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[Researcher Connect] December 2025 Newsletter

Researcher Connect, managed by the HKU Libraries, is a blog designed for the HKU research community, bringing community members the latest news and trends in research support services, as well as the updates of scholarly communication support initiatives and events available at the HKU Libraries. What’s New? Selecting a Repository for Data Sharing For ensuring transparency and reproducibility of research, preserving data, increasing research visibility, and meeting the requirements of publishers and funders, sharing research data has been an increasing trend in academia… Read More → Charting Impact: HKU’s 2025 Performance in Essential Science Indicators (ESI) Following our analyses of the University of Hong Kong’s (HKU) research performance using Essential Science Indicators (ESI) published in 2024, this year’s review consolidates the latest trends using ESI’s rolling 10‑year window and bi‑monthly updates… Read More → Featured GPT (Ghost-Penman-Typist): Has Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) Paved Its Way into Scholarly Writing? Researchers have been using Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) for research, such as writing codes, brainstorming research ideas, drafting research manuscripts, and more… Read More → Top 1% Scholars by Essential Science Indicators at the University of Hong Kong 2025 Each year since 2009, the Libraries has published a list of the top 1% researchers worldwide by citations in at least one of the 22 research fields at the University of Hong Kong (HKU), based on Essential Science Indicators (ESI) data released by Clarivate… Read More → HKU Shines in Stanford’s 2025 World’s Top 2% Scientists List Stanford University released the latest World’s Top 2% Scientists list in mid‑September 2025, recognizing leading researchers worldwide… Read More → Discovery Awaits: Finding Open Access Research Articles Previously, we have covered the open access movement for several times, focusing on publishing research in open access, for example: Apart from publishing, researchers and the public can enjoy the benefits brought by open access – as readers… Read More → Subscribe now! Visit and subscribe to Researcher Connect for the latest news. For enquiries, Email-a-Librarian (To: Open Access). Stay updated with us! Research Support Research Data Open Access Research Impact Researcher Connect Blog ...

Ovid Embase Reload Scheduled

Message from Wolters Kluwer - Ovid The Embase database is being reloaded to implement the Emtree 2025.03 Thesaurus tools: Emtree terms added and changed Emtree release notes We expect it to be live on January 20, 2026 (EST, UTC-5). The last daily update before the reload will be applied late Wednesday, 14 January 2026 (EST, UTC-5), and AutoAlerts will run on January 16, 2026 (EST, UTC-5), prior to the reload. Anticipated spike in AutoAlert results due to corrections We also want to take the opportunity to inform you we received notice from Elsevier to expect a larger file of 8K+ Embase corrections in the week of 1 December (EST, UTC-5). Consequently, users may notice an increase in alert results for the next alert run after 5 December (EST, UTC-5). These corrections are for publication years 2023 till 2026 that will be implemented next week with the weekly Embase update on 5 December (EST, UTC-5). The changes in these records are limited to updated article identifiers, for example, an ISSN, duplicate number, or issue change. ...

Charting Influence Responsibly: Inside the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers Methodology

Dear staff and students, You are invited to the webinar below by Clarivate, introducing the methodology of Highly Cited Researchers 2025. Charting Influence Responsibly: Inside the 2025 Highly Cited Researchers Methodology by Mr David Pendlebury (Head of Research Analysis, Institute for Scientific Information) and Dr Dmytro Filchenko (Senior Director, Research & Analytics, Institute for Scientific Information) 15/12/2025 (Mon) | 14:00-15:00 | Zoom The webinar will cover: Highly Cited Researchers program: deep dive into the methodology and 2025 changes. Analysis of 2025 Highly Cited Researchers list and trends over time. Suggestions on responsible use of metrics for Social Sciences/Arts and Humanities researchers. → Register You may also view the recordings of other Research Intelligence@HKUL sessions on the library training recording page. For enquiries, please Email-a-Librarian (To: Library Training). Best regards, Learning and Research Services HKU Libraries  Stay updated with us! Research Support Research Data Open Access Research Impact Researcher Connect Blog ...

Publisher's Training Event (December 2025) - De Gruyter Brill

Dear Staff and Students, Please find the webinar by De Gruyter Brill in December 2025 below. Book Publishing with De Gruyter Brill: Leading Research Areas and Success Strategies Date: 02 December 2025, Tuesday Time: 1:00 pm (HKT) Registration link: https://shorturl.at/bRIsG Join Karin Sora (Vice President STEM, De Gruyter Brill) , Hélène Chavaroche (Acquisition Editor in Physical Sciences, De Gruyter Brill) and Damiano Sacco (Acquisitions Editor in Technology, De Gruyter Brill) as they share science publishing insights, break down aligning your work with our priorities, and answer questions to ease your path from manuscript to publication. This webinar will cover: De Gruyter Brill’s science book program and dynamic research areas Full publication process Insider tips for a successful proposal Practical strategies to publish For enquiries, please directly contact the respective publisher(s). Learning and Research Services HKU Libraries Disclaimers: The training session(s) or event(s) is/are organised by the corresponding publisher(s). Any enquiries should be directly addressed to the corresponding publisher(s) respectively. Information collected by the publisher(s) for training session(s) or event(s) is NOT subject to the Privacy Policy of the HKU Libraries. The HKU Libraries shall not be held responsible for any dispute, loss or damage which may arise as a result of using the information provided on this page. ...

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