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ImpactStory is the first open source, web-based tool released by OurResearch. It provides altmetrics to help researchers measure the impacts of their research outputs including journal articles, blog posts, datasets, and software.{{cite web|last=Priem|first=Jason|title=The launch of ImpactStory: using altmetrics to tell data-driven stories|url=http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/09/25/the-launch-of-impactstor/|work=Impact of Social Sciences|publisher=LSE|access-date=1 January 2014|author2=Heather Piwowar|date=25 September 2012|archive-date=2 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193650/http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2012/09/25/the-launch-of-impactstor/|url-status=live}} This aims to change the focus of the scholarly reward system to value and encourage web-native scholarship.

It provides context to its metrics so that they are meaningful without knowledge of the specific dataset: for example, instead of letting the reader guess whether having five forks on GitHub is common, ImpactStory would tell that the repository is in the 95th percentile of all GitHub repositories created that year.{{cite web|title=ImpactStory adds figshare integration|url=http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1443|work=Research Information|access-date=1 January 2014|date=3 December 2013|archive-date=2 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200219/http://www.researchinformation.info/news/news_story.php?news_id=1443|url-status=live}}

The metrics provided by ImpactStory can be used by researchers who want to know how many times their work has been downloaded and shared,{{cite web|last=Eisen|first=Jonathan|title=Playing with Impact Story to look at Alt Metrics for my papers, data, etc|url=http://phylogenomics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/playing-with-impact-story-to-look-at.html|work=The Tree of Life|access-date=1 January 2014|date=29 November 2012|archive-date=23 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141023055123/http://phylogenomics.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/playing-with-impact-story-to-look-at.html|url-status=live}} and also research funders who are interested in the impact of research beyond only considering citations to journal articles.

Unpaywall, begun as an interface for oaDOI.org,{{cite web |title=Paste in a DOI |url=https://oadoi.org/ |website=oaDOI |publisher=Impactstory |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023200303/https://oadoi.org/ |archive-date=2016-10-23 |date=23 October 2016 |quote=Leap over tall paywalls in a single bound.}}{{cite web |title=About |url=https://oadoi.org/about |website=oaDOI |publisher=Impactstory |access-date=23 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161023200303/https://oadoi.org/about |archive-date=2016-10-23 |date=31 May 2017 |quote=We look for open copies of articles using the following data sources: ...}} is a browser extension{{cite web |last1=Coldewey |first1=Devin |title=Unpaywall scours the web for free versions of scientific papers |url=https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/05/unpaywall-scours-the-web-for-free-versions-of-scientific-papers/ |website=TechCrunch |date=5 April 2017 |access-date=16 August 2018 |archive-date=16 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816162141/https://techcrunch.com/2017/04/05/unpaywall-scours-the-web-for-free-versions-of-scientific-papers/ |url-status=live }} which finds legal free versions of (paywalled) scholarly articles.{{cite journal |last1=Chawla |first1=Dalmeet Singh |title=Unpaywall finds free versions of paywalled papers |journal=Nature |date=4 April 2017 |doi=10.1038/nature.2017.21765|s2cid=86694031 }} In July 2018, Unpaywall was reported to provide free access to 20 million articles, which accounts for about 47% of the articles that people search for with Unpaywall.{{cite web |last1=Doctorow |first1=Cory |title=Unpaywall: a search-engine for authorized, freely accessible versions of scholarly journal articles |url=https://boingboing.net/2018/02/06/search-engine-arbitrage.html |website=Boing Boing |date=6 February 2018 |access-date=2018-08-16 |archive-date=2018-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180816162119/https://boingboing.net/2018/02/06/search-engine-arbitrage.html |url-status=live }} As of 2024, Unpaywall claims to provide access to 49 million free articles.{{Cite web |title=Unpaywall |url=https://unpaywall.org/ |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=unpaywall.org}} It further states that "Unpaywall users read 52% of research papers for free".{{Cite web |title=Unpaywall |url=https://unpaywall.org/products/extension |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=unpaywall.org}} In June 2017, it was integrated into Web of Science, and in July 2018, Elsevier announced plans the same month to integrate the service into the Scopus search engine.

In 2019, GetTheResearch.org{{cite web |title=Get The Research |url=https://gettheresearch.org/ |website=gettheresearch.org |access-date=23 October 2022}} was announced as a search engine for open access content found by Unpaywall, with machine learning features to facilitate discoverability.{{cite web|first1=Gary|last1=Price|access-date=2020-04-25|title=Impactstory Announces Beta Release of "Get The Research" Search Engine|url=https://www.infodocket.com/2019/05/15/impactstory-announces-beta-release-of-get-the-research-search-engine/|website=LJ infoDOCKET|date=15 May 2019 |archive-date=2020-05-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200519074024/https://www.infodocket.com/2019/05/15/impactstory-announces-beta-release-of-get-the-research-search-engine/|url-status=live}}

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Unsub,{{Cite web|url=https://unsub.org/|title=Unsub|website=unsub.org|access-date=2021-01-16|archive-date=2021-01-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122052619/https://unsub.org/|url-status=live}} previously Unpaywall Journals,{{cite web|access-date=2020-05-19|title=Taking a Big Bite Out of the Big Deal|url=https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2020/05/19/taking-a-big-bite-out-of-the-big-deal/|date=2020-05-19|website=The Scholarly Kitchen|author=Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe|archive-date=2020-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200525211331/https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2020/05/19/taking-a-big-bite-out-of-the-big-deal/|url-status=live}} was launched in 2019{{cite journal|title=Unpaywall|url=https://zenodo.org/record/3553751 |website=Zenodo |date=2019-11-26|doi=10.5281/zenodo.3553751 |doi-access=free |last1=Piwowar|first1=Heather|access-date=2020-04-18|archive-date=2020-08-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200806133102/https://zenodo.org/record/3553751|url-status=live}} as a data analysis tool for libraries to estimate the actual cost and value of their subscriptions.{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-25|title=Unpaywall Journals - possibly the most interesting thing to happen this year in library subscription land.|url=http://scholarly-comms-product-blog.com/2019/11/06/unpaywall_journals_-_possibly_the_most_interesting_thing_to_happen_this_year_in_library_subscription_land._/ |website=ScholCommsProd |date=2019-11-06|author=Ian Mulvany|archive-date=2020-04-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422153853/http://scholarly-comms-product-blog.com/2019/11/06/unpaywall_journals_-_possibly_the_most_interesting_thing_to_happen_this_year_in_library_subscription_land._/|url-status=live}}

The tool reduces information asymmetry in negotiations over subscriptions with publishers: in its paid tailored version, it allows to merge Unpaywall data about open access status and expected evolution in 5 years,{{cite journal|first1=Heather|last1=Piwowar|first2=Jason|last2=Priem|first3=Richard|last3=Orr|title=The Future of OA: A large-scale analysis projecting Open Access publication and readership|url=https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/795310v1|journal=bioRxiv|date=2019-10-09|pages=795310|doi=10.1101/795310 |doi-access=free |s2cid=208591684 |s2cid-access=free |access-date=2020-04-18|archive-date=2020-03-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310015724/https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/795310v1|url-status=live}} article processing charges, usage statistics and the libraries' own parameters{{cite web |last1=Piwowar |first1=Heather |title=Configuration settings |url=https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001822208-configuration-settings |website=Unpaywall |access-date=19 June 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809022217/https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001822208-configuration-settings |url-status=dead |date=7 Jan 2020 }} (such as the cost of interlibrary loans {{cite web |last1=Piwowar |first1=Heather |title=Overview |url=https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001822204-page-overview |date=25 Feb 2020 |website=Unpaywall |access-date=19 June 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809014841/https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001822204-page-overview |url-status=dead }}) to calculate various indicators{{cite web |last1=Piwowar |first1=Heather |title=Description of data fields |url=https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001843595-description-of-data-fields |website=Unpaywall |date=14 Jan 2020 |access-date=19 June 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809031711/https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001843595-description-of-data-fields |url-status=dead }} including the cost effectiveness or net cost per use{{cite web |last1=Piwowar |first1=Heather |title=Cost Effectiveness (NCPPU) |url=https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001822684-cost-effectiveness |website=Unpaywall |date=8 Jan 2020 |access-date=19 June 2020 |language=en |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809014650/https://support.unpaywall.org/support/solutions/articles/44001822684-cost-effectiveness |url-status=dead }} of a current or planned subscription (or lack thereof).

Unpaywall Journals was used in 2020 by the SUNY Libraries Consortium to assist in the cancellation of their big deal with Elsevier, which was replaced by a subscription to 248 titles,{{cite web|access-date=2020-04-18|title=SUNY Negotiates New, Modified Agreement with Elsevier |url=https://library.buffalo.edu/news/2020/04/07/suny-negotiates-new-modified-agreement-with-elsevier/|website=Libraries News Center University at Buffalo Libraries |date=April 7, 2020 |first1=Denise |last1=Wolfe |archive-date=2020-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514201133/https://library.buffalo.edu/news/2020/04/07/suny-negotiates-new-modified-agreement-with-elsevier/|url-status=live}} allowing expected savings of 50–70% over the baseline, or 5 to 7 million dollars per year.{{cite web|first1=Shannon|last1=Pritting|access-date=2020-04-18|title= Elsevier Update|url=http://slcny.libguides.com/slc/elsevier2020update|website=SUNY Libraries Consortium |date= April 7, 2020 |archive-date=2020-04-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418101851/http://slcny.libguides.com/slc/elsevier2020update|url-status=live}}

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OpenAlex{{Cite web|title=OpenAlex|url=https://openalex.org|access-date=2022-01-16}} is an open catalog of scholarly papers, authors, institutions, and more. OpenAlex launched in January 2022 with a free API and data snapshot.{{Cite web|last=Piwowar|first=Heather|date=2022-01-06|title=OpenAlex launch!|url=https://blog.ourresearch.org/openalex-launch/|website=OurResearch blog}} The purpose of OpenAlex is to catalog publication sources, author information, and research topics. It also shows connections between these data points to provide a comprehensive, interlinked view of the global research system.{{Cite journal |last=Singh Chawla |first=Dalmeet |date=2022-01-24 |title=Massive open index of scholarly papers launches |url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00138-y |journal=Nature |language=en |doi=10.1038/d41586-022-00138-y|pmid=35075274 |s2cid=246278314 }} It is considered an alternative to the Microsoft Academic Graph, which retired on December 31, 2021.{{Cite web|title=Next Steps for Microsoft Academic - Expanding into New Horizons|url=https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/project/academic/articles/microsoft-academic-to-expand-horizons-with-community-driven-approach/|access-date=2021-05-28|website=Microsoft Research|date=4 May 2021 }}{{Cite journal|date=2022-01-20|title=Fossil-record bias and huge research database|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00103-9|journal=Nature|language=en|volume=601|issue=7893|pages=303|doi=10.1038/d41586-022-00103-9|bibcode=2022Natur.601..303. |s2cid=256820124 |issn=0028-0836}}

OpenAlex contains extensive metadata across scientific works, authors, publication venues, institutions, and concepts. Specifically, it includes metadata for 209 million works such as journal articles and books; 13 million authors with disambiguated identities; metadata for 124,000 venues that host works, including journals and online repositories; metadata for 109,000 institutions; and 65,000 concepts from Wikidata, which are algorithmically linked to works using an automated hierarchical multi-tag classifier.{{Cite arXiv |title=OpenAlex: A fully-open index of scholarly works, authors, venues, institutions, and concepts |eprint=2205.01833 |last1=Priem |first1=Jason |last2=Piwowar |first2=Heather |last3=Orr |first3=Richard |date=2022 |class=cs.DL }}

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