Category Archives: Open Research

Open Research Forum 9th March 2022

Posted on March 16, 2022 by rogandixon

The recording for the Open Research Forum on Wednesday 9th March 2022 is now available to watch via Stream (University of Reading members only): Ersilia, a hub of Open Source AI/ML models for infectious and neglected diseases Ersilia – Slideshow … Continue reading →

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CentAUR stats for January 2022

Posted on February 14, 2022 by Karen Rowlett

For 2022 the CentAUR statistics infographics are using the new COUNTER-compliant data available from IRUS. IRUS collects raw usage data from institutional repositories such as CentAUR and processes these data into COUNTER-conformant usage statistics. This provides repositories with comparable, authoritative, … Continue reading →

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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’ accepted … Continue reading →

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Open Research Forum 15th December 2021

Posted on December 16, 2021 by fredbreese

Thank you to all who attended the Open Research Forum meeting on Wednesday 15th of December. A recording of the meeting is available to view on Stream if you missed it on the day (University of Reading members only). We heard updates on … 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 Tahlia-Rose Virdee, conducted … 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 – Publishing on the Wellcome Open Research platform, an interview with Dr Al Edwards

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

Wellcome Open Research was launched in 2016 as a platform for the publication of a wide range of submissions from Wellcome Trust-funded researchers. The platform, based on the same model as F1000Research, works on the publish first and peer review later model. … 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 a … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2021 – Publishing a Registered Report: an interview with Jayne Morriss

Posted on October 27, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

One of the aims of the Open Research movement is to make the research process more transparent, accountable and reproducible. Writing a Registered Report has been proposed as a way of eliminating publication bias from the scholarly communication process. Usually studies … Continue reading →

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Open Access Week 2021 – Publishing Open Software, an interview with Brendan Williams

Posted on October 26, 2021 by Karen Rowlett

Software can be an important research output in some disciplines such as the physical and life sciences. One of the aims of the open research movement is to encourage researchers who generate software or code as part of their projects … Continue reading →

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