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Open Access Week 2022: How do we keep the open science momentum going?

by Holly RangerOpen Access, Open Research, Research Data Management, Scholarly Communications, Uncategorised October 26, 2022November 2, 20220 comments

This is a guest blog post from Dr Sam Westwood, Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Westminster. Sam founded and runs the RIOT Science Club (https://riotscience.co.uk/), a forum where researchers can learn about Open Research reforms and practices. The RIOT Science club aims to foster Reproducible, Interpretable, Open & Transparent Science. Sam also runs ReproducibiliTea …

Open Access Week 2022: How to be an Open Researcher

by Holly RangerCommunities, Open Access, Open Research, Research Data Management, Researcher Development October 25, 2022October 27, 20220 comments

Today we have a guest blog from Ka-Ming Pang, Academic Engagement Librarian (Computer Science and Engineering) at the University of Westminster. Ka-Ming highlights some key tips and takeaways from an event run in collaboration with the Sustainable Cities and the Urban Environnment Research Community on “Becoming an Open Researcher”. In the two decades since the …

Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice

by Holly RangerOpen Access, Open Research, Research Data Management, Scholarly Communications, Uncategorised October 24, 2022October 26, 20220 comments

International Open Access Week (October 24-30) is a time to advocate for openness as the default for research and to ensure that equity is at the center of this work. This year’s theme is “Open for Climate Justice” and seeks to raise awareness around how open enables climate justice. Climate Justice is an explicit acknowledgement …

Open Access Week 2022: Events Coming Up

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Open Research, Scholarly Communications, Uncategorised October 12, 20220 comments

International Open Access Week 2022: Open for Climate Justice, 24-30 October, 2022 This year the focus of International Open Access Week is ‘Open for Climate Justice’. During the week we will be releasing daily blog posts from our open access week team at Westminster. Look out for these from 24 October. Events & Resources from …

Publish Open Access in the American Psychological Association (APA) Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Open Research, Repository, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch August 19, 2022March 19, 20245 comments

Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research articles in 88 hybrid journals in the PsycArticles portfolio, excluding the Hogefe collection of journals. This agreement will allow you to publish eligible articles through gold open access at no further charge to yourself. To be eligible: You must be the corresponding author who is …

Publish Open Access with American Chemical Society (ACS) Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Open Research, Repository, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch May 13, 2022October 26, 20238 comments

Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research articles in any of American Chemical Society (ACS)’s hybrid or fully Open Access (gold) journals. This ‘Read & Publish’ agreement will allow you to publish eligible articles through gold open access at no further charge to yourself. To be eligible: You must be the corresponding author …

Publish Open Access with Elsevier Journals

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Scholarly Communications March 30, 2022October 26, 20233 comments

Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research articles in any of Elsevier’s hybrid journals at no further charge to the author. This ‘Read & Publish’ agreement will allow you to publish eligible articles in a wide variety of participating Elsevier journals across disciplines through gold open access. To be eligible: You must be …

RKEO Grant Writing Group Programme

by Joshua MeadFunding, Impact, Open Access, Research Data Management, Researcher Development March 23, 2022March 24, 20220 comments

From October to March, the Research and Knowledge Exchange Office ran its inaugural grant writing group programme. In collaboration with experienced researchers from across the University, five workshops were held, aimed at equipping researchers with the tools and support they need to submit a large grant to a main funder. Our aim was to enable …

ORCID Integration with the VRE

by Nina WattsOpen Access, Repository, Research Data Management, Researcher Profiles, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch February 14, 2022February 27, 20240 comments

ORCID link in the VRE ORCID is a unique research identifier belonging to you which distinguishes you from every other researcher. It allows you to store together all your research outputs within your account and share them between platforms. The VRE is able to push data to, and receive data from, your central ORCID account. …

What are Persistent Identifiers (PIDs) and how can you use them?

by Nina WattsImpact, Open Access, REF, Repository, Research Data Management, Researcher Profiles, Scholarly Communications, VRE, WestminsterResearch October 29, 20210 comments

In our final blog post to mark International Open Access Week 2021, we aim to explain what is mean by Persistent Identifiers (PIDs), why they are important, and how you can use them as a researcher to ensure your research is better indexed and identified to you as the creator. We expand upon the introduction to …