The OpenAIRE Graph APIs provide a comprehensive way to explore the OpenAIRE Graph, a vast interconnected dataset that aggregates metadata from a wide range of scholarly resources, which is the foundation of the SciLake ecosystem. This release brings greater power, flexibility, and ease of use to support bibliometric analyses, research discovery, and Open Science monitoring

April 17, 2025 

We are excited to announce a significant achievement in the SciLake project as we complete Milestone M3, marking the successful preparation of our pilot programs. This milestone represents a crucial step forward in our mission to revolutionize scientific knowledge management through domain-specific knowledge graphs.

Feb 24, 2025  

What We've Achieved

Our team has been working diligently across four pilot domains: Neuroscience, Transportation, Cancer, and Energy. Each pilot is designed to demonstrate how SciLake's customizable ecosystem can adapt to different research communities' unique needs.

Our achievements include:

• Comprehensive definition of pilot domains and their specific requirements
• Establishment of strong partnerships with service providers
• Development of robust evaluation methodologies
• Implementation of training programs and collaborative activities

Why This Matters

The completion of this milestone brings us closer to our goal of creating a scientific lake that truly serves the research community. By tailoring our services to specific research domains, we're ensuring that SciLake will provide meaningful solutions for real-world scientific challenges.

Looking Ahead

With pilot preparation now complete, we're moving into an exciting phase of implementation and testing. Our teams are eager to see how these carefully designed pilots will demonstrate the full potential of SciLake's knowledge management ecosystem.

Learn more about our pilots and stay tuned for more updates: 

For more detailed information about our pilot preparation and evaluation methodology, you can access our comprehensive report:

The EOSC Symposium 2024 in Berlin marked a significant advancement in scholarly data management initiatives. SciLake, in collaboration with partners from GraspOS, OSTrails, and FAIRCORE4EOSC, convened in an unconference session to address critical developments in data interoperability frameworks. This blog post summarises the key takeways from the session.

Dec, 6, 2024 

During our workshop "EOSC Collaborative Frontiers to Achieve Interoperability and Enhance Scholarly Data," we explored the Scientific Knowledge Graph - Interoperability Framework (SKG-IF). This innovative framework, developed by the Research Data Alliance (RDA), represents a significant advancement in enhancing scholarly data management and interoperability within the EOSC ecosystem.

The session featured presentations from leading experts in the field:

• Thanasis Vergoulis (Athena Research Center), who presented practical insights on implementing SKG-IF
• Elli Papadopoulou (Athena Research Center), who discussed achieving FAIRness, interconnectivity, and machine actionability throughout the research lifecycle
• Matt Buys (DataCite), who offered valuable perspectives from repository management
• Andrea Mannocci (CNR), who examined the implications for research assessment

OpenAIRE's Giulia Malaguarnera moderated the discussion, which generated productive dialogue about the future of scholarly data management.

What We Achieved

Our session achieved three key outcomes:

• We deepened the EOSC community's understanding of SKG-IF and its real-world applications
• We created a space for productive dialogue about optimizing SKG-IF adoption
• We gathered valuable community feedback to help align future EOSC project efforts

Want to Learn More?

We've made all resources freely available:

• Check out the presentations and Q&A report on Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/14290081
• Read our interview to project representatives: https://graspos.eu/connecting-the-dots-eosc-projects-enhancing-scholarly-data-interoperability
• Watch the session recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3QbTTOId3M&t=2358s

The SciLake project recently concluded its third plenary meeting, hosted by the Eindhoven University of Technology. The two-day event, held on November 27–28, 2024, brought together project partners both in person and online to discuss key developments and future directions. This blog post summarizes the meeting's key points.

Dec 5, 2024  

The meeting began with an open session where the project coordinator, Thanasis Vergoulis (ARC) presented a status overview of the SciLake project, followed by two invited speakers from the scholarly communication community:

• Andrea Mannocci (CNR) who presented progress on the SKG interoperability framework,
• Paolo Manghi (CNR & OpenAIRE) who discussed integration opportunities within the new EOSC ecosystem.

The open session concluded with Serafeim Chatzopoulos (ARC) and Daan de Graaf (TU/e) who demonstrated the SciLake ecosystem in action, showcasing some project's practical applications.

The afternoon of the first day was dedicated to the Scientific Lake Service, where partners reviewed pilot status and participated in workshops focusing on data models and graph querying methodologies.

The second day centered on Value-added Services, specifically the Knowledge Discovery Service and Reproducibility Service, with detailed discussions on demonstration approaches and evaluation plans.

The meeting concluded with strategic discussions on project exploitation, sustainability, and dissemination strategies as SciLake enters its final year.

These sessions set the stage for implementing key developments that will enhance data accessibility, knowledge discovery, and research reproducibility within the scientific community.

The successful meeting marks another milestone in SciLake's mission to build an ecosystem that facilitates easy data access and improves research practices across the scientific community.