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You'll receive occasional announcement related to Unpaywall (https://unpaywall.org), including the extension, the data, and the project in general. This list is announcements-only; to report errors or give feedback, please email us at support@unpaywall.org.

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Aug 28

Data improvements: more gold, better green

We shipped a bunch of improvements that boost Unpaywall accuracy, resulting in much more gold OA and

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Data improvements: more gold, better green

We shipped a bunch of improvements that boost Unpaywall accuracy, resulting in much more gold OA and

Aug 28

Jun 2

New, super-fast way to fix Unpaywall errors

Hi all, As promised, today we're launching a new system that lets you fix Unpaywall errors in

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New, super-fast way to fix Unpaywall errors

Hi all, As promised, today we're launching a new system that lets you fix Unpaywall errors in

Jun 2

May 23

Missing DOI field in API / snapshots

Hi All, The latest full snapshot is available for subscribers. You can find it here: https://api.

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Missing DOI field in API / snapshots

Hi All, The latest full snapshot is available for subscribers. You can find it here: https://api.

May 23

May 20

Unpaywall rewrite complete!

As of today, the Unpaywall API and dataset come from a new, completely rewritten codebase. For most

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Unpaywall rewrite complete!

As of today, the Unpaywall API and dataset come from a new, completely rewritten codebase. For most

May 20

Casey M, … Petra Otten11

12/21/23

Deprecating oa_date in the API and snapshot

Dear Casey, Thank you for your notification about deprecating the field OA_date in the API and the

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Deprecating oa_date in the API and snapshot

Dear Casey, Thank you for your notification about deprecating the field OA_date in the API and the

12/21/23

Ed Summers, Casey M3

12/6/23

oai-pmh and sitemaps

Ok, thanks! I was thinking it would be great to be able to add some metadata to existing web pages

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oai-pmh and sitemaps

Ok, thanks! I was thinking it would be great to be able to add some metadata to existing web pages

12/6/23

Maria de Montserrat Rodriguez-Marquez

10/24/23

Query about originally embargoed records

A while ago, I raise a query about Unpaywall capturing information re embargoed files, but I still

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Query about originally embargoed records

A while ago, I raise a query about Unpaywall capturing information re embargoed files, but I still

10/24/23

Richard White, Casey Meyer3

6/6/23

Alpha Works Search

Gosh, you're right. I was in the wrong group. Thanks for your answer. I will cross-post it in the

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Alpha Works Search

Gosh, you're right. I was in the wrong group. Thanks for your answer. I will cross-post it in the

6/6/23

6/5/23

Resolved - loss of gold/bronze in Unpaywall

Hi All, Around November 2022 we experienced an issue where some gold/bronze articles were incorrectly

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Resolved - loss of gold/bronze in Unpaywall

Hi All, Around November 2022 we experienced an issue where some gold/bronze articles were incorrectly

6/5/23

Nees Jan van Eck, … Casey M12

5/16/23

Next snapshot release

Thanks for the comments Bianca, Eric, Najko! You're right that we have work to do in order to

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Next snapshot release

Thanks for the comments Bianca, Eric, Najko! You're right that we have work to do in order to

5/16/23

3/21/23

Unpaywall data feed issue (resolved)

Hi all, I sent an email to data feed subscribers but am posting here in case I missed somebody. If

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Unpaywall data feed issue (resolved)

Hi all, I sent an email to data feed subscribers but am posting here in case I missed somebody. If

3/21/23

Tom Walls, Casey Meyer4

12/13/22

Best query to target jourals/repositories

Ok I'll keep the conversation going on the OpenAlex group. Thanks! Casey On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at

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Best query to target jourals/repositories

Ok I'll keep the conversation going on the OpenAlex group. Thanks! Casey On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at

12/13/22

Aliaksandr Birukou

12/11/22

Re: Abridged summary of unpaywall@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

You are right, I tried via anonymous browser and they are not free. Probably I had a cached

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Re: Abridged summary of unpaywall@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 1 topic

You are right, I tried via anonymous browser and they are not free. Probably I had a cached

12/11/22

Aliaksandr Birukou, Eric Jeangirard2

12/10/22

Re: Abridged summary of unpaywall@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

Hi Alex Are they really free ? I don't see that, they all seem closed to me. Could you give the

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Re: Abridged summary of unpaywall@googlegroups.com - 2 updates in 2 topics

Hi Alex Are they really free ? I don't see that, they all seem closed to me. Could you give the

12/10/22

Eric Jeangirard

12/9/22

Springer books false positive OA

Hello I've noticed that a lot of Springer books turned from 'closed access' to 'open

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Springer books false positive OA

Hello I've noticed that a lot of Springer books turned from 'closed access' to 'open

12/9/22

Tobias Klevenz, Casey Meyer3

10/7/22

Get full author name from OpenAlex

Oh one more thing that could be helpful... in the background we are combining the first name, middle

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Get full author name from OpenAlex

Oh one more thing that could be helpful... in the background we are combining the first name, middle

10/7/22

Maria de Montserrat Rodriguez-Marquez

10/4/22

Simple Query Tool seem to be given me wrong information (everything is closed)

Hi I run a report with for 350 DOIs using Simple Query Tool and the results of the report are

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Simple Query Tool seem to be given me wrong information (everything is closed)

Hi I run a report with for 350 DOIs using Simple Query Tool and the results of the report are

10/4/22

Tobias Klevenz, ric...@ourresearch.org6

10/4/22

Journal volume and page range not in API

Hey Richard, thanks a lot for your detailed feedback, from your description and from exploring

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Journal volume and page range not in API

Hey Richard, thanks a lot for your detailed feedback, from your description and from exploring

10/4/22

Lazar Jovanovic, … Casey Meyer5

8/23/22

Does unpaywall include TSpace - a repository of theses and papers hosted by the University of Toronto?

That's great. Thank you, Casey. I will follow up via the support email. Best, Lazar. On Tuesday,

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Does unpaywall include TSpace - a repository of theses and papers hosted by the University of Toronto?

That's great. Thank you, Casey. I will follow up via the support email. Best, Lazar. On Tuesday,

8/23/22

wrapr...@gmail.com, Casey Meyer2

7/19/22

Simple Query - DOI to CSV OA Status tool - refresh rate to publisher site

Hi Linds, A new article published with a license should show up in the Unpaywall browser plugin

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Simple Query - DOI to CSV OA Status tool - refresh rate to publisher site

Hi Linds, A new article published with a license should show up in the Unpaywall browser plugin

7/19/22

Jade Yonehiro, Casey M7

7/19/22

API missing dois found in simple query and manual search

Hi Casey, I will give that a shot! I'm going to see if I write a loop function that will feed in

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API missing dois found in simple query and manual search

Hi Casey, I will give that a shot! I'm going to see if I write a loop function that will feed in

7/19/22

wrapr...@gmail.com, Richard Orr2

7/15/22

Simple (DOI to CSV) Query - email of results - Unsubscribe option

Hi Linds, That unsubscribe button is pretty sensitive, isn't it? I removed you from the

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Simple (DOI to CSV) Query - email of results - Unsubscribe option

Hi Linds, That unsubscribe button is pretty sensitive, isn't it? I removed you from the

7/15/22

3/11/22

New Snapshot: 2022-03-09

Snapshot: https://unpaywall-data-snapshots.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/unpaywall_snapshot_2022-03-

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New Snapshot: 2022-03-09

Snapshot: https://unpaywall-data-snapshots.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/unpaywall_snapshot_2022-03-

3/11/22

ejean...@gmail.com, … Bianca Kramer4

2/5/22

Swinging OA status

BTW Really nice to have longitudinal OA data by observation date in the French monitor, too. Great

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Swinging OA status

BTW Really nice to have longitudinal OA data by observation date in the French monitor, too. Great

2/5/22

Bianca Kramer, ric...@ourresearch.org4

1/26/22

OA classification - hybrid with best_oa_location.license is NULL?

Thanks a lot Richard for your detailed explanations! It took a while to wrap my head around :) I do

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OA classification - hybrid with best_oa_location.license is NULL?

Thanks a lot Richard for your detailed explanations! It took a while to wrap my head around :) I do

1/26/22

ric...@ourresearch.org2

7/8/21

New Snapshot: 2021-07-02

Hi everyone, Major changes to the data set are recorded in these change notes. For reference, the

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New Snapshot: 2021-07-02

Hi everyone, Major changes to the data set are recorded in these change notes. For reference, the

7/8/21

ric...@ourresearch.org

6/30/21

400,000 Elsevier DOIs reclassified as Bronze OA

Hi everyone, Elsevier publishes many “Open Archive” items under the Elsevier User License. Until now,

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400,000 Elsevier DOIs reclassified as Bronze OA

Hi everyone, Elsevier publishes many “Open Archive” items under the Elsevier User License. Until now,

6/30/21

5/14/21

new data field: oa_locations_embargoed

Unpaywall records have a new property - oa_locations_embargoed. From the docs: This list includes

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new data field: oa_locations_embargoed

Unpaywall records have a new property - oa_locations_embargoed. From the docs: This list includes

5/14/21

Richard Orr, … Jason Priem10

4/29/21

Lost Green OA articles from Semantic Scholar

@eric no problem, glad it helped! j On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 8:33:16 AM UTC-7 ejean...@gmail.

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Lost Green OA articles from Semantic Scholar

@eric no problem, glad it helped! j On Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 8:33:16 AM UTC-7 ejean...@gmail.

4/29/21

Aaron Tay, … Doug Bostrom5

4/23/21

Basic question about the text query endpoint API

Hi Richard Thanks for adding this. This is exactly what I was hoping for.. Yes simple is good :) On

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Basic question about the text query endpoint API

Hi Richard Thanks for adding this. This is exactly what I was hoping for.. Yes simple is good :) On

4/23/21

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