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Publications and grant data sources

The UC Publication Management System scans a range of publications databases to find publications you may have authored based on your individual search settings and connected identifiers. 

Publications data sources 

Primary data sources 

Primary data sources are those whose search strings you can set in your personal name-based search settings.


Data source

Description 

Can configure / disable search 

Campuses with access

arXiv

An open-access repository of preprints in sciences and mathematics.


Yes

All

CiNii EN / JP

A database of scholarly work published in Japan in English and Japanese language.

Yes

All

DBLP

A database of scholarly works related to computer science.

Yes

All

Dimensions

A subscription-based index of publications, grants, citations, etc. Individuals whose campuses do not have Dimensions subscriptions can use ORCID to import publications  data from Dimensions. Learn more at Dimensions Support

Yes

UC San Diego

UCSF

RGPO

PubMed

A database engine of publications on life and biomedical sciences.

Yes

All

RePEc

A database of economics publications. 

Yes

All

SSRN

An open-access repository of preprints in humanities and social sciences.

No

All

Web of Science (Lite)

A citations database of multidisciplinary journal articles and conference proceedings. 

Yes

All



Secondary data sources 

Secondary data sources are those which are searched to provide supplemental information about publications or which are searched when you connect your account or identifier in their system. 


Data source

Description 

Campuses with access

Crossref

International registry for DOIs related to publications and grants used as a supplemental search option based on identifiers (e.g. DOI, ORCID iD). Its counterpart for datasets, DataCite, is not connected to the UCPMS.

All

eScholarship

UC’s open access repository and publishing platform. Items deposited using eScholarship submit system, eScholarship journals, or the UCPMS are all listed. 

All

Europe PubMed Central

A repository of health sciences publications; includes data from PubMed Central. Used as a supplemental search option based on identifiers (e.g. DOI, ORCID iD, PMID). 

All

figshare

A repository for data; you must first connect your figshare account. See: Connect Scopus, SSRN, and other profiles or identifiers to automatically claim publications and data sets.

All

Google Books

A repository of books and books metadata. Searched when you manually add a book. 

All

Local Source 1/2

Publications data added to the UCPMS during its initial setup, and sourced from eScholarship and campus institutional repositories. 

All

Manual

Publications which have been added either manually or imported via RIS or BibTeX. 

All

ORCID

A unique, persistent identifier for researchers to connect you with your research output, affiliations, grants, and more. The UCPMS only imports publications and not other ORCID record data. Depending on the permissions you grant the UCPMS, it: 

  • searches other data sources for works with your ORCID iD in the item metadata, 

  • imports works from your ORCID record, or 

  • does all the above and writes your claimed publications to your ORCID record.


For more information, see: Connect your ORCID iD and write publications to ORCID.

All 

ResearcherID (Publons)

A researcher identifier and profile that connects you with your research output. The UCPMS only imports publications and not peer review activities. See: Connect Scopus, SSRN, and other profiles or identifiers to automatically claim publications and data sets.

All

Scopus

An abstracts and citations database in life, physical, health, and social sciences publications. See: Connect Scopus, SSRN, and other profiles or identifiers to automatically claim publications and data sets.

Individuals whose campuses do not have Scopus subscriptions can use ORCID to import publications data from Scopus.

UC Berkeley

UC Davis

LBL

SSRN

An open-access repository of preprints in humanities and social sciences. See: Connect Scopus, SSRN, and other profiles or identifiers to automatically claim publications and data sets.

All



Grants data sources 

Grants data sources are available only to campuses or entities which use the grants module: the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the UCOP Research Grants Program Office. 


Data source

Description 

Campuses with access

Institutional Grants System

Internal database of grants (RGPO) and funding groups (LBL) loaded into the UCPMS on behalf of the LBL and RGPO. 

LBL

RGPO

Dimensions for Grants

Facilitates automatic connections between RGPO grants and publications based on grant identifiers. 

RGPO