Open Access repositories for scientific literature and research data

The Open Access Repository (OAR) project was started to implement Open Access policies and to preserve and share the scientific research results, including research data, of INFN authors. With the approval of the “Disciplinare per l’accesso aperto ai prodotti della ricerca dell’INFN” document, in July 2023, OAR officially became the INFN's institutional repository. In the past two years we studied the optimization of our institutional repository through the bulk upload of both digital and scanned documents, such as INFN Technical Notes and documents related to the ADONE project (1969-1993). Moreover, since 2023, a collaboration with INFN-CNAF has been established to migrate the current instance of the repository (v3) to an updated InvenioRDM (CERN) release (v11.0: the current latest stable release at the time of writing). To better support the OAR migration recent activities have been mainly focused on the record upload process, exploiting the following topics: authentication, metadata customization, author and entity names disambiguation and product approval flow management. In addition to the study of the repository structure, we worked on communication as well, introducing the tool to users through a specific website, and user training activities about the use of OAR

L'analisi delle pubblicazioni come supporto alla gestione dei contratti Read&Publish dell'INFN

Con la crescente diffusione dei contratti trasformativi diventa necessario stabilire una costante collaborazione tra le biblioteche e gli istituti di ricerca, per favorire la transizione verso la scienza aperta con costi sostenibili. In questo lavoro viene presentato uno studio di analisi delle pubblicazioni dei corresponding authors dell’INFN, al fine di supportare efficacemente la gestione dei contratti editoriali di tipo "read&publish". La ricerca è stata realizzata consultando i dati presenti in Web of Science, applicando determinati filtri di ricerca e operando un confronto con le ricerche svolte in precedenza e con le informazioni fornite da determinati editori. I dati raccolti hanno consentito all’INFN di negoziare in modo più efficace con gli editori, tenendo conto del numero delle pubblicazioni dei propri ricercatori negli anni precedenti. Verranno illustrate alcune delle problematiche riscontrate nel corso della ricerca: varianti del nome dell’ente, indicizzazione delle riviste nel database bibliografico Web of Science, affiliazioni indicate dal corresponding author. La ricerca si propone come punto di partenza per un’analisi più dettagliata delle pubblicazioni degli autori INFN, come la scelta delle sedi editoriali, le tendenze all’autoarchiviazione, l’evoluzione delle collaborazioni scientifiche, e per avviare, inoltre, un confronto tra le risorse presenti nei diversi database dell’INFN, in vista del popolamento dell’archivio istituzionale Open Access Repository. In conclusione, sarà evidenziata l’importanza dell'analisi dei dati sulle pubblicazioni scientifiche per ottimizzare la gestione dei contratti editoriali in un ente di ricerca, dando rilievo al ruolo ricoperto dalle biblioteche nelle attività di promozione della scienza aperta

Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study

Funder: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013347Funder: Flemish Society for Critical Care NursesAbstract: Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to provide an international picture of the extent of pressure injuries and factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries in adult ICU patients. Methods: International 1-day point-prevalence study; follow-up for outcome assessment until hospital discharge (maximum 12 weeks). Factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injury and hospital mortality were assessed by generalised linear mixed-effects regression analysis. Results: Data from 13,254 patients in 1117 ICUs (90 countries) revealed 6747 pressure injuries; 3997 (59.2%) were ICU-acquired. Overall prevalence was 26.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.9–27.3). ICU-acquired prevalence was 16.2% (95% CI 15.6–16.8). Sacrum (37%) and heels (19.5%) were most affected. Factors independently associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries were older age, male sex, being underweight, emergency surgery, higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Braden score 3 days, comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunodeficiency), organ support (renal replacement, mechanical ventilation on ICU admission), and being in a low or lower-middle income-economy. Gradually increasing associations with mortality were identified for increasing severity of pressure injury: stage I (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI 1.2–1.8), stage II (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4–1.9), and stage III or worse (OR 2.8; 95% CI 2.3–3.3). Conclusion: Pressure injuries are common in adult ICU patients. ICU-acquired pressure injuries are associated with mainly intrinsic factors and mortality. Optimal care standards, increased awareness, appropriate resource allocation, and further research into optimal prevention are pivotal to tackle this important patient safety threat

Prevalence, associated factors and outcomes of pressure injuries in adult intensive care unit patients: the DecubICUs study

Funder: European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100013347Funder: Flemish Society for Critical Care NursesAbstract: Purpose: Intensive care unit (ICU) patients are particularly susceptible to developing pressure injuries. Epidemiologic data is however unavailable. We aimed to provide an international picture of the extent of pressure injuries and factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries in adult ICU patients. Methods: International 1-day point-prevalence study; follow-up for outcome assessment until hospital discharge (maximum 12 weeks). Factors associated with ICU-acquired pressure injury and hospital mortality were assessed by generalised linear mixed-effects regression analysis. Results: Data from 13,254 patients in 1117 ICUs (90 countries) revealed 6747 pressure injuries; 3997 (59.2%) were ICU-acquired. Overall prevalence was 26.6% (95% confidence interval [CI] 25.9–27.3). ICU-acquired prevalence was 16.2% (95% CI 15.6–16.8). Sacrum (37%) and heels (19.5%) were most affected. Factors independently associated with ICU-acquired pressure injuries were older age, male sex, being underweight, emergency surgery, higher Simplified Acute Physiology Score II, Braden score 3 days, comorbidities (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, immunodeficiency), organ support (renal replacement, mechanical ventilation on ICU admission), and being in a low or lower-middle income-economy. Gradually increasing associations with mortality were identified for increasing severity of pressure injury: stage I (odds ratio [OR] 1.5; 95% CI 1.2–1.8), stage II (OR 1.6; 95% CI 1.4–1.9), and stage III or worse (OR 2.8; 95% CI 2.3–3.3). Conclusion: Pressure injuries are common in adult ICU patients. ICU-acquired pressure injuries are associated with mainly intrinsic factors and mortality. Optimal care standards, increased awareness, appropriate resource allocation, and further research into optimal prevention are pivotal to tackle this important patient safety threat