by crauter | Sep 25, 2019 | Library Resources for Research, REF, Research Impact, Research News
Where are we now? We are now just weeks away from launching the new Research Information System (RIS). Over the next week or so we will be releasing the test system for use with some departments in order to gather further user feedback and to begin introducing the...
by crauter | Apr 24, 2017 | Research Impact
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...
by crauter | Mar 31, 2017 | Research Impact
Our “7 Days of Twitter” course was “aimed at Swansea University researchers, staff and students who wish to learn more about Twitter in the context of research and boosting your research impact”. We have no plans at present to re-run the course...
by crauter | Mar 23, 2017 | Research Impact
If you are looking for ways to promote your research, the web service Kudos is a free option to try: https://www.growkudos.com/. See an example of Kudos for an article or another example by Swansea University’s Louise Miskell. Here’s a short video which...
by crauter | Nov 9, 2016 | Events and training, Research Impact
We are running some sessions for postgraduate students this term on raising your online research profile. This post is a summary of some of the topics we will be discussing. (It could also have a subtitle: “How many places do I have to keep up to date?!?”)...
by crauter | Jul 21, 2016 | Open Access, Research Impact
We have been pushing the message hard about the new REF open access policy but open access has many benefits beyond compliance. Evidence piles up that it can lead to increased impact and citations because people everywhere can read your work, not just the privileged...
