by crauter | Jul 3, 2018 | Metrics, Research News
Journal citation reports with 2017 data is now available. It now includes citations from the book citation index, widening coverage. To go into JCR login to Web of Science http://wok.mimas.ac.uk, click the purple access button and you will see a link to Journal...
by crauter | Jun 15, 2018 | Open Access, REF, Research News
Research England (formerly HEFCE) has announced the release of a new report: “Monitoring sector progress towards compliance with funder open access policies” (PDF). This reports the results from a UK-wide survey conducted in late 2017 looking at how...
by crauter | Jun 4, 2018 | Research News
We now have an additional database available via Web of Science – Emerging Sources Citation Index. This database is for new and emerging journals which haven’t yet been accepted into the full citation indexes. It expands the range of journals in Web of...
by crauter | May 14, 2018 | Open Access
Publisher policies for the self-archiving of book chapters (“green” open access) are often hard to find and, when found, hard to keep as URLs change frequently. Unlike the Sherpa Romeo database, there is no centrally maintained database for publisher...
by crauter | Apr 30, 2018 | Research News
Altmetric have announced a new data source – patent citations. This tracks references to academic sources such as journal articles and books in patents from 9 jurisdictions from 1994 onwards: World Intellectual Property Organization IP Australia German Patent...
by crauter | Mar 28, 2018 | Research News
We have already blogged about the announced change to the REF Open Access policy which comes into effect from 1 April 2018: this enforces the strict “three months from date of acceptance” time limit on uploading the full text of a paper into RIS. This...
by crauter | Mar 15, 2018 | Library Resources for Research, Open Access, Theses
From October 2017 all new PhD students have to make an electronic copy of their thesis available online. Information about this is available on our LibGuide. Existing and former PhD students can also participate in the new e-thesis service to make our Swansea...
by crauter | Mar 2, 2018 | Open Access
Yesterday was a snowy World Book Day which coincided with some work we are doing to look at Swansea University’s book outputs within the context of open access. Books and book chapters are not currently covered by the HEFCE REF Open Access policy but the...
by crauter | Feb 19, 2018 | Metrics
The movement for responsible metrics gained further momentum in the UK with RCUK releasing a press release this month to announce that they are signing the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA) and issuing new guidance in support of this: Central to...
by crauter | Feb 8, 2018 | Events and training
A free online course (“MOOC”) starts on 5th March 2018 on the Futurelearn platform: “Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers”. The course is a collaboration between Glasgow, Sheffield and Edinburgh universities. They state...
