Plan S, the research funders’ initiative to bring about full and immediate Open Access to research publications, has solicited public feedback on their guidance for implementation. Stirling University Library has submitted a response, approved by the University’s Research Committee. We broadly support Plan S in their aims but make a number of comments and recommendations […]
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New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in January #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during January. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: Molecular regulators of smoltification and viral infection management tools for salmon aquaculture. By Michael McGowan http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28532 Education in Outdoor Settings: The Teacher’s Role in More-than-human Curriculum Making. By Jonathan […]
Stirling’s Top Ten publication downloads of 2018 #StirTopTenPapers
The University of Stirling’s Open Access Repository, STORRE, has had another good year. During 2018 we had a total of 7,903 full-text publication files downloaded a total of 459,620 times. Comparing 2018 with 2017, this is a 26.5% increase in the total number of downloads from STORRE! (459,620 versus 363,283 downloads in 2017). […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in December #StirNewTheses
Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during December. One of the theses is available for reading immediately: Electrophysiological and SCAT 5 characteristics of contact vs non-contact sport athletes. By Zacharias Nikolaou http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28342 The other theses are embargoed for a period to allow the authors time to […]
Stirling’s Top Ten most shared 2018 articles
Here’s the Top Ten 2018 Stirling papers with the highest Altmetric scores. Congratulations to all our authors who made it into the Top Ten!! Most of these papers are available to download immediately from the links in the references below (the link goes to the record in the University’s repository, STORRE). […]
Finding Research Data
In an ideal world there would be a meta search engine for finding previously created research data – but no such tool currently exists. So for now, see our new Guide on the best sources and tools for finding data: http://libguides.stir.ac.uk/findingdata. Included in the Guide is a tool that’s a bit different: Zanran – […]
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in November #StirNewTheses
New Stirling theses added to Research Repository in November #StirNewTheses Congratulations to our Postgraduate Research students who submitted their theses to the University’s research repository, STORRE, during November. Some of the theses are available for reading immediately: The Relationship Between Maximal Strength and Performance Measures: A Correlational Study. By Scott Vallance http://hdl.handle.net/1893/28082 […]
Google Scholar Button
I just came across the Google Scholar button by chance and it seems pretty handy (actually this is old news that I’m ashamed to say I’m just catching up with!). The extension is available for Chrome, Firefox and Safari – it adds a little button to your browser toolbar. Then you can select […]
Kudos webinar November 20th
Kudos is a free service, provided in partnership with the University, that helps you increase and track attention for your published work. Sign up for the webinar taking place this month: Boosting visibility and impact of your research – a (re)introduction to Kudos Tuesday 20th Nov, 3pm Registration URL: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/8578394512159827202 Description: What […]
Wellcome funder: new open access policy
The research funder Wellcome has published details of its new open access (OA) policy which will come into effect on 1 January 2020. The policy will require all research articles that arise from Wellcome funding to be made freely available at the time of publication. Embargoes will no longer be permitted. They are not changing their policy […]