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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…
Using metrics to select a journal involves evaluating the journal's citation rates to gain insights into its influence and the visibility of its published research. Several metrics are available to assess journals, and the rank of a title can vary depending on the measure used. Journals with high metric scores…
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 assigned…
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…
