Thinking about monographs in a world of open access – blog post by Professor...
Original article is published on 22 January 2015 via – http://blog.hefce.ac.uk/2015/01/22/thinking-about-monographs-in-a-world-of-open-access/ Professor Geoffrey Crossick Distinguished Professor of the...
View ArticleOpen Access and the next REF – FAQs
HEFCE have recently updated the FAQs for the Policy for Open Access in the next REF, all are available here: http://www.hefce.ac.uk/whatwedo/rsrch/rinfrastruct/oa/faq/ New questions are marked as...
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Picture the scene… it’s 2016 the 1st April 2016 to be precise and you’ve had an article you have been working on for the past 6 months accepted by your first choice journal – well done you – you spend...
View ArticlePaper by BU Lecturer Jonny Branney has accrued 7,198 accesses in 9 months!
Last July the main findings from my PhD study into the mechanism of spinal manipulation were published and, especially as an early career researcher, I’ve been delighted at the interest shown in the...
View ArticleOpen Access and the research lifecycle: a guide for researchers
With recent requirements imposed by major research funders, researchers are presented with both opportunities and challenges – opportunities to re-use and re-purpose published outputs and...
View ArticleResearchGate – An Overview
Last year I wrote a post titled ‘ResearchGate Reviewed’ which outlined the pros and cons for BU researchers using ResearchGate. Here again I thought I’d summarise here what ResearchGate is and more...
View ArticleBRIAN Announcement to Faculty and Staff
We are happy to inform you that Bournemouth Research Information and Networking System (BRIAN) will be upgrading to a new version. The system will be offline from 8.30am, 20th May 2015 on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBRIAN Announcement to Faculty and Staff
We are happy to inform you that Bournemouth Research Information and Networking System (BRIAN) will be upgrading to a new version. The system will be offline from 8.30am, 20th May 2015 on Wednesday,...
View ArticleBRIAN Announcement to Faculty and Staff
We are happy to inform you that Bournemouth Research Information and Networking System (BRIAN) will be upgrading to a new version. The system will be offline from 8.30am, 20th May 2015 on Wednesday,...
View ArticleImplementation of the HEFCE Open Access policy for the post-2014 REF: a...
Original post by Neil Jacobs on this JISC website. Background Over the past month, Research Consulting has been undertaking a review of UK higher education institutions’ progress towards implementation...
View ArticleUnderstanding Open Access workshop
Following the Finch Report, the Open Access movement has gained significant momentum in the UK. Most major funders now have open access policies and mandates. HEFCE’s post-REF2014 policy...
View ArticleHEFCE Open Access Policy – Adjustments and Qualifications
On Friday (24 July 2015), HEFCE announced a number of adjustments and qualifications to its policy for open access (OA) in the next REF following consultation with HEIs. The key adjustment is that:...
View ArticleOpenAIRE2020 National Open Access Desk
Back in July, Mafalda Picarra from JISC wrote a blog post on the Jisc Scholarly Communications about OpenAIRE2020 National Open Access Desk. If you are involved in or are interested in an EC Horizon...
View ArticleYour most popular paper this week was ….
Every week I receive an email telling me what my most accessed paper is on Academia.edu. As a research-active academic I would like this ‘top paper’ to be one of my research papers based on primary...
View ArticleUploading your full text to BRIAN – 3 easy steps!
If you are unsure of how to upload the full text of your publication onto BRIAN to be deposited in BURO, these are the three easy steps you can follow! Step 1 – Ensure publication record already exists...
View ArticleCongratulations to CMMPH Professor Edwin van Teijlingen on his publication !
Congratulations to CMMPH Professor Edwin van Teijlingen on his latest publication about why researchers do not always seek ethical permission for health research conducted in low income countries. The...
View ArticleMock REF – depositing your research outputs: BURO UPDATE
The first internal Research Excellence Framework (REF) preparation exercise invites academic colleagues to submit one to four outputs (published since 1 January 2014), which will be reviewed by a panel...
View ArticleNew BU Guide: Open Access and Depositing your Research
To support academic colleagues in depositing their research open access the BURO Team in Library and Learning Support have produced a brand new guide – Open Access and Depositing your Research....
View ArticleOpen Access publishing does not have to be expensive!
As it is Open Access Week I would like to clarify one of the Open Access publishing myths. One of the common replies I receive from academics colleagues when raising Open Access publishing is that it...
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