Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in cloud-based solutions for scientific research, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk, Inc. has joined Eduserv's OpenAthens federation. The move expands the portfolio of secure authentication tools for Reprints Desk's Article Galaxy platform that provides a single point of on-demand access to full-text content across science, technology, medicine and other subjects.
OpenAthens offers a Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML)-based framework for single sign-on (SSO) access to scientific content that eliminates the many hassles associated with managing multiple login credentials, particularly as researchers move from one online resource to another.
Information consumers from OpenAthens' global base of customers comprise more than 2,000 organisations across corporate, academic, and government sectors can now authenticate into Article Galaxy with one point of entry via OpenAthens using unified access credentials.
An OpenAthens reseller since 2015, Reprints Desk has recently completed full implementation of the OpenAthens solution. With OpenAthens, Reprints Desk's suite of authentication tools now includes SAML 2.0 Federated SSO with OpenAthens; Secure Access with OKTA for SSO Customers; Username and Password; IP-based Authentication & Access; and Access via Application Program Interface (API); among others.
Corporations, academic institutions, and government organisations around the world rely on Article Galaxy for copyright-compliant access to full-text scientific, technical, and medical content when subscription access does not yet exist. As a cloud-based service, Article Galaxy provides one-stop shopping and lowest cost acquisition of full-text journal articles, ensuring copyright-compliant access when filtering requests against subscriptions and Open Access content.
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