On 6th August UKRI released its much-anticipated Open Access Policy. Applicable to research publications that acknowledge funding from any of the UKRI councils, the policy aims to ensure that publicly funded research is freely accessible and licensed in such a way that it can be re-used and built upon. LLC Research Services are engaging with similarly placed teams across…Continue Reading UKRI Open Access Policy 2021
Discovery Research Portal: highlighting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
The latest upgrade to the Discovery Research Portal allows us to display how University of Dundee research supports the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Goals were established in 2015, with the intention of setting global goals to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. The University of Dundee was placed…Continue Reading Discovery Research Portal: highlighting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Accessing the ONS Secure Research Service
Accessing secure research data as an accredited researcher – Assured Organisational Connectivity to the Secure Research Service The University of Dundee has recently secured Assured Organisational Connectivity (AOC) with the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) Secure Research Service (SRS). SRS provides accredited researchers secure access to de-identified, unpublished data. There are over 100 datasets available,…Continue Reading Accessing the ONS Secure Research Service
Predatory Journals.
What are they and what can you do to avoid getting caught? An unfortunate part of the publishing landscape is the rise of the predatory journal. Unscrupulous “publishers” offer what appears to be comparatively cheap routes to gold open access but do not provide a suitable publishing platform to promote research or sustain openness. They…Continue Reading Predatory Journals.
SafePod coming to Main Library in 2021
SafePod Network The SafePod Network (SPN) provides a major advance to the way that sensitive datasets can be securely accessed for research purposes. The SPN is the first service in the world to provide and manage a network of standardised safe settings (SafePods) for secure access to sensitive datasets for research purposes across the UK. …Continue Reading SafePod coming to Main Library in 2021
Making your Researchfish submission easier
The Project With the Researchfish submission period approaching, we embarked on a new project in Research Services, to help ease the administrative element of the Researchfish submission for our researchers. We heard of a new feature in Researchfish which allowed us to upload publication data linked to awards and started to explore the possibilities using…Continue Reading Making your Researchfish submission easier
How far did they travel? Post-graduate research theses, 2020.
Happy New Year from LLC Research Services! Those of you with an eye on Twitter will have noticed that at the end of 2020 @UoDOpenResearch put out a series of tweets highlighting our most downloaded theses. The information was taken from IRUS, a service which allows us to track downloads from the Discovery Research Portal…Continue Reading How far did they travel? Post-graduate research theses, 2020.
Wellcome Trust 2021 OA Policy – Retention of IP Rights
On 1 January 2021, Wellcome Trust will require that all funded authors retain the necessary intellectual property rights to comply with their new Open Access Policy. This can be accomplished through one of the following three publication routes: Publish in a fully open access journal or platform under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence….Continue Reading Wellcome Trust 2021 OA Policy – Retention of IP Rights
2021 Researchfish submission
What is Researchfish? Researchfish is an online facility used by research funders and research organisations, including UKRI and Wellcome Trust, to track the outcomes from their investments. PIs who have received funding are asked to log the outputs, outcomes and impacts of their work in the system. Find out more from UKRI on reporting your…Continue Reading 2021 Researchfish submission
Two more funders join cOAlition S
Two more organisations have joined cOAlition S, the consortium of leading research organisations committed to full and immediate open access to publications. The Howard Hughes Medical Institute is the largest private biomedical research institution in the United States, and their new Open Access policy takes effect from 1st January 2022. The Templeton World Charity Foundation…Continue Reading Two more funders join cOAlition S