Open research practices

The results of a survey of Wellcome researchers to find out what they think about open research, how they practice it, and some of the barriers they face have just been published in a report. This work was commissioned by the Wellcome Trust and conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and […]

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Open Access: Publisher memberships

Publisher memberships   The University currently provides a fund of £250k to spend on Open Access: publisher memberships, APC and publication costs.  To apply to the APC fund you need to fulfil eligibility criteria – see here for further information and the application form.   Many publishers now offer discounted Article Processing Charges (APCs), so […]

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Our favourite Open Access films

  If you want to learn more about Open Access these are our favourite short films explains what Open Access is and what Licences are. “What is Open Access”  “Creative Commons: a shared culture” Don’t forget we have loads of information on our web pages at http://www.stir.ac.uk/is/researchers/writing/publishingimpact/open-access/   JISC – Open Access hour: live Twitter […]

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Reminder about REF Compliance for your Publications

In order for papers to be returnable for the next REF, if you have a peer-reviewed journal article, systematic review, or conference paper in formal publication that was accepted for publication after 1st April 2016, the Author’s Accepted Manuscript must be deposited into STORRE via RMS within 3 months of acceptance. Guidance is available here. […]

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Complying with the REF OA Policy

To comply with the REF policy, Stirling researchers should submit their publication details to the Research Management System (RMS) and attach the full-text PDF file of their final peer-reviewed manuscripts. The PDF file will be copied to STORRE, the University’s institutional repository.   Follow the steps below: A PDF version of Complying With REFs Open Access Policy […]

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Research data@Stirling

As announced earlier this week, DataSTORRE has been launched.  DataSTORRE is an online digital repository of multi-disciplinary research datasets produced at the University of Stirling. The first researcher at Stirling to deposit data is Peter Matthews, a lecturer in Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology.  His deposit is a video of a poetry reading at Wester […]

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DataSTORRE has arrived!

  DataSTORRE is an online digital repository of multi-disciplinary research datasets produced at the University of Stirling. University of Stirling researchers who have produced research data associated with an existing or forthcoming publication, or which has potential use for other researchers, are invited to upload their dataset for sharing and safekeeping. A persistent identifier and […]

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