their account settings. For organisations using their own cookie consent system, the built-in system can be disabled globally. A similar feature is planned for Discovery in an upcoming release.
Awards Management (Research Funding Solution) We have introduced improvements to the external organisation model in the Awards Management module (RFS) in order to: Enable multiple relationship types per external organisation Rationalise behaviour to ensure accurate and consistent data capture Resolve current issues around organisation validation behaviour
Clients should note that these improvements will necessitate revisions to your existing Proposal form templates, and potentially some data curation - we will be in contact with you to advise on the changes required.
Other improvements Updated ORCID integration options Brute-force attack mitigation Improved automated metadata update integration between Elements and Figshare, reducing the number of ‘false positive’ review requests that could come through New ‘Grants & awards’ configurable module display name for Grants Updated Grants matching algorithm to incorporate institution-reference 2024/2025 DHET Journal list added to the Journals data category A new quick link to the Search page in Elements has been added to the sidebar The User Profile Completeness report has had the user privacy level added
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v6.19 | 27 June 2024 |
| Summary of functionality included in this release Discovery module Introducing Groups in Discovery: We have introduced new departmental pages to the Discovery Module. Underpinned by our extensions to Elements Groups functionality, these new pages feature metadata describing each group or department, links to related sites, and lists of associated researchers and highlighted research activity. Introducing Projects tab in Discovery: As recent enhancements to the Project module allow organisations to capture more comprehensive metadata about projects, this release includes the facility to surface the projects category in Discovery as a new tab that will appear on relevant profiles. This will let you reuse that metadata to showcase your projects publicly.
Research Funding Solution Updated project closure functionality: Building on the Project closure functionality delivered in v6.14, in this release we have expanded aspects of this closure functionality to pre-activation Proposals, ensuring: Consistent ability to capture closure metadata regardless where closure is triggered Closure metadata consistently visible and editable after closure All closure metadata available in the RFS API and Elements reporting database
Other improvements Homepage actions available extended to include: APA6 citation updated to use online publication date if publication date not available. Minor Projects improvements: Re-introduction of configuration options for the 'Combined status and dates' field SSRS excel reports will now download by default to .xlsx, rather than .xls
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v6.18 | 25 Apr 2024 | | Summary of functionality included in this release Project module Data source management We are re-designing the Data source management page, including replacing the Data source intersection visualisation with a downloadable report. Building on the expansion of verification functionality across all data types (v6.16), we are also introducing a new function to configure record precedence for all data categories (not just Publications, Grants, and Journals) - giving you that much more control over your data and how it is presented.
Discovery module An intuitive and effective search experience is essential to the Discovery Module, helping visitors quickly and easily find relevant experts and equipment. We are continuing our programme of enhancements to the Discovery Module’s search experience by introducing responsive filters in this release. Ongoing investment in search engine optimisation, ensuring that Discovery content continues to be appropriately indexed by common search engines. Further building on the expansion of verification functionality across all data types (v6.16), we are introducing a new configuration setting that enables the exclusion of unverified manual records from Discovery for each data category, enabling you to ensure only the highest quality, curated data is showcased publicly.
Groups feed In this release, we are introducing the ability to configure a schedule to run the group importer as an ongoing feed. This will fetch the import file from an external source and automatically apply the changes if preconfigured cutoffs are not met. For hosted Clients, administrators can manage their credentials for external feed file storage from within Elements.
Research Funding Solution |
v6.17 | 29 Feb 2024 |
| Update Profile page summary fields from text to HTML Discovery module An intuitive and effective search experience is essential to the Discovery Module, helping visitors quickly and easily find relevant experts and equipment. We plan to deliver a series of enhancements to the Discovery Module’s search experience, including: An improved search algorithm New highlighting to explain search results Improved filter design Greater visibility of browse capabilities Improved search experience for mobile users Ongoing investment in search engine optimisation, ensuring that Discovery content continues to be appropriately indexed by common search engines New optional ‘Contact us’ button appearing on Discovery profiles, linking to the institution’s contact form
Groups Import Ability to configure a schedule to run the group importer as an ongoing feed (14/01/24 - Delayed until next release) Introduction of cutoff values, which will prevent the group feed from automatically applying changes if reached (14/01/24 - Displayed for manual group import only) Ability to self-service credentials for external feed file storage (14/01/24 - Delayed until next release) Increased the amount of information available as part of the ‘review and apply' step
Research Funding Solution API improvements, including: Reporting updates, including: Other improvements include:
Other improvements |
Elements v6.16 | 7 Dec 2023 |
| Discovery Module New Impact tab on Discovery to showcase impact records and an optional ‘Impact summary’ section. Discovery search algorithm enhancements. New search relevance feature to highlight what areas of an Expert’s profile the users’ search terms were found in. User Pronouns will now display on a Discovery profile (if enabled and populated) Improved user experience for when visitors to Discovery run a search that has zero results.
Groups Importer Additional control over the group importer: Enable group importer functionality via the user interface. Optionally include group ‘type’ and ‘description’ as externally managed properties. Configure group Institutional Identifiers and external management in bulk.
Improved ‘Review and apply’ step: Updated display of group membership in a new section on the Group Details page.
Research Funding Solution Review & approval functionality improvements Introduce new validation check when dispatching Reviews via the Dispatch screen New function to dispatch reviews in bulk (by review type) Funder submission and outcome improvements, including: New funder submission and outcome email templates, including appropriate prompts in the workflow New function to move Proposals from Pre-approved to Ready for submission to funder in bulk New function to decline a Proposal from the ‘Approved’ status
Reporting updates, including:
Other improvements New RT2 Deposit page configuration option to enable a general comments field to appear to users when making a deposit. A new global setting to allow administrators to hide the Elements Quick Start Guide from users on the Elements Help page.
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Elements v6.15 | 12 Oct 2023 |
| Groups Introducing the Group Structure Importer. Manage the structure of your organisational hierarchy, group names, and membership model in bulk, via CSV upload. A new Group Import Manager role has been added to provide granular permissions management for this functionality.
New person-list fields added to group record metadata. These fields resolve to the existing group-user link types, helping to streamline data entry.
Discovery Continued our work to increase ‘self-service’ configuration of more Discovery settings via the Elements admin UI including: Configuration of Filters (eg. names, ordering, icons) Configuration of Google Analytics (Note: As a part of this change, we are retiring universal analytics) If a publication does not have a publication date or an online publication date, the reporting date will now be used instead. Updates to the Discovery Management page to bring it in line with the new configuration page.
DHET Annual Collections Repository Integrations New deposit page configuration setting which allows file version to be set as a mandatory field which must be selected before deposit is allowed. (Note: Available for organisations using the RT2 DSpace, EPrints or Hyrax integrations). A number of smaller improvements to the RT2 Dspace and Figshare for institutions integrations.
Research Funding Solution Project closure improvements, including: New facility to add a Project closure checklist that enables you to ensure all appropriate checks are undertaken prior to a Project being closed Updates to the Closed Projects search screen in the Management Console, including new filters and export options
Updates to Relationships functionality, including: New subcontracting relationship and organisation type, aimed at supporting projects where a portion of the main parent project budget is distributed to external parties Updated Relationships screen, supporting filters and export Updated Awarded Grants harvest for related Projects
Funder submission and outcome improvements, including: New function to bulk upload funder outcome data, helping users save time by not having to manually key in funder outcomes Introduction of ‘Reserve’ outcome
Reporting database updates, including: Addition of Change request and Eligibility form data Addition of Project closure information (e.g. closure type, effective date, notes)
Other improvements Redesign of the the name-based search settings page Accessibility improvements including a new keyboard accessible character picker. API: introduce new filters for is-academic and is-current-staff
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Elements v6.14 | 6 July 2023 |
| Groups Introducing the ability to create relationships to Groups. Group relationships support the ability to highlight key outputs and activities for display in downstream systems. Added two new group roles to support a distributed approach to managing Group data: A new ‘Membership manager’ role has permission to configure a Group’s membership model and assign members to a Manual Group. A new ‘Content manager’ role has permission to edit Group metadata and other properties such as labels, privacy level etc.
Change the parent of a group via the user interface. Change the membership model of a group via the user interface. We have made some design improvements to the Group privacy control to make the current privacy level, and how this can be changed, clearer. We have introduced the ability to set the default privacy level for Groups. We have added a new Group data field - ‘Institutional Identifier’ which can be used to capture unique IDs for Groups.
Profile page Discovery Configuration Research Funding Solution Project closure functionality, enabling users to: easily identify and resolve any outstanding actions prior to closure, close a Project (with relevant outcome, dates, reasons, and notes), modify closure metadata post-closure, and easily re-open a Project that was closed prematurely.
New tables and views in the Elements reporting database relating to the following content: Projects Budgets Deliverables Relationships
Other planned improvements:
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Elements v6.13 | 27 April 2023 |
| Groups Introduce additional stock Group types as well as support for the creation of custom types. Group objects and their associated metadata are now available in the Reporting Database. Introducing the ability to set Group privacy levels to either ‘internal’ or ‘public’. This can be used to control the display of Group information in downstream systems.
New API Version Assessment Module New configuration option to allow organisations to restrict the download of PDF attachments. New configuration option to allow administrators to add a display name for the ‘Exercise information’ section for each exercise definition. Introducing a new ‘Viewer’ role to support providing view access to different Exercise stages. Viewers have the same permission to see reviews as reviewers, but not permission to edit reviews. Reviewers can be set as Viewers in downstream stages to maintain access to the Exercise form as it progresses through additional review rounds.
A number of other UI and configuration improvements.
Research Funding Solution Continued development of the RFS Finance integration, including: Final phase of data ingestion from institutional finance systems, which will now include the facility to import total Project income, and total expenditure per budget category or sub-category Updates to the Budget Extract from RFS to remove empty lines for Budget Categories that are not populated on the Project in question Providing visibility of scheduled import job logs, so you will be able to investigate any import issues directly in the Management Console
Introduction of Relationships functionality, enabling the creation of related projects for specific funding scenarios, including: Extensions Distributed budgets (with associated budget transfer functionality) Additional internal contributions Additional external contributions
Improvements to Review and Approval functionality as follows: Enhance the robustness of validation and review processes by: Update the various Review search pages in the Management Console to ensure consistent layouts, filters, and export options
In order to support more comprehensive reporting and integration with institutional BI tools, we plan to: Introduce further enhancements to the RFS API, including the addition of Eligibility form data Add new fields to the Elements reporting database for individual Proposals, including:
Other improvements |
Elements v6.12 | 23 February 2023 |
| Assessment Module Introduction of new types of Assessments which support multi-response style exercises where users are allowed to make more than one submission. New option for administrators to configure the display name for the Assessment Module, choosing from a variety of options. New functionality for reviewers to be able to add attachments to their reviews. New option to view pdf attachments within the system, rather than needing to download them. Enhancements to the Assessment Manager, Exercise Definitions and My Assessments pages.
Groups The initial release for our redesign of the Elements Groups data model to support expanding the range of metadata which can be captured about a group. This includes a redesign of the Groups page to support administrators to manage groups more effectively including new capabilities to capture descriptive metadata about a group, add labels, view group history and more.
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Elements v6.11 | 8 Dec 2022 |
| Assessment Module New functionality to ‘pre-populate’ lists, automatically adding all eligible items to the list when users start their exercises, after which users can edit their list as needed. This can be configured by Administrators per-list. Users will now be able to add missing outputs or activity from within their Assessment Exercise, removing the need to navigate in and out of their exercise to ensure all their works are included. Each new work is added to the user’s profile available for reuse across Elements. New CSV-upload tool to help administrators manage reviewer assignments in bulk. New capability for administrators to remove individual reviewers which have been applied as a part of a multi-reviewer assignment without removing the whole group. Object annotations will now be displayed on the Assessment ‘item’ page if they have been configured. Manage privacy settings whilst adding new outputs or activities The object and relationship privacy controls are now included in the ‘Add new’ workflow, allowing users to review and adjust privacy settings whilst adding new items (where permitted). This provides users with greater visibility of the privacy settings for their works.
Other improvements Updates to our Web of Science integration to address the throttling issue some clients have been experiencing. . Updates to our Dimensions integration to begin capturing FoR 2020 labels for publications and grants. Re-introduced the Fields of Research automatic labelling functionality to apply FOR2020 codes to journal articles using the ERA 2023 Journal list. New configuration option to allow users to add pronouns to their profile via the account settings page. Update to the Group ‘types’ field to (primary, auto, manual) transition this to ‘membership model’. New User Group Membership stock data extract which exports all of the groups each user is associated with. New notes field when setting up API accounts to help track information about the account.
Research Funding Solution Continued development of the RFS Finance integration, including: Addition of custom fields to the Projects data model in order to support fuller integration across systems (including External link, Additional finance reference, Finance status, and a flag whether to include the Project in the RFS extract) Updates to the RFS extract of Project information, including the inclusion of different organisation types (supporting head funder / lead organisation to be identified) Second phase of data ingestion from institutional finance systems (which is planned to include External link, Additional Finance reference, and Finance status)
Improvements to Review and Approval functionality aimed at enhancing the user experience by introducing smoother management and oversight of reviews, and reducing the administrative burden in performing certain Management Console actions. Enhancements include: Automatic assignment of reviewers / reviewer groups (where assigned roles permit) Updates to the Manage Reviews screen to increase the visibility of all reviews created and their current status, and introduce direct access to completed reviews Review dispatch improvements Management Console navigation menu improvements
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Elements 6.10 | 6 October 2022 |
| Capturing researcher contributions Assessment Module Enhanced submit functionality which replaces the former ‘mark as done’ with new submission process including new configurations to manage stage transitions within an Assessment Exercise. A number of other improvements to the researcher experience and management page.
XML Data extracts & Canadian Common CV New reporting capability to create data extracts which export data from Elements to an XML format. Through this new functionality, Elements can now support exporting data to populate the Canadian Common CV platform. We have developed a new base template for exploring publications to CCV, and now offer CCV reporting services.
Repository integrations New repository integration (RT2) configuration options to allow organisations to make reuse licence a mandatory field and/or set a default licence. Improvements to theRT2-DSpace 7 integration error handling.
Research Funding Solution Continued development of the RFS Finance integration, including: Addition of custom fields to the Projects data model in order to support the set up of Projects on institutional finance systems (including Finance system reference ID, Cost centre, whether the project is subject to tax, and whether unspent funds are to be returned to the funder) Updates to the RFS extract to reflect recent updates to the Funding Opportunities and Project data models First phase of data ingestion from institutional finance systems
Improvements to Funding Opportunities functionality, including the ability to capture the Funder’s timezone and enhanced view access functionality for users and groups
Other improvements Updates to the Cinii data source integration to align with changes to the Cinii APIs. Harvesting additional file-level metadata from Europe-PMC including fullTextReceivedDate, licence, embargoDate.
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Elements 6.9 | 21 July 2022 |
| Assessment Module We have updated the user interface of the Assessment Module for both researchers and reviewers to improve the experience of completing an exercise. Introduction of sections to support the logical grouping of information. Sections can contain lists and, like other Assessment Exercise components, support the addition of attachments, supporting fields and reviews. Addition of an updated ‘overview’ page that provides researchers and reviewers with a summary of the information contained within an exercise. Improved navigation and progression through an exercise Added an ‘introduction’ page that shows configurable overview and guidance text as the first step for both researchers and reviewers Introduced previous/next buttons to allow the user to move between sections Introduced a ‘Navigator’ component that allows users to keep track of their position within an exercise and navigate between sections.
Aligned display of information for researchers and reviewers to ensure users completing an exercise understand what information will be passed on for review The ‘researcher information’ section is displayed to both researchers and reviewers if configured. Reviewers gain elevated permission to view private objects if these have been selected as part of a list which they have permission to view.
Easier ‘Exercise Definition’ configuration for administrators The ‘Lists’ tab has been replaced with a ‘Sections’ tab, allowing administrators to configure the sections that appear in the Exercise form that users complete. ‘No-item’ lists can no longer be added and any existing no-item lists will be migrated to become ‘Sections’. The exercise level ‘Supporting fields’ tab has been removed and these are now configured on the ‘Exercise’ page - inline with supporting fields for sections, lists and items.
Repositories & Open Access Expand support for RT2-DSpace 7.x integration to include: Deposit from Elements into the institutional repository. Subsequent deposit of files after the initial deposit. Automated metadata update to allow administrators to configure the system to selectively enrich the metadata in their integrated DSpace repositories.
Expand support for RT2-Figshare for Institutions integration to include subsequent deposit of files after the initial deposit. Update and expand coverage of DOAJ data to offer more comprehensive information on journal level, including more OA indicators, Journal OA statement, licence terms, review policy, and APC. Expanding existing data source integrations to harvest OA-status indicators from Dimensions, WoS, EPMC for new field ‘Open Access Status’ to capture potential Gold/ Green/ Hybrid OA status of records. Expand OA-related metadata harvested from Crossref to include publisher’s url & record created date.
Discovery Module Update framework to support Google Analytics 4 Update video section to display title of the file (‘Label’ in Elements UI) when a cursor hovers over the video. Updated UI to visually differentiate the Sustainable Development Goal filter
Research Funding Solution Updates to the Funding Opportunities data model, including: The addition of new fields (e.g. currency of the award, funder and source opportunity identifiers, funding opportunity managing group) New facility for capturing a standard set of funder schemes per funder Improved funding programme functionality Improved support contact functionality, including the facility to select an existing system user and provide a support contact URL Improved key dates functionality
Introduction of a first phase write API for Funding Opportunities
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Elements 6.8 | 19 May 2022 |
| Repository integrations We have added a new RT2 integration for DSpace 7 with harvest functionality to allow records to be pulled from a DSpace 7 Repository into Elements (Please note: deposit functionality will be added in our next release). For clients using our RT2 Figshare for institutions integration: We have introduced support for automated metadata updates from Elements to Figshare. For clients using our RT2 DSpace, Eprints and Hyrax integrations: We have added new functionality to allow organisations to configure which file versions will be displayed to users depositing publications to the integrated repository. This new feature supports configuring file version names at both a system level and a per-publication type level.
Other improvements In order to better represent the experience of the impersonated user when impersonating, we have made adjustments to the Assessment Module ‘reviewer’ and ‘researcher’ related homepage actions to show the actions the impersonated user would see. If the action cannot be completed by the impersonating user this is clearly communicated. We now support the capture of percentages for Labels on Researcher Profiles (eg. FOR Codes). We have updated the Import Publications page to improve accessibility and user experience as well as clarifying how the system handles matching to private publications. To make it easier to understand the configuration of groups in the system we have added the WHERE clause used to populate ‘auto-groups’ to the Reporting Database We have expanded our Figshare.com integration to bring in more types of works (previously it would only import datasets) and to adjust the metadata mappings. We have made adjustments to the EPMC publication date logic.
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Elements 6.7 | 21 Mar 2022 |
| Object details page and list view - interface improvements Details page Update the look and feel of the object details page to bring it inline with ‘V6 style’ pages Object and relationship privacy can be set on the object details page Extended author view supports author search New ‘list’ and ‘card’ view options for relationships Improved display of the ‘funding acknowledgements’ field
List view
Object type locking Add new ‘author type’ on author lists Research Funding Solution Data Source Updates Adjust CrossRef integration Update to WoS integration to use new REST API Update Figshare.com integration Update to Dimensions API
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Elements 6.6 | 02 Dec 2021 |
| Impact Module Introduce new configurable data model with support for custom types & custom fields New optional stock types: Impact plans, Impact case studies, Impact Narratives (formerly Records of Impact), Impact indicator and Engagement Activities Introduction of other core data model features such as reporting dates, ability to set fields as mandatory etc. Ability for administrators to lock individual impact records to prevent linked users from editing them. New configurable module display name options including Impact & Engagement.
Copy Professional & Teaching activities Discovery Module
Updates to Discovery Mobile Experience UX enhancements to the main Discovery search bar Expanding Associated profiles tab on Equipment records to display relationship type
Research Funding Solution Introduce the facility to limit visibility of Funding opportunities to selected groups and/or users Enable client access to the RFS API Introduce the facility to classify Organisations in the Management Console (supporting classifying funders, for example, by statutory reporting classification schemes (e.g. PBRF)) Improve some of the processes around capturing funder submission and outcomes
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Elements 6.5 | 30 Sept 2021 |
| Tracking Sustainable Development Goals Introduction of new stock SDG label scheme Updates to Dimensions integrations for publications & grants to harvest SDG labels. New SDG label stock dashboard & data extract
Repository Tools 2 New functionality to allow administrators to configure which types of publications can be deposited to each integrated repository New functionality to allow administrators to configure whether users should be permitted to redeposit items based on repository status. Possible configuration options are: not permitted, permitted for all repository items, only permitted for non-live items.
Discovery Module Reporting Hub Other improvements Update of MESH label scheme to 2021 version to ensure inclusion of COVID related terms and other recent changes. Update to the ORCID write integration to prevent Elements sending inconsequential updates to ORCID
Research Funding Solution Introduction of post-award functionality, including: Project activation Project statuses Management of project deliverables, including allocation to responsible individuals, due dates, and reminders Management of change requests
Improvements to Review and approval functionality, including:
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Elements 6.4 | 22 July 2021 |
| Discovery Module Reporting Additional parameters available for custom Data Extracts and Formatted Reports: Groups & Users parameters support multi-select Include non-academic users boolean parameter Include non-current users boolean parameter
A range of additional stock Data Extracts have been added to the Reporting Hub (migrated from the ‘Users, Usage and Summary’ reports on the basic reports page).
Research Funding Solution Functionality for tracking application submission to funder and capturing funder outcome details Support for multi-stage proposals (e.g. Expression of Interest through to full Proposal) Contract Review workflows New RFS interoperability monitor screen, enabling System Administrators, Research Funding Administrators, and Symplectic support colleagues to more easily troubleshoot any issues with the interaction between Elements and the RFS server Addition of Proposal and Review data to the Elements Operational and Reporting databases, and the Elements API Improvements to existing RFS functionality: GRID integration improvements (for sourcing external organisations such as Funders and external collaborators) Updates to review and approval functionality Support for Māori macrons and other special characters Updates to existing stock registered reports and data extracts as more content is becoming available in the RFS
Repository Tools RT2 EPrints: Automated metadata updates functionality now compatible with EPrints 3.4.2 or higher. RT2 DSpace: Performance improvements to harvest functionality to reduce the number of API calls needed.
Core Elements New ability for users to upload a thumbnail image for each of their objects (e.g. their publications, grants, activities, equipment etc). Improvements to the Import Publications: Change default behaviour to create a link to, but not import, records which are matched to existing items already in Elements. Updates to guidance and page text to make behaviour clearer to users. New filter on the My Publications page to allow users to filter by publication status New optional Homepage action to highlight to users items which cannot be verified. Add support for capturing multiple roles (from either the Creative or CREDIT taxonomies) per author/created via a person-list field type. New ability to create additional data sources ‘slots’ for additional custom institutional feeds if required. Update of ORCID 'run sync' button to enqueue metadata update from Elements to ORCID
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Elements 6.3 release notes | 27 May 2021 |
| Reporting Introduce the ability to create custom data extracts and add them to the Reporting Hub.* (*requires analytics license) Adding two stock Data Extracts to the Reporting Hub NEW ‘Associated identifiers’ data extract - Summarises information about identifiers used for automatic claiming ‘Associated ORCID iDs’ data extract (migrated from Basic Reports) - Summarises each user’s use of ORCID IDs within Elements.
Added new version of the NIH Biosketch report. This was updated in response to the new NIH requirements. Introduce new functionality for administrators to monitor data storage in the Reporting Hub download centre and delete batches of files from the system if needed.
Discovery Repository Tools 2 Update Figshare RT2 integration to use Element’s ‘harvest’ model & offline search functionality. These changes will improve performance for the integration and enhance matching to users. Improvements to error messaging to help prevent duplicate deposits if there is an issue harvesting a record from the repository immediately after successfully making a deposit.
Equipment Module Research Funding Solution Improvements to Review & Approval functionality. Integration with GRID for populating external organisation records (Funders, Collaborators). Additional stock reports.
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Elements 6.2 release notes | 25 Mar 2021 |
| Research Funding Solution In Elements v6.2 we are launching the Research Funding Solution, introducing to Elements a new suite of functionality to support the management of research funding workflows. The initial release of RFS functionality will include pre-award functionality to support: Communicating funding opportunities Proposal development including creation of a project budget (or the option to attach a copy of budget developed in an external tool.) Managing a range of different kinds of funding rounds including running internal calls using configurable review & approval workflows Reporting functionality for pre-award data including RFS formatted group reports. API functionality for integrations relating to pre-award data Introduction of additional user roles to support the effective management of funding data and workflows
The Research Fund Solution will continue to grow throughout 2021, as we extend support across the research funding lifecycle covering both pre- and post-award activities. Please note, to enable this new functionality you must have a licence for the Research Funding Solution. For information about licensing the Research Funding solution, please contact support@symplectic.co.uk.
Object Privacy We are introducing a new ‘object-level’ privacy framework which allows users to manage privacy settings for their ‘objects’ (eg. publications, grants, teaching activities, professional activities). This new functionality complements the existing ‘relationship privacy’ functionality, allowing a user to choose whether the item itself should be public/internal/private or just their relationship. As a part of this new functionality, we are introducing a new set of configuration options which allow organisations to configure these new privacy settings including the ability to set default privacy levels per object type. Role changes This release will include some changes to user roles to support the introduction of the Research Funding Solution. These changes include renaming existing roles and the introduction of a new higher-level System Admin role which can manage both the existing ‘Elements’ roles (now known as ‘Research Information’ roles) and the new ‘Research Funding’ roles. These changes affect all clients even if not subscribing to the RFS, please see the v6.2 release notes for full details. Reporting Hub We are expanding the Reporting Hub including: Adding Formatted User Reports (e.g. CVs) to the Reporting Hub. These reports can still be run from the user’s profile page but from our next release will also be viewed and managed from the Reporting Hub. Introducing ‘Collect later’ functionality to the Reporting Hub so that users are no longer required to wait while large reports render. If a report takes longer than ten seconds to render the user is offered the option to collect the report later. When the report file is ready to download the user will receive a notification and can collect the report file from the new Download Centre.
Discovery Module In the Discovery Module we will: Introduce new functionality which allows organisations to select a custom label scheme to power the ‘Tags’ functionality. UX improvements to tags functionality to better highlight selected tags within search results.
Other functionality Introducing new ‘full-text search’ functionality when adding labels. This new feature means that you no longer need to key in the start of a given label and instead can type in any keyword and be offered all labels which contain those terms. We are updating the GRID data within Elements to Release 2020-12-09.
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Elements 6.1 Release Notes | 10 Dec 2020 |
| Key Functionality targeted for inclusion in v6.1: Introduction of the Reporting Hub. In this initial release the Reporting Hub will bring together Dashboards and Formatted Group Reports (formally known as ‘Registered Group Reports”) within the new Reporting Hub interface. This change will make reports & dashboards easier to find, by allowing users to search, filter and favourite reports to help them quickly find the report they need. Expanding support for Preprints - We are introducing a new ‘Preprint’ stock publication type and adjust data source integrations to help collect preprint records from ArXiv, Dimensions, Crossref and EPMC. Will include adjustments to the matching algorithm to ensure preprints are not automatically merged with other publication types such as journal articles.
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Elements 6.0 Release notes | 15 Oct 2020 |
| In Elements Version 6.0 we are enhancing core functionality in a number of strategic areas and updating the Elements UI to enhance the Elements user experience. While much of the functionality in Elements will be largely unchanged in Version 6.0, we anticipate there will be a period of transition while your user community adapts to using the new interface. |
Elements 5.21 Release Notes | 4 June 2020 |
| Reporting Improvements to Reporting Date functionality - including automated updates to reporting dates and greater configurability when setting reporting dates. Introduction of view-only access for stock dashboards to the Core Elements license. Note: A licence for the Analytics Module is still required to clone, edit and create dashboards. Upgrade of DevExpress Dashboard designer
Sherpa Romeo integration Discovery Module Accessibility improvements. REF functionality*
* Note that these REF-specific items will also be included in an Elements 5.20 patch released at approximately the same time as the 5.21 release Updated functionality for outputs produced in a language that is not English but is within the remit of the Unit (following on from updated guidance from the REF team on how to return such outputs in the submission XML without generating validation errors). New stock report to help institutions see when underlying publication data has changed due to merging, splitting, or new records created within the publication. Reviewer content bulk job - Improve error messaging when multiple selections match the object ID provided.
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Elements 5.20 Release Notes | 2 April 2020 |
| Discovery Module New visualisation of organisational co-authorships. Ability to include Video on Discovery Module fed from the Elements user profile. New configuration option allowing logo to be centred. Grant titles will now be indexed by the Search function. Improvements to identify what data the Discovery Module is expecting to be showing. Improvements to identify when the Reload all data for the Discovery Module job is complete.
REF functionality Final major phase of REF development, which is expected to include: Generation of REF submission XML file REF validation stock report REF dashboards, enabling Unit summaries and overviews to be easily obtained REF2 physical / electronic output submission tracking Unit lock out Additions to existing screens to help REF managers better monitor submission accuracy, quality, and completeness
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Elements 5.19 Release Notes | 5 Dec 2019 |
| ORCID integration Users will be able to send ORCID details about their affiliation with an institution. A new ‘My Actions’ item will be added to remind users that they can send publications to ORCID Details on the connection level (‘read and write’ vs ‘read-only’) and information on what publications have been sent to ORCID will be added to the reporting database
Dashboard improvements New inbuilt web-based dashboard designer allows simple creation of visualisations Support for SQL based dashboards will allow queries directly against the Reporting Database Refreshed stock dashboards including new SQL-based dashboards. These are simple to copy and modify
REF functionality Discovery Module Focus on Accessibility as we work towards WCAG 2.1 AA compliance. Enable the creation of multiple filters that have data fed from Generic Fields 01 to 10. Optionally allow a filter to be enabled which is populated from the Elements Profile Institutional Appointments field. This will include all entries where no end date has been specified. Introduce an Elements “Type” sort for Publications, Grants, Teaching Activities, Professional Activities. This will allow visitors to sort results by the types configured in Elements.
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Elements 5.18 | 10 Oct 2019 |
| Discovery Module ORCID write integration REF functionality Other Elements improvements Introducing new supplementary manual entry fields for capturing formatted titles and abstracts on publications. These allow users to (where desired) format their publication titles for display on public profiles using bolding, italics, subscript and superscript. These new fields supplement the existing title and abstract fields as we do not currently receive formatted titles from our automated data sources. Automatic claiming improvements (making it possible to clear down pending identifiers - and recalculate them based on new pending pubs list, after clearing.) New setting which will apply default affiliation search settings to all new users, not just those with a "common name" (as defined by a subset of the US Census). Updates to privacy-related information within Elements to more clearly communicate that the "hide-from-profile" button on publications and other objects restricts access to the logged-in user's relationship to the object, but does not restrict access to the object itself. Additional 'checklist&' on the "Details" section for data verification processes associated with Annual Collections
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Elements 5.17 | 15 August 2019 |
| Discovery Module Assessment module REF functionality |
Elements 5.16 | 27 June 2019 |
| REF functionality: Delivery of the REF2 form for each publication Accepted for submission to REF2021 (first phase). This includes the introduction of: Attribution functionality REF-specific metadata fields such as double-weighting, cross-referral, interdisciplinary, etc. Overall review score per REF2 per UoA Bulk actions and bulk import of content
Enhancement of UoA model to enable the creation of Research Groups, capture output allocation taxonomies (when published), and calculate the total number of required REF2 outputs REF-specific Open Access overrides New Manage REF2 Research Outputs screen that lists all REF2s accepted for submission, enabling you to focus on only those outputs to be included in the submission Updated REF exercise template (for new exercise definitions only (i.e. if you want to start your REF2021 selection process in Elements following the 5.16 release, rather than migrate/consolidate what you already have))
Assessment Module enhancements: Open Access monitor enhancements: Repository Tools 2: Automated metadata updates for RT2 DSpace Metadata-only deposits for RT2 DSpace, EPrints & Hyrax integrations Custom logos for RT2 data sources and custom institutional sources
Dimensions Grants: Other improvements |
Elements 5.15 | 2 May 2019 |
| Dimensions as a grants data source featuring name-based search New ORCID ID Basic Report to make it easy for administrators to review which researchers have pending, claimed and authenticated ORCID IDs.
Open Access & Repository Tools 2 Alpha release of new Repository Tools 2 integration for Hyrax. Automated metadata updates for EPrints RT2 integrations. Support for multiple RT2 sources of the same type (eg. 2 x EPrints)
REF functionality: New system settings to enable REF configuration and functionality Enhancements to the new ‘Manage selections’ screen (introduced 5.14.1), including the ability to set REF statuses for selected outputs such as ‘Accepted’ or ‘Not accepted’ Introduce reporting functionality to the new 'Manage selections' screen based on stock and custom registered reports Improvements to the REF Manager Publications stock export
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Elements 5.14.1 | 28 February 2019 |
| Assessment Module: First component of manager-edit-list functionality, enabling managers to: view all selections for a list remove selected publications/objects from a list without impersonation re-allocate outputs without impersonation identify (via highlighting) objects selected by multiple researchers
Ability to rename the Supporting Information sections at exercise, list and item level Updated colours for OA in-policy indicators within assessment
Reports updates: Streaming of basic reports to allow downloading of larger datasets New basic report with one row per publication/object Renaming of basic reports Record Creation Date added to Reporting Database
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Elements 5.14 | 6 December 2018 |
| Dimensions can be configured as a data source for publications Will add the ability to upload SNIP and SJR values for journal titles via the user interface Links for administrators from the publications details page to the relevant nomination in the Annual Collection module Ability to add comments to the “Annual Collection” via the API RT2 Deposit page now supports configurable guidance for adding embargo suggestions and reuse licenses Improved UI when adding exceptions via the RT2 deposit page
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Elements 5.13 | 11 October 2018 |
| Reporting - a new basic report on Privacy levels, date object was added, publication locking information in the reporting database Continuing our work on phase 2 of Automatic claiming. Updated Crossref integration to include Conference papers and improved performance New user profile privacy settings report available as a "Users & usage" basic report SSRN data update
Assessment Units- to support REF2021 preparations Ability to subdivide a single exercise definition into Units Ability to override display of supporting fields, guidance and attachment settings by Unit Assignment of managers per Unit
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Elements 5.12 | 16 Aug 2018 |
| Users will be able to add a ‘preferred name’ which is used across Elements in place of the name supplied by the HR feed. It will be possible to add ‘role’ information when adding an author/contributor to a manual publication record using a list of creative works roles or the CREDiT taxonomy. Administrators will be able to enable defined label schemes as a part of their Publication Type configuration. This will enable users to add labels from the selected label schemes when entering a manual record for a publication. OA Monitor: Users/Administrators will be able to add multiple exceptions per publication Assessment: optionally display academic’s profile photo and appointments information to reviewers
Discovery Module: Choice of "About" or "Publications" as to which page is shown first when viewing a person’s Discovery Module Profile page. Preference will now be given to the Repository link when this is available. (A link to the Open Access version will be shown otherwise where a match is identified) Institutional Appointments added to complement Academic Appointments and Non-academic Appointments on the Discovery Module Profile “About” page.
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Elements 5.11 | 21 June 2018 |
| RT2 Assessment Ability to assign and modify users required to complete an exercise via a CSV upload New stock assessment PDF/Word export which uses field usage to include fuller details of selected publications, grants, teaching activities, professional activities and impact records Ability to archive inactive (former) exercise definitions, along with improvements to the admin page which lists exercise definitions.
OA Monitor Other: First release of Discovery Module, a new search and discovery layer for your existing Elements user profiles. Our first release will initially be made available to Symplectic’s Development Partner clients and other early adopters of the module. Further details on the availability of the Discovery Module will be posted separately. Import researcher identifiers via the Elements API
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Elements 5.10.1 | 26 April 2018 |
| This will be a minor version release.
Repository Tools 2 - EPrints: Subsequent deposit: institutions can allow additional files to be deposited via Elements into EPrints for already deposited items. Introducing support to crosswalk metadata into file-level fields in EPrints, including the ability to:
Assessment Module: User initiated password reset will allow users to reset their own Elements password without requiring assistance from a System Administrator.UI change to the Elements Edit Profile page, making the show/hide fields/sections clearer on the Elements Profile page. |
Elements 5.10 | 1 March 2018 |
| Open Access Monitor improvements Deposit deadline for OA Policy can now be set in months or days. New exception (Deposit7) to allow institutions to manually track records that were deposited within 3 months of publication. New Configuration option for the OA Policy to exclude publications published after the user leave date. New configuration option for the OA policy to include publications by inactive users. Journal name and DOI now displayed in the OA Monitor
Assessment Module: Improvements to the Manager page, particularly the way status of each response is shown and to filters Inclusion of users who have not yet started an exercise in the stock registered reports which provide Excel progress reports for Managers Add a means of indicating the open-access policy eligibility and compliance of publications for selection (or selected) as part of an assessment list Minor simplification of, and language improvements to, the Reviewer Overview page Addition of preferred name (Known As) if set, as well as the [legal] first name in stock PDF, Word and Excel registered reports
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Elements 5.9.1 | 6 February 2018 |
| Using privacy settings for public facing systems Annual Collection changes to status via the API Changes to some underlying fields for Teaching Activities
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Elements 5.9 | 7 December 2017 |
| Initial release of figshare For Institutions deposit functionality OA Monitor functionality to allow System admins and System verifiers to exclude publications from OA policies. New OA Policy configuration option to allow institutions to provide guidance text or to not display the ‘In OA Policy” indicator on the My Publications page. Repository Tools 2: Expansions to allow metadata from objects related to publication (eg. users, grants, publications, equipment) to be crosswalked to the repository. Assessment: Addition of the ability to configure Managers for individual Assessment exercise definitions. Elements Profile: Addition of a Grants Narrative and/or Teaching Narrative field which will be a configurable option.
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Elements 5.8 | 12 October 2017 |
| figshare for Institutions will be available as an RT2 data source with customisable crosswalk New OA Reports page added to the OA Monitor featuring deposit and compliance data extracts. New configuration option for the OA Policy to allow institutions measure compliance against the publication date until a point in time and then against the acceptance date. This configuration aligns with the introductory period for assessing compliance in the HEFCE policy. Updated deposit guidance for institutions with multiple repository integrations. Additional configuration to make the Request a Waiver badge on the homepage optional without removing the ability to request a waiver from the Publication Detail page. A new configuration to make the My Actions section on the homepage a list by default. Paging has been added to the Create Links page to access more than 25 results. A new role of Group Impact Officer has been added to limit access to the Impact records for the group or groups that they have the role of Group Impact Officer for. Full names can be added via the user interface. GRID data refreshed. SJR data refreshed.
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Elements 5.7 | 17 August 2017 |
| Repository Tools 2functionality for EPrints Limit the EPrints harvest from specific OAI-PHM sets One-time deposit functionality Full-text files from Europe PubMed Central and arXiv can be deposited directly from Elements Ability to join duplicates Ability to display custom advice on the Deposit page
RT2 Crosswalks Assessment Module User Profile Completeness ReportOA Monitor |
Elements 5.6 | 22 June 2017 |
| Assessment - User-initiated transitions, confidential exercise definitions, and usability improvements
A further round of updates to the assessment module will be included in the June release: User-initiated transitions to allow either end users or reviewers to move an exercise response onto the next stage. A new setting for confidential exercise definitions - user responses to exercises with this setting enabled will not be visible to or editable by others via delegation or impersonation Improvements in response to user experience and customer feedback Support for lightweight surveys and acknowledgment requests as new kinds of supported exercise definition
ORCiD API upgradeORCiD are deprecating the version of their API that is currently used by Elements. In preparation, this release includes a switch to using ORCiD API v2.0. Customers are advised to upgrade to Elements v5.6 (or later) before the end of 2017 to avoid loss of connection to ORCiD.Repository Tools 2: EPrints Repository Tools 2: DSpace Embargo advice functionality added to deposit process. Deposit license introduced to prompt user to agree to license when depositing. Crosswalk framework extension to support filtered lists.
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Elements 5.5 | 27 April 2017 |
| Automatic Claiming
Assessment module: Added support for multiple rounds of editing / review / approval via configurable stages. Users with the Assessment Manager Role can move responses from one stage to another. Locking and lock overrides introduced to prevent users from changing their selections/assessment data in certain stages. Improved management oversight of Assessment processes enables tracking and reporting of progress by researchers and reviewers. Greater permissions granularity: Reviewers can be assigned to specific researchers and the ability to review groups is retained.
Repository Tools: Embargo end-dates are displayed on the ‘Full text tab’ alongside the file version information for both Repository Tools 1 and 2 integrations. For Repository Tools 2 (DSpace): New crosswalk testing tool integrated as a part of the Elements user interface for administrators. For Repository Tools 1: Updated file upload mechanism to enhance the upload of large files. For Repository Tools 1: New configurable option to consider items without a license file ‘Deposit incomplete’ (rather than deposited).
OA Monitor: 'Compliant' flag displays when a record shifts from non-compliant to compliant. New ‘Pending compliance’ status will display when a publications meets all other compliance requirements, has an embargo and has no publication date. DOIs and Data source information available in export. Identifier claiming added. GRID (Global Research Identifier Database) IDs will be automatically matched to research organizations to improve data quality. Removal of restriction on manual merge of records across and within all data sources. The SNIP and SJR data in Elements have been updated with the latest data.
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Elements 5.4 | 2 March 2017 |
| Assessment: Add ability to clone exercise definitions "Select all" option to add all eligible items to a list at onceRepository Tools 2 (RT2) Introduce a differential analysis for DSpace to optimize refreshing data from repository into Elements Add ability to download and upload crosswalks via Elements Add support for migrating from Repository Tools 1 to Repository Tools 2Publication statistics Relative Citation Ration (RCR)* added across the system Dimensions Citation Count* added to publication page list, publications page and home page; also available on publication lists in the Assessment module Dimensions h-index added* ERA 2010 Statistics removed from the Publications detail page, but not from Elements. It is in Journal records, Group Stats and Basic Reports and available in the Journal ranking page. Improvements to the Repository Tools 1 deposit page to more clearly identify all the steps users need to make to complete a deposit*Requires Dimensions for Universities license
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Elements 5.3 | 8 December 2016 |
| Add and manage metadata about journals via the Elements user interface Add journal-specific deposit advice Export journal data in CSV format Manage institutional deposit advice via the Elements user interface Enable one-time deposit to an institution's DSpace repository (for DSpace 5.4 or higher) Support the connection of multiple institutional repositories in a single Elements instance OA Monitor can track compliance across multiple repositories New iconography to better support W3C Accessibility requirements
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Elements 5.2 | 27 October 2016 |
| Upload assessment attachments at exercise, list and item level Updates to the Symplectic Elements PBRF 2018 template Ability to nominate summary fields within supporting information, and display these on list and order pages. Ability to nominate some fields within supporting information as “key” fields which should be flagged as “required” Improvements to metadata shown for each item on list and order pages Displays more prominent feedback on the number of items selected by a user in comparison to minimum and maximum settings
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Elements 5.1.2 | 15 September 2016 |
| Organisations can select which relationship types are displayed in the user interface Added MLA as a datasource Web of Science meeting abstracts not imported as Journal Articles A link can be added to the Elements Profile page that points to a public facing Institutional Profile page Improvements to highlight where lists of items have filters applied (such as when a user clicks on a My Actions item that applies to one or more filters) File deposit actions recorded in the history section Easily associate people with organisations in Manual records
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Elements 5.1.1 | 4 July 2016 |
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Elements 5.1 | 2 June 2016 |
| Improved publication claiming New data sources: DSpace and Digital Commons Library Status added to OA Monitor Data Source Management simplified Greater visibility of progress on Full Reindexing Ability to rebuild Reporting database from Elements interface
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Elements 5.0 | 17 March 2016 |
| New home page and user-friendly navigation New navigation menu Assessment module New approach to Merge via the workspace Linked staff identifiers available to repositories
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Elements 4.17 | 10 December 2015 |
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Elements 4.16.1 | 15 October 2015 |
| SSRN SNIP/SJR data updated
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Elements 4.16 | 20 August 2015 |
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Elements 4.15 | 26 June 2015 |
| Dimensions for Universities- A supplementary grant data source New features in the Open Access Monitor Types can now be marked as "Externally Managed" Controlling Module Access
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Elements 4.14 | 30 April 2015 |
| New module - the Open Access Module Locking Profile and Type fields New Institutions-specific appointments field on User Profile Control visibility of types by group Changes to Roles
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Elements 4.13 | 5 March 2015 |
| Institutional Custom Reporting Linking grants when adding a manual record New confirmation page Associate skills, expertise and strategic research themes with user profiles
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Elements 4.12 | 11 December 2014 |
| Brand new "On Acceptance" workflow Redesigned add manual record page Improved Author Resolution Addition of CC licence selection as part of deposit process Addition of file version for OA location Redesigned Mine, Pending and Not Mine publications pages Addition of funding organisation data CV Export out of beta Reporting synchronisation management Extension of Author Identifiers to Repository API Altmetric scores now displayed on profile pages Report on linked records
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Elements 4.11 | 9 October 2014 |
| Redesigned Deposit Page Assistance when adding publications, including duplicate prevention Linking in Elements Harvest publications using Scopus Author Identifier Improved Photo Cropping Mechanism
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Elements 4.10.1 | 14 August 2014 |
| Capture % values on grant links Changes to Create Links page Organisation Structures are now available to link Partial update of records via API Assisted entry of institutional name, city and country data
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Elements 4.10 | 19 June 2014 |
| Ability to set an Institutional Open Access Policy (IOAP) Introducing "Claim Plus" Simplified method for linking Addition of "My Actions" section to Homepage New Scopus API Cleaner Pending and Not Mine page New fields added to the User Profile Manage photos using the API
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Elements 4.9 | 24 April 2014 |
| Grant Data exposed in the Repository API Option to select from Multiple Repository Licenses Integrated information from DOAJ Deposit advice now customisable by Primary Group New secure v4.9 API Manage multiple author relationships from publication page Beta release of Academic CV and sample NIH biosketch Reporting database synchroniser running as a service Hide the REF/PBRF tab from standard users
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Elements 4.8 | 27 February 2014 |
| CV/Resume data on profiles Find other users Introducing ORCiD Integration Attach evidence files with HERDC returns Include former researchers in publication search Brand Elements by Department
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Elements 4.7 | 19 December 2013 |
| New data source: Europe PubMed Central New User Profile fields New default types and fields for Professional Activities and Teaching Activities New HERDC Reports Simplified manual entry New "Contributor to" link type
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Elements 4.6 | 7 November 2013 |
| Embargo periods in Elements New money field capture in grants External identifiers New Elements API endpoint
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Elements 4.5 | 26 September 2013 |
| New Teaching activities module Split/merge Grants and Professional Activities User experience improvements
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Elements 4.4.1 | 12 August 2013 |
| Label schemes enhancements HERDC-related enhancements Search and Synchroniser enhancements Publication-related enhancements Workspace-related enhancements Administrator-related enhancements REF-related enhancements
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Elements 4.4 | 20 June 2013 |
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Elements 4.3 | 9 May 2013 |
| Add labels to publications and create your own label schemes Edit data without impersonating Additional REF features Further extensions of HERDC module
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Elements 4.2.1 | 26 April 2013 |
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Elements 4.2 | 28 March 2013 |
| Support the merging of publications that share the same data source System Verifier role added Improved Repository integration New tools to support integration of bibliographic data from online sources
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Elements 4.1 | 14 February 2013 |
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Elements 4.0 | 20 December 2012 |
| New UI Customisable themes and branding Improved publication view Administrator dashboard Support for publication verification
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Elements 3.8.3 | 8 November 2012 |
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