June Staff sessions: Open Access and Altmetrics

We have 2 open access sessions running next week on Park Campus: Wednesday 14th June, 1-2pm Friday 16th June, 11-12pm These will be informal and can cover all aspects of open access and using RIS. Book via Eventbrite and select the session you require. We also have a...

Discount on APCs from SAGE

All authors at Swansea University who publish with SAGE are entitled to an article processing charge for a discounted rate of £200 until December 2018. The deal applies to journals in the Sage Choice and Sage Premier categories. Sage should notify you that you are...

Get recognition for peer review with Publons

A researcher recently brought the site Publons to our attention as a good way to get credit for the often unseen and uncredited work of peer reviewing for publication. Publons states their mission as follows: Publons works with the world’s top publishers so you...

The REF Open Access policy is 1 year old

Saturday 1st April 2017 marked the one year anniversary for the REF Open Access policy: this covers all journal articles and (some) conference proceedings accepted for publication after 1st April 2016. These papers must comply with HEFCE’s Open Access policy or they...