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First things first: I’m not a lawyer. I don’t even play one on TV. Nothing in this post should be taken as legal advice. You should contact a real legal professional before making any decisions with regards to your legal rights, including copyrights. If swelling lasts more than 4 hours…
As we mark this year's International Open Access Week, themed "Community over Commercialisation", I want to share my thoughts on OpenAlex, an open, community-driven scholarly index that offers an alternative to commercial platforms like Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions.
Launched in 2022 by OurResearch, a nonprofit organisation, creator of…
I’ve always believed in library magic: the sort of serendipity that seems to attach itself to library spaces and the people within. An unexpected connection made, a useful book unearthed – either on the shelf or online, being nudged in the right direction, bumping into a supportive person, the sense…
What is an Open Access Agreement?
Transitional Agreements (aka Read and Publish) are agreements between an institution and a publisher where the subscription and publish fees are bundled into one package.
Members of the institution then have read access to the publications and can also publish gold open access…
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 while retaining control over how…
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 or published in a journal or other venue yet.
Preprint servers, like ArXiv…
I was looking for a fun little anecdote about open research for National Appreciate a Dragon Day (I’m sure you all have that on your calendars – 16 January) when I stumbled upon a pretty fascinating story about the benefits of open culture and dragons…..and dungeons even.
Hearken ye to…
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…
Is this the beginning of the end for the era of excessive profiteering by publishers?
2023 has been a year of unrest at many commercial journals run by major publishers. Does this signal the start of a pushback against high publishing charges and are some of the alternative (non-profit)…
