Posts by Joanna Adams

International Open Access Week 2024 highlights the importance of open scholarship approaches that prioritize public and academic interests over-commercialization. One such approach, diamond open access, is gaining significant traction. 

Diamond open access publishing…

As we mark this year's International Open Access Week, themed "Community over Commercialisation", I want to share my thoughts on OpenAlex, an open, community-driven scholarly index that offers an alternative to commercial platforms like Web of Science, Scopus and Dimensions.  

Launched in 2022 by OurResearch, a nonprofit…

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…

If you are worried about posting a preprint, don’t be! There’s lots of good reasons to consider posting a preprint. 

Demystifying Preprints 

A preprint is an early version of a scholarly article that hasn’t been peer-reviewed orpublished in a journal or…

New! Open Access Requirements for UKRI Funded Longform Publications

 From 1st January 2024 the UKRI open access policy will apply to long-form publications. Monographs, edited collections, and book chapters published from 1st January 2024 are required to be open access under a Creative Commons licence no later than 12 months…