HAL Grey Literature Deposits from 60 University of Lille Laboratories

60 research laboratories affiliated to the University of Lille contributed grey literature deposits to the French national open repository HAL. The dataset likely contains records for conference papers, reports, working papers, theses, and dissertations across STM and SSH fields. Author J. Schöpfel published this analysis via the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Compare deposit practices across scientific disciplines based on the description's mention of STM and SSH fields.
• Analyze the prevalence of different document types like conference papers and theses within laboratory collections.
• Study the representation of grey literature versus traditional publications such as articles and book chapters.
• Investigate the relationship between document deposits and usage statistics or altmetrics as indicators of impact.

Strengths

• Focuses on a defined set of 60 research laboratories from a single university, providing a controlled sample.
• Explicitly covers multiple document types including theses, reports, and conference papers across all STM and SSH fields.
• Last updated metadata is recent, dated 2025-10-24 03:50:14.

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The dataset's description is a study plan; the actual data content and structure require manual inspection.

Provenance

Source

HAL, the national open repository for documents and data from French scientists.

Collection Method

Analysis of deposits from institutional portals and collections of research units and projects.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:50:14; freshness should be verified.

Geography

France, specifically research affiliated with the University of Lille.