Category Archives: Publications

CentAUR in 2021

Posted on January 18, 2022 by Karen Rowlett

Our institutional repository, CentAUR, hosts research outputs from the University of Reading. Users from around the world are able to access large numbers of full text articles, books, book chapters, theses etc via a combination of green open access (authors’ … Continue reading →

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Open Research in practice – an interview Prof Aleardo Zanghellini

Posted on November 23, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

As part of the efforts to improve the Open Research culture at the University of Reading, according to the Committee on Open Research and Research Integrity action plan, the Open Research champions for the School of Law, Marzia Briel and … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2021 – Writing an open peer review: an interview with Shirley Williams

Posted on October 30, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

Open peer review is one aspect of the Open Research movement which aims to make the research process more transparent, accountable and reproducible. The peer review system for academic publications is traditionally a closed process whereby the author does not … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2021 – Why publish your work as a preprint? An interview with Dr Al Edwards

Posted on October 28, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

There has been a huge increase in the number of outputs uploaded to preprint servers over the last few years. Why are researchers opting for this route and what benefits does it bring? What is a preprint? A preprint is … Continue reading →

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The Milestones Project

Posted on September 22, 2020 by Nathan

What is the Milestones project? Why did we do it? Every month since November 2019, the Research Engagement Team has been sending out congratulatory emails to University of Reading authors whose CentAUR items have achieved 500 lifetime downloads as part … Continue reading →

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CentAUR statistics for September 2020

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Karen Rowlett
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CentAUR statistics for March 2020

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Karen Rowlett
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CentAUR statistics for 2019

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Karen Rowlett
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CentAUR statistics for December 2019

Posted on January 7, 2020 by Karen Rowlett
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CentAUR statistics for November 2019

Posted on December 6, 2019 by Karen Rowlett
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