by crauter | Sep 15, 2017 | Research News
If you want to set up a new research profile (such as an ORCiD) then a new feature on Cronfa can help! Research staff at Swansea University are required to enter all their publications onto our Research Information System (RIS). This then feeds them out to their staff...
by crauter | Sep 14, 2017 | Research News
Our research repository Cronfa now displays a citation count from Scopus if the data is available. Citation data will appear if: The output has a DOI The citation count is greater than zero An example can be seen here (highlighted yellow): Clicking on the...
by crauter | Aug 17, 2017 | Research News
Swansea University’s public repository Cronfa has recently had a few enhancements. One of them is the addition of the Altmetric “donut” (or “bagel”, if you prefer). We have blogged about altmetrics before: the system counts mentions of a...
by crauter | Aug 14, 2017 | Open Access, Research News
In 2017/18 RCUK expects institutions to make 75% of their RCUK funded research open access. This is a high target so please make sure you make your work open access if they provide your funding. RCUK have clarified the licences allowed on green open...
by crauter | Aug 1, 2017 | Research News
Scopus has introduced PlumX metrics into Scopus, following their recent takeover of the company. These come in 5 categories: Usage – e.g. clicks, downloads, views, library holdings Captures – indicating that someone wants to come back to the work –...
by crauter | Jul 26, 2017 | Research News
Universities already have their world rankings (and some REF areas) assessed with metrics. Individual researchers may well find they are being asked about their own metrics. This post lists four places to check your bibliometric profile and consider how well it...
