INSPIRE expands social media options

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INSPIRE now offers the option to add Bluesky and Mastodon accounts, along with LinkedIn and X, to your profile.

Screenshot of Sean M. Carroll's author page in INSPIRE. At the bottom are a line of symbols for social media sites, including Bluesky, Mastodon, X (formerly Twitter), and LinkedIn.

Bluesky accounts are stored in the format username.bsky.social, Mastodon accounts as username@server.domain and LinkedIn and X accounts as username. Note that only one account for each service can be displayed.

To add your new social media account, or anything else concerning your INSPIRE profile, please see our guide.

You can also keep in touch with us via:

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/inspirehep.net

and

X: https://x.com/inspirehep

INSPIRE and The Nuclear Science References Database

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The Nuclear Science References (NSR) database, maintained by the National Nuclear Data Center at Brookhaven, is an indexed bibliography of primary and secondary references in nuclear physics research. Most of the entries include keyword abstracts, which provide a brief summary of the subject matter in the given reference detailing specific nuclides or reactions.

INSPIRE now links to over 100,000 records in the NSR.

“One of the things that makes INSPIRE-HEP an essential tool for the field is that it delivers not only precise search results, but also rich context like links to associated data and references.  Connecting to NSR is an important new addition,” said John Beacom, faculty at Ohio State University and Chair of the INSPIRE-HEP Advisory Board.

“Given the power of HEP-Inspire, it is great to see that there are now links to it from more than 100,000 entries in the widely used Nuclear Science References database,” said Tony Thomas, Elder Professor of Physics at the University of Adelaide.

 

For example, https://inspirehep.net/literature/1779408

Leads to

https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nsr/?search-type=keynumber&key=2020RE12

Leads to

https://www-nds.iaea.org/exfor/servlet/X4sSearch5?chkAccnum=1&sort=entry&Accnum=O2532

leads to:

https://www-nds.iaea.org/exfor/servlet/X4sGetSubent?reqx=14089&subID=242532002&plus=1

Note that URLs on the NSR website can be bookmarked and will execute a search when clicked. These searches can also include filters, for example https://www.nndc.bnl.gov/nsr/?search-type=text&exfor-data-available=true&title=neutrino

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding INSPIRE’s connection to outside services, please send us a comment through our request form.

Reflecting on the INSPIRE Week: Charting the Future of INSPIRE

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Last week, CERN had the pleasure of hosting a week-long meeting that brought together international members of the INSPIRE Collaboration from CERN (Switzerland), DESY (Germany), Fermilab (USA), IHEP (China) and IN2P3 (France). This group of experts convened to discuss the future strategy and improvements for INSPIRE, and how it can continue to serve the high-energy physics community as a one-stop information service for literature, conferences, seminars, institutions, journals, researchers, experiments, jobs and data.

The meeting began with introductions and an overview of INSPIRE’s current impact and objectives. The focus then shifted to more technical sessions, discussing sustainability, automation, and crowd-sourcing ideas. Midweek, the team shifted to strategic planning, developing a priority roadmap for INSPIRE’s future with input from all colleagues. The final day summarised discussions, solidified action plans, prioritised key initiatives, assigned roles and responsibilities, and set an implementation timeline, collectively committing to advancing INSPIRE’s evolution.

We left the meeting not only with actionable plans but also with a deeper sense of camaraderie and mutual respect. As we move forward, we are excited to implement these improvements and continue our mission to support and advance the field of high-energy physics. Stay tuned for updates and new features as we work together to build a brighter future for our research community.

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