URL change for Journal Citation Reports

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...

Latest REF guidance

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...

Predatory publishers

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....

Guides for Open Access at Swansea University

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...