International Open Access Week (October 20-26) aims to challenge traditional models of knowledge ownership. We need to reflect on who controls access to research and scholarly outputs, whose voices are amplified or marginalised, and how knowledge can be equitably shared for the common good. This year’s theme asks a pointed question about the present moment and …
In order to record and demonstrate the impact beyond traditional metrics such as impact factors and citation scores, our research outputs have received, we have added the Altmetrics donut display to our WestminsterResearch institutional repository records. What are Altmetrics? Altmetrics (or alternative metrics) measure the impact of a scholarly research output based on online activity, …
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The Scholarly Communications team recently held an information session on scholarly outputs and where to publish them. You can watch a recording of the session in Stream at this link (staff login). You can also download the presentation sides from SharePoint at this link (staff login). First, Nina Watts, Open Access and Repository Manager provided …
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Today’s post focuses on how practice-based research may benefit from being made more effectively shared. At Westminster we have prioritised improving our institutional repository (WestminsterResearch) to better support non-text based (also known as non-traditional) output types.See article : Evans, Jenny, Nina Watts, Taylor Mudd, and Tom Renner. 2022. “From Legacy to Next Generation: A Story …
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Earlier this year, the VRE Researcher Profile module was successfully used to record over 600 Public and Community Engagement events and activities inputted directly by yourself and your colleagues. All of the data that can be inputted into the VRE Researcher Profile module – from your research and teaching narratives to media showcasing your work …
Updated May 2024 to add the 15 Hogrefe journals that are now included. Authors affiliated with the University of Westminster may publish original research articles in 88 hybrid journals in the PsycArticles portfolio, including 15 Hogrefe scientific journals in the fields of psychology and mental health. This agreement will allow you to publish eligible articles through …
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PLEASE NOTE: THIS AGREEMENT FINISHED ON 31 DECEMBER 2024 You may wish to consider other publishers with similar agreements: A very limited fund is available to pay individual APC charges for some articles. Please see the recent blog post. Any questions: email repository@westminster.ac.uk
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. …
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 …
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Continuing our series of daily blog posts to mark International Open Access Week 2021, we wish to let you know of the exciting improvements to our repository that will allow all researchers, not just those who carry out practice based research, to create over-arching portfolios or collection records, to group and promote your research. We have …