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  1. Ability to reorder sections on the Researcher Profile Overview page

    We are using the Research Engagement field to indicate which faculty are open to speaking to the media. (We've labelled this "Media Availability.") This often appears at the top of the profile (e.g. when the researcher hasn't filled in the "Areas of Interest" field), and we would like to be able to move it down. Here is an example: https://scholars.csus.edu/esploro/profile/erin_kaplan/overview?institution=01CALS_USL

    1 vote
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  2. Impact Idea 3: Extra Research Topics/Subjects

    Expand the range of research topics and subjects within Esploro Projects by adding options for ANZSRC Socio-economic Objectives (Why), ANZSRC Fields of Research (What/How), and Sustainable Development Goals. We propose including up to three Fields of Research (FoRs), three Socio-economic Objectives (SEOs), and three Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

    This enhancement will improve project categorization, aligning better with global research standards and facilitating more effective tracking and reporting of research impact.

    6 votes
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  3. ORCID Integration - Push to ORCID in Asset

    The current Esploro ORCID integration allows a Delete from ORCID option associated with an asset that runs immediately. Could we have the same option but to push the asset to ORCID?

    1 vote
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  4. Impact Idea 1: Date Field for Added Files & Links

    Incorporate a date field for files and links added to a project in Esploro. This feature will be crucial for tracking the timeline of project-related documents, such as appreciation emails, blog posts, or reports.

    As we begin collecting a 'paper trail' of engagement leading to societal impact, and potentially in many future cases, academics will need to add information to their projects retrospectively. For supporting evidence that is temporarily or not publicly available (e.g., emailed testimonials or government websites), it is best practice to capture and store these locally, preferably in Esploro.

    The date field will help document when the…

    8 votes
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  5. Notification for Staff when asset is self-deposited

    When a researcher uses the self-deposit method, our staff would like to be notified that there is a deposit ready for checking. The only way to do this is to go to the task list and go to unassigned and then filter out to researcher deposited. This is not obvious to the staff. This leads to self deposited deposits being left for a year without realizing that no one has looked at it.

    It would be great to either create a new widget or even send an email to designated staff to have any new deposits to stand out!

    6 votes
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  6. Esploro - sword - Deposits - Integrate a Normalization Process based on a Normalization rule

    We manged to create an integration profile for using SWORD to deposit assets from our CRIS to Esploro (
    https://developers.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/integrations/sword/ ).
    We would like however to manipulate/normalize imported values we are importing, as we are used to do with Alma imports, where we can we create a Normalization Rule (NR), integrate it in a process and use it in an Import profile.
    In Esploro we have NR, we have Processes, but still there is no way to integrate the process in the Sword integration profile / import process.
    Please add the feature for addin a Normalization Process to the SWORD…

    10 votes
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  7. Esploro - Backend BE - add advanced search field for Asset Date Submitted and Asset Date Updated

    When reviewing in Esploro Back-end assets before approving and publishing them, we often need to look for Assets created or last updated on certain date.
    This is not possible right now, since Date Created field is related to the publication, not the Esploro Asset. Analytics has a 24 hours delay and is not as flexible as the search.
    Please index and allow to perform an advanced search also on Asset Date Created and Asset Date Updated fields.

    Esploro - Backend BE - add advanced search field for Asset Date Submitted and Asset Date Updated

    18 votes
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  8. Impact Idea 6: Integration of Research Activity Identifier (RAiD)

    Integrate RAiD as a persistent identifier for research Projects and certain activities. RAiD will align with the European Open Science Cloud infrastructure, enhancing the visibility and traceability of research activities. This integration will support more robust Project identification and linking across various platforms.

    5 votes
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  9. Impact Idea 5: Moderation/Approval Step

    Introduce a moderation step or approval process before Projects are made public. This step will ensure content quality and accuracy, maintaining high standards for Project visibility and reducing the likelihood of errors or inappropriate content being published.

    7 votes
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  10. Impact Idea 4: Audit Trail for Project Edits

    Implement an audit trail to track edits and deletions for Projects. This feature will enhance accountability and ensure that all changes are documented, helping to prevent unauthorized modifications or deletions by 'team members' leaving the university under less favorable conditions. It will also support teamwork by addressing trust issues in collaborative environments.

    7 votes
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  11. Impact Idea 2: Association of Projects with More Entities

    Enable Projects to be linked with additional entities, such as Activities, Media mentions, and Resources to Projects. This will enhance the depth of project information and make it easier to track various related aspects of research activities. Improved association with these entities will provide a more comprehensive view of each project's impact.

    5 votes
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  12. Projects URL should be a friendly URL

    When you add a Project URL to a project (in the top section, not as a link) there is no option for a title to display instead of the url itself. Depending on the URL, this can look very messy.
    We would like the ability to add a title, similar to when adding a link.
    E.g. from our sandbox (excuse the crazy colours!) https://scu-researchmanagement-psb.esploro.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/project/8256205480002368

    4 votes
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  13. Enhance the Project Entity in Esploro to Store the Path to Societal Impact

    We propose a series of feature enhancements for the Project Entity within Esploro. These features aim to boost functionality, streamline user experience, and enable the Project Entity to maintain a comprehensive 'paper trail' demonstrating societal impact.

    Esploro’s Researcher Profiles can evolve into a robust platform for showcasing achievements and discovering funding opportunities. Beyond displaying automated publications, citations from Web of Science, altmetrics, awarded funding, student supervision, and press mentions, we envision integrating an SSO link to tailored funding opportunities in Pivot-RP profiles.

    To drive engagement and inspire a "Monkey See, Monkey Do" effect, we propose adding an "Engagement & Impact"…

    3 votes
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  14. Display multiple SDG sources

    Currently, the InCites integration allows for SDGs to be listed with the source of InCites (https://researchportal.scu.edu.au/esploro/outputs/991013141813602368) OR we can manually add SDGs via Esploro and they are listed with no source (e.g. https://researchportal.scu.edu.au/esploro/outputs/991013062209302368). We would like to see the ability to display BOTH manually added and imported SDGs.

    For example, this same asset listed above from our live environment, I've added SDG 4, 8, 10 via the back end, but then it displays ONLY as 4,8,10 in the portal, overriding the SDG 3 from inCites: https://scu-researchmanagement-psb.esploro.exlibrisgroup.com/esploro/outputs/991013089213502368?institution=61SCU_INST

    Ideally the source of the SDG could be shown similarly to…

    9 votes
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  15. More flexibility in student works that are part of degree requirement

    We need more flexibility in student works that are part of degree requirements (degree culminating publications). These are often thought of as ETDs (theses and dissertations). However, some degrees do not require a thesis or dissertation and instead have a a capstone or a case report. These are very different than a thesis/dissertation, but the only option for student work at the end of a degree are the ETD options. This means that a quite short case report is displaying as a dissertation - https://iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/outputs/9984560345602771

    The ETD type is good because we want the advisors handled in the same manner…

    9 votes
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  16. Remove formatting bar from 'Biography and expertise' field when field is disabled in front end

    When the 'Biography and expertise' field is disabled for researchers in the front end, the formatting bar should be removed to avoid confusion.

    Please see image attached.

    1 vote
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  17. Ability to display thumbnail images of outputs wherever they are listed (e.g. on the Outputs tab of a Profile)

    Currently, when a file has been loaded to an asset, the thumbnail shows in the repository view, but not the profile view.
    Likewise, if the asset is listed as a related asset to a project, the thumbnail does not display.
    We would like to see consistency so that the thumbnail is display anywhere there is a list of assets.

    This is especially important for profiles as we are currently trying to encourage our creative academics to use their profiles and having a visual element would make them much more inclined to use them.

    7 votes
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  18. Enable suppression of assets on portal and profiles before approval of the asset

    We can currently only suppress assets from the portal and profiles after we've approved the asset post. This approach carries the risk of forgetting to adjust the asset's visibility later, potentially leading to it being visible when it shouldn't be.

    Ideally, you should be able to complete all aspects of an asset post, including adjusting its visibility, before approving it. This is particularly crucial for key functionalities like the visibility of an asset.

    7 votes
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  19. Adding select all to manage creators on an asset

    It would be helpful if we had an option to select all researchers when we Manage Asset Creators. For assets with numerous authors to fix, this would be easier than needing to select each person individually.

    17 votes
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  20. Display Author/Creator publications on Portal 'Relevance' results first, before assets they have supervised/edited

    When searching or refining by Author/Creator, the theses and dissertations the researcher has supervised, as well as book chapters where they are the editor of the book, come up first in the default 'Relevance' results.

    This is misleading and confusing for users, and frustrating for researchers who want their own scholarly works displayed first and consider the works they author the most 'relevant' when searching/refining via their name.

    Is there a way that publications/works that a researcher is the actual author/creator, displays first in the results?

    12 votes
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