Coming up against forbidding paywalls when undertaking research or literature surveys is a common experience. Yet an increasing amount of content is available open access (OA) if you know where to look and especially if the requirements of your search…
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We recognise that research in practice-based arts has qualities unique to the range of disciplines encompassed in this area – from fine and performing arts to architecture and design. These include recognition that: you create a dynamic, changing body (portfolio/collection)…
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The last couple of years have seen many changes in open access possibilities at the University, for Open Access week, I will give you a round up of the options that may be open to you. Throughout the post, there…
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Publications Router is now live. It helps automate the update and input of research articles in the Virtual Research Environment (VRE). If you have a journal article in the publication process, you may soon receive an email alert, or Task…
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Corresponding authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish their articles through Gold Open Access in 900+ subscription journals in the current SAGE Premier package, as well as in the IMechE Journal Collection and the Royal Society of Medicine Collection, which offer hybrid open…
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Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish articles in in more than 1,850 of Springer’s journals at no further charge to the author. This covers original papers, review papers, brief communications and continuing education (usually medical). To be…
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The Scholarly Communications Team provides support to enable our researchers and doctoral researchers to publish and share their outputs. This includes: Advice relating to Open Access including funding and REF2021 Management of the Repository section of the Virtual Research Environment (VRE) and Westminster Research, the University’s open access repository of…
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Important Update: due to the huge popularity of this open access offer, funds for 2020 have run out. Articles accepted for publication after 11 October 2020 will no longer be eligible, unless they are funded by either COAF / UKRI / Wellcome…
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The University has a limited Article Processing Charge (APC) Application Fund to pay Open Access costs for journal articles. All applications are subject to the approval of the College Research Director and budget constraints, as the fund is very limited. The…
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