ScienceEcosystem

Discover research papers and see the data and code behind them.

What is ScienceEcosystem?

ScienceEcosystem helps researchers:

• Search 200M+ papers from OpenAlex
• Discover linked datasets and code repositories
• Access materials from OSF, GitHub, Zenodo, Figshare, and more
• Build personal research libraries
• Visualize knowledge graphs and connections

Core Features

1. Search & Discovery - Find papers, authors, topics, institutions, journals, and funders
2. Data-Code Linking - Automatically detect linked datasets and code for any paper
3. Personal Library - Save and organize papers you care about
4. Research Tools - Curated directory of tools for researchers
5. Reproducibility Scores - See which papers have accessible materials

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• Node.js 16+
• PostgreSQL 12+

Installation

# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/scienceecosystem.git
cd scienceecosystem

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Set up database
createdb scienceecosystem
psql scienceecosystem < migrations/001_users.sql
psql scienceecosystem < migrations/002_library.sql

# Configure environment
cp .env.example .env
# Edit .env with your credentials

# Start server
npm start

Environment Variables

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:password@localhost/scienceecosystem
SESSION_SECRET=your-secret-key
ORCID_CLIENT_ID=your-orcid-client-id
ORCID_CLIENT_SECRET=your-orcid-client-secret
ORCID_REDIRECT_URI=http://localhost:3000/auth/orcid/callback