Below are some of the product updates, fixes, and releases for Digital Commons prior to 2024.

December 2023 

Institution affiliation metadata improvements. We are continuing to improve the metadata captured in each dataset and propagated to repositories like DataCite and OAI-PMH, aligning DC Data to the other repositories that are collaborating with the NIH as part of the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative.

As part of this project, we have enriched the dataset metadata in DCD with institution IDs from ROR (Research Organisation Registry) and we have started exposing institutional affiliation metadata to DataCite and OAI-PMH.

Beta Release of Modern Journals UI to beta testers. These non-public landing pages use APIs to dynamically populate new content and include editing tools to support customization. The beta release sets the stage for a general release with increased functionality later in 2024.

November 2023

Accessibility improvements to fully support WCAG 2.1 A or AA criteria. The last several months, we've been working on accessibility remediations for DC public-facing pages. This month's focus is the Info Structure and Relationships criterion.

October 2023

Added new share buttons to replace now-defunct AddThis widget. 

DCIR Platform is OpenAIRE 4.0 Compliant. Customers will need to set up and populate the metadata fields that are mandatory to be exposed through OpenAIRE 4.0. Once this is done they will need to register for OpenAIRE4.0 for the metadata to be harvested. We are looking for customers interested in testing this feature, please let your Consultant know if you are interested. 

Accessibility improvements for WCAG 2.1. Contrast (Minimum) in cookies banner, including background and link color, and close button hover color.

August-September 2023

Accessibility improvements for WCAG 2.1. Labels or Instructions criterion.

June-July 2023

Find Reviewers using Scopus. We are offering improved reviewer finding for Digital Commons journals that use Editorial Manager (Premier and Professional+EM tiers). Editorial Manager sites are now integrated with Find Reviewers using Scopus, which provides a powerful tool that helps editors expand their reviewer bases and save time with peer review workflows. 

Fix author names in search. Improvement to limit results to those matching both first and last name.

Upgrade to Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2, the newest version of TLS communication encryption protocol.

Other security enhancements for common vulnerabilities.

May 2023

ID+ Integration. Digital Commons Data has been offering SSO unified access to DCD and other Elsevier products via Elsevier’s identity platform (ID+) since the start. This release introduces a new direct integration between DC Data and ID+ which gives customers more flexibility in determining who has access to the platform (all users within one domains, restricted ‘allow list’ of users, users from multiple domains).

November 2022

Funder and Grant ID Metadata. With this release, DCD users can add funding information to each dataset to improve visibility of who funded the research captured in the dataset:

Funder Name (optional field, may be repeated in case of multiple funders. Users can pick from a list from Crossref or enter their Funder's name manually)

Grant ID (optional alphanumeric, manual input)

October 2022

Released alpha version of Modern Journals UI to alpha testers. These non-public journal home pages are built on an architecture that will support future development that will support the next generation of Digital Commons journal designs.

September 2022 

Infrastructure Improvements. We are releasing major infrastructure improvements that will help increase system resilience and overall uptime for our community, as well as reducing development time thanks to faster infrastructure provisioning and scaling.