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What is a DOI?
Most researchers will be familiar with a DOI but not realise exactly what it does or how useful it is. A DOI is a Digital Object Identifier. The DOI is A unique and persistent identifier…
What are the Creative Commons licences?
Creative Commons (CC) are a suite of licences that an author applies to their work to set out the terms of how it can be shared and reused. CC licences allow you to make your work openly available…
Open Access can feel like a maze of options, but fear not – our Open Research Team are here to simplify the journey.
Short on time? Check out our brief video for a quick overview.
Open Access means making a research output freely available to read, download and reuse…
If you are worried about posting a preprint, don’t be! There’s lots of good reasons to consider posting a preprint.
Demystifying Preprints
A preprint is an early version of a scholarly article that hasn’t been peer-reviewed orpublished in a journal or…
New! Open Access Requirements for UKRI Funded Longform Publications
From 1st January 2024 the UKRI open access policy will apply to long-form publications. Monographs, edited collections, and book chapters published from 1st January 2024 are required to be open access under a Creative Commons licence no later than 12 months…
