Top 10 tips on how to make your open access research visible online
Here are a number of tips which I feel can help researchers make use of social media and related online activities to maximise the visibility of their research papers. These are based on my personal experiences and I’ve learnt a lot through trying to make my own papers more visible: 1. Be pro-active: For example, for the delivery of a... >>
Open Futures in Open Access
As Heather Morrison describes in her blog post , there is plenty to celebrate in the continuing growth of open access. Here at Jisc we have been supporting emerging open access practices for over a decade. We’re busy building services and communities to support universities to respond to the changing landscape of education and research on a global, networked scale... >>
UK contributes to European Open Access progression
A workshop, held in Barcelona, demonstrated the level of interest in the issues of open access and preservation across Europe. Representatives from the UK, Germany, Estonia, Poland, Spain, Greece, Ireland, and many more gathered. The aim of the workshop was to collaborate with our counterparts in Europe to achieve the vision and recommendations identified in the European Commission Communication on... >>
Exploring open access to save monographs, the question is – how?
You've just spent years researching and then writing your monograph. This is the book that will kick start your career – your proposal was accepted by your top publisher - you got great comments back from the peer reviewers - you've negotiated a great front cover and the blurb is short and snappy. You can't wait to have the book... >>
“Knowledge is the currency of the new economy” where research is “intelligently open”
A flow of policy reports focusing on research and access to the outputs of research appeared over the past month. Today the European Commission published two communications that respond to the way the “internet has fundamentally changed the world of science and research”. One on Access and preservation to scientific information reflects the outcome of a lengthy evidence process on... >>
What is activity data and why is it useful?
Activity data is big business. We see it in the recommendations we get every time we look at something on Amazon, we see its importance every time we get asked if we have a club/nectar/loyalty card when we buy something and we see it in the fascinating story of the Netflix million dollar prize to improve film recommendations for their... >>
Open access and the transparency of research
It has been a busy week for research. The UK Research Councils (RCUK) and HEFCE announced plans to work together on open access. Jisc’s Executive Secretary, Dr Malcolm Read, gave oral evidence to the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee Inquiry into peer review, alongside Mark Patterson from the Public Library of Science, (a leading open access publisher) and... >>
