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 28, 2018 | Open Access
Most journal copyright policies permit the self-archiving of the accepted manuscript (or post-print). This is the final author version of a paper and we get many queries about identifying and obtaining this version. A new resource from Open Access Button promises to...
by crauter | Nov 22, 2018 | Events and training
Altmetrics track mentions of a publication across a wide range of sources including news, policy and social media. Find out more about how to tap into this evidence of impact: we are running a session on Thursday 29th November 2018 1-2pm on Park Campus, in Training...
by crauter | Nov 21, 2018 | Library Resources for Research
There are many good reasons to spend some time with Google Scholar, as well as caveats in respect of its credentials. It remains a serious contender for academic literature searching; for example, a couple of recent papers: “Google Scholar to overshadow them...
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...
by crauter | Nov 6, 2018 | Open Access, Research News
Wellcome Trust have just updated their open access policy which will last until Jan 2020. Although Swansea does not have a large number of Wellcome funded academics this is an interesting development as it follows a big review and is an attempt to work within the Plan...
by crauter | Oct 25, 2018 | Open Access, Research News, Theses
Today is #ThesisThursday on Twitter, part of the activities celebrating International Open Access Week. We asked our guest blogger Julia Terry to tell us about her recently completed Swansea University PhD. What was the most important or overarching finding of your...
by crauter | Oct 22, 2018 | Research News
We often come across staff who think they only need to deposit their work in RIS if they will be putting it forward for the REF. However, open access can give higher visibility and increased impact. It is increasingly required by government and funders, and ...
by crauter | Oct 19, 2018 | Open Access, REF
A key feature of the REF Open Access policy is that papers must be deposited in RIS within three months of acceptance for publication. We therefore need to record the date of acceptance in RIS for every journal articles (or serial conference proceedings paper) so that...
by crauter | Oct 1, 2018 | Events and training, Theses
Swansea University introduced a new electronic thesis submission process in 2017 so all new students are required to make their thesis open access on Cronfa (unless there is a compelling reason not to). Our growing collection of open access theses showcases the...
