Repository Summary September 2017

Posted on October 2, 2017November 1, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Below you will find a summary of UWL Repository activity for September 2017. We will provide this data each month, showing the most talked about outputs (highest Altmetric scores) and the most downloaded outputs. Links to these papers are included below so you access these via our open access repository.

The top 5 most downloaded outputs for September 2017:

1. Pappas, Nikolaos (2015) Marketing strategies, perceived risks, and consumer trust in online buying behaviour. Journal of Retailing & Consumer Services, 29. pp. 92-103.

2. Berridge, Graham (2015) Event experiences: design, management and impact. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

3. Lorimer, Ray (2014) The attitudes and behaviour of hotel chefs and chef lecturers regarding the use of convenience ingredients. Masters thesis, University of West London.

4. Hine, Benjamin A. and Northeast, Tony (2016) Using feed-forward strategies in higher education. The terrifying novel assignment: using feed-forward to improve students’ ability and confidence on assignments that test new skills. New Vistas, 2 (1). pp. 28-33.

5. Demeke, Wegene (2014) Small and Micro Business Enterprises (SMBEs) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: development and poverty reduction through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), with particular reference to the hotel industry and associated businesses. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

The top 3 most talked about papers:

1. Bridges, Jackie, May, Carl, Fuller, Alison, Griffiths, Peter, Wigley, Wendy, Gould, Lisa, Barker, Hannah and Libberton, Paula (2017) Optimising impact and sustainability: a qualitative process evaluation of a complex intervention targeted at compassionate care. BMJ Quality & Safety. ISSN 2044-5415

2. Hester, Helen, Jones, Bethan and Taylor-Harman, Sarah (2015) Giffing a fuck: non-narrative pleasures in participatory porn cultures and female fandom. Porn Studies, 2 (4). pp. 356-366. ISSN 2326-8743

3. Best, Wendy, Hughes, Lucy Mari, Masterson, Jackie, Thomas, Michael, Fedor, Anna, Roncoli, Silvia, Fern Pollak, Liory, Shepherd, Donna-Lynn, Howard, David, Shobbrook, Kate and Kapikian, Anna (2017) Intervention for children with word-finding difficulties: a parallel group randomised control trial. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

Our data is provided by EPrints (via the UWL Repository), IRUS-UK, and Altmetric.

News Roundup August 2017

Posted on September 5, 2017September 5, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Elsevier Acquires Bepress

Elsevier announced its acquisition of bepress, an academic software firm that offers, amongst other things, the institutional repository and publishing suite Digital Commons. This move arguably makes Elsevier ‘…a major if not the foremost single player in the institutional repository landscape’ and has led to concerns being voiced by members of the scholarly communications community. This piece from the LSE Impact Blog was written in response, and calls for a future where scholarly communication is not only open, but also non-profit.

The State of OA

A recent study from Piwowar et al. has made interesting findings on the current prevalence and impact of Open Access, using large samples from the oaDOI database to estimate the proportion of articles that are now OA, and also providing fresh evidence for the open-access citation advantage. One key finding was that 47% of the 100,000 papers that users of Unpaywall (a browser extension linked to oaDOI) attempted to access during the study were found to be freely (and legally) available to read online.

Predatory Journals

After taking down his predatory journals blacklist website earlier this year, Professor Jeffrey Beall has continued to provoke debate. In an interview with Times Higher Education he accused some pro-OA librarians of being ‘social justice warriors’, more concerned with taking on the big publishers than protecting academics against predatory journals, prompting some strongly worded responses in the reader’s comments. For a different perspective to Beall’s on the actual harm caused by predatory publishers, see this article.

German Consortium Takes On Elsevier

As with the Finnish academic community’s No Deal No Review petition earlier this year, a German consortium of universities, research institutes and public libraries is now challenging Elsevier to provide a fairer country-wide licensing agreement. Demands include lower pricing, open access in Germany to all papers authored by researchers at German institutions, and permanent full-text access to all electronic journals published by Elsevier. The outcome of the negotiations could have big implications for the academic community globally, and the future of open access. Further details can be found here.

Janeway

Birkbeck’s Centre for Technology and Publishing have released “Janeway” – an open-source piece of software for academic publishing including various features such as a submission system, peer-review management workflow, and Crossref DOI integration. Janeway uses the programming languages Django and Python, and is designed to be easier to maintain than other open journal systems. The software is still under development, and is licensed under the AGPL, permitting free use and modification, as long as any new versions are also made openly available.

Thesis Commons

The Center for Open Science has released Thesis Commons, an ‘…open-source platform for the submission, dissemination, and discovery of graduate and undergraduate theses and dissertations from any discipline’ which also allows institutions to sign-up for their own branded version of the service.

Repository Fringe

The 10^th Repository Fringe (aka RepoFringe) took place in Edinburgh from 3 – 4 August, a gathering for repository managers and other interested parties to discuss emerging issues in the world of repositories, open access and research data. There were 130 attendees from over 60 organisations, delivering a range of talks and workshops. Presentations are available in the University of Edinburgh’s repository.

Special Issue of Publications

OA journal Publications are inviting submissions of manuscripts for a special issue on ‘Open Access and the Library’, with some suggested topics including the changing role of university/research libraries, OA workflows and systems, and communications and engagement with authors. The submission deadline is 30 January 2018, and the Article Processing Charge (APC) will be waived for ‘well-prepared manuscripts’.

Repository Summary August 2017

Posted on September 1, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Below you will find a summary of UWL Repository activity for August 2017. We will provide this data each month, showing the most talked about outputs (highest Altmetric scores) and the most downloaded outputs. Links to these papers are included below so you access these via our open access repository.

The top 5 most downloaded outputs for August 2017:

1. Pappas, Nikolaos (2015) Marketing strategies, perceived risks, and consumer trust in online buying behaviour. Journal of Retailing & Consumer Services, 29. pp. 92-103.

2. Berridge, Graham (2015) Event experiences: design, management and impact. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

3. Demeke, Wegene (2014) Small and Micro Business Enterprises (SMBEs) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: development and poverty reduction through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), with particular reference to the hotel industry and associated businesses. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

4. Lorimer, Ray (2014) The attitudes and behaviour of hotel chefs and chef lecturers regarding the use of convenience ingredients. Masters thesis, University of West London.

5. Hine, Benjamin A. and Northeast, Tony (2016) Using feed-forward strategies in higher education. The terrifying novel assignment: using feed-forward to improve students’ ability and confidence on assignments that test new skills. New Vistas, 2 (1). pp. 28-33.

The top 3 most talked about papers:

1. Best, Wendy, Hughes, Lucy Mari, Masterson, Jackie, Thomas, Michael, Fedor, Anna, Roncoli, Silvia, Fern Pollak, Liory, Shepherd, Donna-Lynn, Howard, David, Shobbrook, Kate and Kapikian, Anna (2017) Intervention for children with word-finding difficulties: a parallel group randomised control trial. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology.

2. Osman, Sara Eldirdiry, Tischler, Victoria and Schneider, Justine (2016) ‘Singing for the Brain’: a qualitative study exploring the health and well-being benefits of singing for people with dementia and their carers. Dementia, 15 (6). pp. 1326-1339.

3. Wilkinson, M, Kiernan, Martin, Wilson, Jennie, Loveday, Heather and Bradley, Christine (2017) Assessment of the efficacy of a patient hand wipe; development of a test method. Journal of Hospital Infection.

Our data is provided by EPrints (via the UWL Repository), IRUS-UK, and Altmetric.

News Roundup July 2017

Posted on August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

UKCoRR Members’ Meeting

The Members’ Meeting of the United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories (UKCoRR) was held on Friday 7 July at the University of Warwick, giving repository and open access workers the chance to share their experiences and discuss the future of the organisation. The programme and slides from presentations can be found here.

The Academic Book of the Future

Following the publication of the final project reports in June, The Academic Book of the Future has itself now been published by UCL Press. Described as a ‘dynamic, innovative, evolving and open platform’, this BOOC (Books as Open Online Content) includes contributions from various stakeholders in academia, publishing, bookselling and libraries, on subjects including the role of peer review, open access, and digital publishing and technology.

Open Research Central

F1000 have launched Open Research Central (ORC), a central platform to enable the publication of open research from any field. The principles underpinning the service are identified as: immediate publication; open data; open, transparent post publication peer review; and open access to all. Partners so far include Wellcome Open Research, Gates Open Research, and UCL Child Health Open Research, with more expected to join.

RCUK Open Access Block Grants

Research Councils UK have confirmed that their OA block grants will continue at current levels until 2020, funding costs relating to articles published in peer reviewed journals that have resulted from RCUK funded research and which acknowledge Research Council Funding.

Portability of Research

Following their REF consultation earlier this year the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) have identified that the portability or non-portability of research (i.e. which institution can claim credit for research when staff move) was the most contentious issue for respondents. The arguments for and against portability, and different ways that the rules on it could be implemented, are outlined in this blog post and the discussion remains open.

Exporting Mentions in Altmetric Explorer

Altmetric have added a new feature to their Explorer platform, allowing users to export mentions for sets of outputs into a spreadsheet so they can more easily gain insights into who is talking about their research. Some introductory instructions are available here.

SPARC Author Addendum Survey

SPARC Europe are looking for feedback on their Author Addendum tool, developed for authors to help them modify copyright transfer agreements and retain rights when publishing in non-OA journals. The survey is open until the end of August 2017.

Repository Summary July 2017

Posted on August 1, 2017August 1, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Below you will find a summary of UWL Repository activity for July 2017. We will provide this data each month, showing the most talked about outputs (highest Altmetric scores) and the most downloaded outputs. Links to these papers are included below so you access these via our open access repository.

The top 5 most downloaded outputs for July 2017:

1. Berridge, Graham (2015) Event experiences: design, management and impact. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

2. Brown, Roger (2015) The marketisation of higher education: issues and ironies. New Vistas, 1 (1). pp. 4-9.

3. Pappas, Nikolaos (2015) Marketing strategies, perceived risks, and consumer trust in online buying behaviour. Journal of Retailing & Consumer Services, 29. pp. 92-103.

4. Demeke, Wegene (2014) Small and Micro Business Enterprises (SMBEs) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: development and poverty reduction through Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), with particular reference to the hotel industry and associated businesses. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

5. Lorimer, Ray (2014) The attitudes and behaviour of hotel chefs and chef lecturers regarding the use of convenience ingredients. Masters thesis, University of West London.

The top 3 most talked about papers:

1. Duncan, Khaleelah M., MacGillivray, Steve and Renfrew, Mary J. (2017) Costs and savings of parenting interventions: results of a systematic review. Child: Care, Health and Development.

2. Wilson, Jennie, Prieto, Jacqui, Singleton, Julie, O’Connor, Vivienne, Lynam, Siobhan and Loveday, Heather (2015) The misuse and overuse of non-sterile gloves: application of an audit tool to define the problem. Journal of Infection Prevention, 16 (1). pp. 24-31.

3. Pettit, Sophie, Qureshi, Adam, Lee, William, Stirzaker, Alex, Gibson, Alex, Henley, William and Byng, Richard (2017) Variation in referral and access to new psychological therapy services by age: an empirical quantitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 67 (660). e453-e459.

Our data is provided by EPrints (via the UWL Repository), IRUS-UK, and Altmetric.

Repository Summary June 2017

Posted on July 6, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Below you will find a summary of UWL Repository activity for June 2017. We will provide this data each month, showing the most talked about outputs (highest Altmetric scores) and the most downloaded outputs. Links to these papers are included below so you access these via our open access repository.

The top 5 most downloaded outputs for June 2017:

1. Berridge, Graham (2015) Event experiences: design, management and impact. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

2. Brown, Roger (2015) The marketisation of higher education: issues and ironies. New Vistas, 1 (1). pp. 4-9.

4. Lorimer, Ray (2014) The attitudes and behaviour of hotel chefs and chef lecturers regarding the use of convenience ingredients. Masters thesis, University of West London.

5. Marinakou, Evangelia, Giousmpasoglou, Charalampos and Paliktzoglou, Vasileios (2016) The brain drain phenomenon in higher education in Greece: attitudes and opinions on the decision to immigrate. In: 3rd Annual International Conference on Humanities & Arts in a Global World, 3-6 January 2016, Athens, Greece.

The top 3 most talked about papers:

1. Pettit, Sophie, Qureshi, Adam, Lee, William, Stirzaker, Alex, Gibson, Alex, Henley, William and Byng, Richard (2017)Variation in referral and access to new psychological therapy services by age: an empirical quantitative study. British Journal of General Practice, 67 (660). e453-e459.

2. Wilson, Jennie, Bak, Aggie and Loveday, Heather (2017) Applying human factors ergonomics to the misuse of non-sterile clinical gloves in acute care. American Journal of Infection Control, 45 (7). pp. 779-786.

3. Wilson, Jennie, Prieto, Jacqui, Singleton, Julie, O’Connor, Vivienne, Lynam, Siobhan and Loveday, Heather (2015) The misuse and overuse of clinical gloves: a validated audit to define the problem. Journal of Infection Prevention, 16 (1). pp. 24-31.

Our data is provided by EPrints (via the UWL Repository), IRUS-UK, and Altmetric.

News Roundup June 2017

Posted on July 3, 2017July 5, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

No Deal, No Review

Finnish researchers are signing up to boycott editorial and peer review duties for Elsevier journals, to encourage fair pricing and increased open access for major journals. More details can be found here.

APA Takedown Requests

APA, the American Psychological Association, launched a so-called ‘Pilot Program‘ targeting unauthorised posting of the final published version of APA articles on university websites. Several days later, following major concerns raised by authors and librarians, the Pilot Program was ‘refocused‘ to target unauthorised posting on ‘commercial piracy sites’.

New University Presses

The Chronicle of Higher Education launched a series of articles reviewing the rise of new university presses.

Open Repositories Conference

The conference programme for the annual Open Repositories Conference, to be held at the University of Queensland 26-30 June 2017, has been finalised and can be found here. This major conference aims to bring together users, managers and developers of repositories from across the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) sector.

Diamond Open Access

The Scholarly Kitchen highlighted the possibilities for societies to transitioning their journal publishing programmes to a ‘diamond’ open access model. Diamond open access involves no fees for gold open access for both authors and institutions.

The Academic Book of the Future

The final reports for the Academic Book of the Future have been launched. The project investigated how scholarly work in the Arts and Humanities might be produced, read, published and preserved in the near future. It involved input from all relevant stakeholders, including librarians, publishers, researchers, readers and booksellers. Discussion about the reports can be found under the Twitter hashtag #AcBookReports.

Journal Impact Factors 2017

The new Journal Impact Factors (JIF) have been announced, with many librarians and scholarly communications professionals reminding the community that the JIF, like any metric, has (many) downfalls. Read, for example: ‘Removing the Journal Impact Factor from Faculty Evaluation‘.

Research Data

New recommendations published by the CLUE (Cooperation & Liaison between Universities & Editors) working group suggest that research data should be kept for 10 years. This would particularly help to increase the transparency of research, and aid in research misconduct investigations.

Guardian Long Read

One of June’s Guardian ‘Long Reads‘ was dedicated to the practice of scholarly publishing, with the author analyzing the long history of publishers’ profiteering, and the interactions between Elsevier and the UK publisher Pergamon (now part of Elsevier). Its publication led to much discussion on Twitter, with the founder of PeerJ reminding the open access community that academics may have a responsibility to be more selective in their choice of publisher if they want a more certain move towards fair open access.

Tim Miles-Board

Tim Miles-Board, one of the key developers of EPrints, sadly passed away in June and the open access community have been paying their respects. Goldsmiths Research Online have dedicated their repository and ongoing work to him.

News Roundup May 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Publons Academy

Publons has launched the Publons Acadamy, a peer review training course for early career researchers, which aims to teach the core skills needed by a peer reviewer.

Peer Review Week

Peer Review Week 2017 has been announced. Running from 11-17 September, this is a global event that celebrates the importance of peer review in the scholarly communications landscape. Various online and in-person events will be organised around the world. See more information here.

RDM Toolkit

LEARN has launched the Toolkit of Best Practice for Research Data Management. It presents best practice case studies and sample policy and leadership strategies for setting up research data management plans. Free to download, it was launched at the LEARN Final Conference on 5 May 2017, in London, UK.

4:AM Altmetrics Conference

The 2017 Altmetrics Conference has been announced. It will be held in Toronto, Canada, from 26-29 September. The call for papers is open until 12 June.

LawArXiv

A new pre-prints server for law articles has been launched. LawArXiv is intended to host early versions of published papers.

Interpreting Altmetrics

Altmetric has produced a new blogpost on how to interpret Altmetric data around academic research. It reminds researchers not just to look at Altmetric scores, but to look more closely at the specific mentions.

Untangling Academic Publishing

Emerging from a 4-year project funded by the UK AHRC, the Untangling Academic Publishing has been published. It provides a historical grounding on the interrelationship between commercial interests, academic prestige and the communication of research. In doing so, this report offers insights into what the future of academic publishing might look like.

Repository Summary May 2017

Posted on June 2, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Below you will find a summary of UWL Repository activity for May 2017. We will provide this data each month, showing the most talked about outputs (highest Altmetric scores) and the most downloaded outputs. Links to these papers are included below so you access these via our open access repository.

The top 5 most downloaded outputs for May 2017:

1. Berridge, Graham (2015) Event experiences: design, management and impact. Doctoral thesis, University of West London.

2. Brown, Roger (2015) The marketisation of higher education: issues and ironies. New Vistas, 1 (1). pp. 4-9.

4. Hine, Benjamin A. and Northeast, Tony (2016) Using feed-forward strategies in higher education. The terrifying novel assignment: using feed-forward to improve students’ ability and confidence on assignments that test new skills. New Vistas, 2 (1). pp. 28-33.

The top 3 most talked about papers:

1. Forster, Marc (2017). Information Literacy in the Workplace. Facet Publishing, London, UK. ISBN 9781783301324

2. Lynam, Siobhan and Cachia, Moira (2017) Students’ perceptions of the role of assessments at higher education. Assessment and Evaluation in Higher Education.

3. Canfield, Martha, Worrell, Marcia and Gilvarry, Catherine (2017) Determinants of substance use amongst Brazilians residing in the UK: the role of acculturation. Drug and Alcohol Review.

Our data is provided by EPrints (via the UWL Repository), IRUS-UK, and Altmetric.

Repository Summary April 2017

Posted on May 1, 2017June 2, 2017 by uwlopenaccess

Below you will find a summary of UWL Repository activity for April 2017. We will provide this data each month, showing the most talked about outputs (highest Altmetric scores) and the most downloaded outputs. Links to these papers are included below so you access these via our open access repository.