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Open Access Week 2023 – Publisher deals boost uptake of Open Access for Reading’s researchers

The University of Reading has signed up for over 20 ‘read and publish’ deals with major publishers over the past few years. The idea of the deals is that they combine the subscription and publishing elements together so that staff … Continue reading

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Open Access Week 2023 – Publishing to benefit the microbiology community

  The Microbiology Society is a membership charity and a not-for-profit publisher. Its members are scientists interested in microbes, their effects and their practical uses. They are based in universities, industry, hospitals, research institutes, schools, and other organisations. The Society’s … Continue reading

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Open Access Week 2023 – Creating a community Open Access journal

As part of Open Access week 2023, I interviewed Dr James Anderson about how he set up a Pure Gold Open Access journal, Transmathematica, to serve his community of mathematicians. James founded the journal in 2018 and the first article … Continue reading

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Open Access Week 2022 – ibicus – a python open-source software package for the bias correction of climate models

The theme of the 2022 Open Access week was Open for Climate Justice. PhD researchers Fiona Spuler and Jakob Wessel are working on the biases in climate models that lead to difficulties in relating the findings of global climate models … Continue reading

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Open Access Week – What is the Open Climate Campaign?

The Open Climate Campaign The theme of Open Access week 2022 is Open for Climate Justice. In this interview, I talked to two members of the Open Climate Campaign about their efforts to make research relating to climate change open … Continue reading

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Making the most of SciFree – an interview with the company’s founder

SciFree is a clever tool that helps researchers at University of Reading find out which journals are covered by our Transformative Agreements and deals with publishers. With 17 publisher deals covering over 11,000 different journals it can be difficult to … Continue reading

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Launching SciFree, a new tool for researchers at University of Reading

The University of Reading has lots of Transformative Agreements with publishers whereby staff and students can achieve Open Access for their research outputs easily. In most cases, no invoices are generated and permission for funding for the article processing charge … Continue reading

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Open Access Week 2022 – The evolution of Open Access for journal articles at University of Reading

Open Access – part of the University’s commitment to Open Research At the University of Reading, we’ve been encouraging our researchers to make their work Open Access for many years either by publishing their outputs as Gold Open Access or … Continue reading

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Scholarly Publishing: Requirements and Opportunities

This session is intended for early career researchers or for those needing a general overview. We provide practical information about maximizing the visibility of your research publications for the benefit of both you and the University. Following the session you … Continue reading

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Centaur and Open Access Surgery (1-1 Sessions)

These sessions are intended for researchers and those supporting them. There are three slots available. We can help you with queries about the open access policies that you must comply with, the gold and green options available to you and … Continue reading

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