by crauter | Mar 21, 2019 | Research News
From 22nd March the direct url for: Journal Citation Reports will be http://jcr.clarivate.com Journal Citation reports shows impact factors and other journal metrics. Essential Science Indicators will be http://esi.clarivate.com ESI shows influential researchers and...
by crauter | Mar 14, 2019 | Open Access, Open Research, Publishing, Research News
We were interested to spot this new preprint by Professor Tom Crick et al, discussing the ten myths around Open Scholarship publishing. The paper, which is open for comment, delves into the evolving framework and core issues surrounding Open Research, Open Science and...
by crauter | Feb 4, 2019 | Research News
A few links to help you through the latest REF guidance: New full guidance The key points Including: Some clarification on staff who have significant responsibility for research, portability of outputs, some variation in the rules for co-authored output and...
by crauter | Jan 29, 2019 | Publishing, Research News
We have blogged before about predatory publishers but a training session today suggested some tips people might find useful: Some journals lie about an impact factor. If you are in doubt about a journal go to http://wok.mimas.ac.uk then click the purple login button....
by crauter | Dec 7, 2018 | Research News
We have just updated a few of our guides to Open Access for Swansea University researchers: Our main guide to Open Access compliance (also available in Welsh) An introductory guide for new research staff (also available in Welsh): “Managing your research...
by crauter | Nov 12, 2018 | Open Access, Publishing, Research News
On Monday 12th November 2018, IJPDS is changing the publishing licence from the current Creative Commons CC-BY-ND to CC-BY The International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS) is an electronic, open-access, peer-reviewed journal focussing on the...