Training and Events

ExplORe Session: Guide to Open Access Research Publications (Recorded Session)

ExplORe: Open Research Essentials is a new series of training sessions from the Open Research Team.

Unlock the world of open access for your research publications and gain valuable insights into the following:

Understanding the routes to open access: publisher and repository-based options
Navigating funder open access policies effectively
Meeting REF open access criteria
Securing your rights: Exploring rights retention

Publishing open access through our publisher agreements
How to get your work into Pure/AURA

This session is designed for all researchers contemplating their next publication. Don't miss out on maximizing the reach of your research findings!

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ExplORe Session: Preparing Your Thesis for Submission (Recorded Session)

Join our Library colleagues who will offer advice on formatting your thesis and how to submit. We'll also give some tips on copyright.

Suitable for all students submitting thesis as part of their degree.

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Explore Session: Demystifying Research Publication Metrics (Recorded Session)

Metrics: there seems to be no escaping them in academia. But what do they measure? Are they good indicators of scholarly worth? Can they be useful, or should we avoid them altogether?

This session will introduce and demystify the most common research metrics used to assess the impact of authors and research publications. These include metrics such as the h-index, citation counts, journal impact factors, and Altmetrics. We’ll explore what they measure, their usefulness and their limitations. We’ll also consider the responsible use of metrics, as advocated for by initiatives such as DORA - The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment.

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ExplORe Session: Introduction to Open Access Books (Recorded Session)

Join Ewan Grant, one of the Library’s Information Consultants, for a session on the evolving landscape of publishing. Explore the rise of open access books and how they fit into our library collections. Ewan will spill the beans on finding and utilizing open access books, sharing insights on how the library supports these collections.

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Research Bites Session: Overview of the Open Research Service (Recorded Session)

Joanna Adams and Lesley Macrae from the Open Research Team gives an overview of the Open Research and how the Team can help University of Aberdeen Researchers.

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ExplORe Session: UKRI Open Access Requirements for Longform Publications (Recorded Session)

The UKRI open access policy extended to include long form publications published from 1st January 2024. This session will provide an overview of the open access requirements for long form publications, including monographs, chapters and edited collections.

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ExplORe Session: Data Management, Governance, and DMP online (Recorded Session)

You’ve begun a research project and have now been tasked with writing a data management plan, or a DMP for short. But where to start? What is a DMP and what do you need to know?

This session is an introduction to data management, governance, DMPs, and DMPonline. Here, we will look at what you need to know before you start, where to start building your DMP, and what information to include. The session will also go over what support is available for you at the University of Aberdeen. There will also be time for questions at the end of the session.

ExplORe Session: Overview of peer review for academic publication and research grants (Recorded Session)

Peer review acts as the gateway and quality control for academic publication and research grants. Knowing how to write, receive and respond to peer reviews is an essential academic skill in every discipline and at every stage of the research process.

In this webinar, we will discuss:

· The changing nature of peer review in open access publishing

· How panels read and review grant applications

· How peer reviewers assess an article or monograph

· How to receive and respond to a peer review of your work

· How peer reviewing can help to develop your academic career.

Whether you're a new PGR or an established academic, this session offers a valuable overview of the process.

Book your place on course booking now.

Tuesday 6th February 2024 2pm-2.45pm

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ExplORe Session: A quick guide to ORCID (Recorded Session)

ORCID is a unique digital identifier that distinguishes researchers and scholars across disciplines.

This session is a quick guide through the straightforward process of creating and managing your ORCID profiles, emphasizing the significance of this identifier in streamlining academic workflows. You will gain insights into how ORCID enhances visibility, ensuring accurate attribution of your scholarly contributions and fostering collaboration within the global research community.

The session will look at the benefits of maintaining an ORCID profile, along with practical tips on linking it to different systems to keep your information up to date with minimal effort.

Tuesday 23rd January 2024 9:15-10am

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ExplORe Session: The Benefits of Using Preprints for Researchers (Recorded Session)

ExplORe: Open Research Essentials is a new series of training sessions from the Open Research Team

In this session, we put the spotlight on preprints and their potential advantages for researchers. Join us as we delve into the various ways you can harness the power of preprints to enhance your research journey.

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ExplORe Session: Navigating Journal Selection: safeguard your research from scams (Recorded Session)

ExplORe: Open Research Essentials is a new series of training sessions from the Open Research Team

Conducting research takes much effort and once it is ready to be published, it becomes crucial for researchers to have the ability to choose a suitable journal, as this choice might affect the integrity, visibility, and impact of their research.

In this webinar, we will discuss:

The importance of making an informed decision when selecting a journal.
Journal metrics, what information do they give us?
Identifying and avoiding predatory journals

Resources available for journal selection

ExplORe Session: Open Data/Research Integrity/Reproducibility (Recorded Session)

ExplORe: Open Research Essentials is a new series of training sessions from the Open Research Team.

We will look at the benefits and process of making data open. We will also cover reproducibility and show how data sharing can safeguard research integrity.

In this webinar we will explore:

Funder requirements and benefits of data sharing
How to share data
Where to share data
Data licensing
Research integrity

ExplORe Session: Discovering InCites: a tool to unveil your research potential (Recorded Session)

ExplORe: Open Research Essentials is a new series of training sessions from the Open Research Team

InCites benchmarking & analytics is a research analytics tool from Clarivate, the company that owns Web Of Science.

In this webinar, we are going to explore InCites' main functionalities by conducting a live demonstration of the platform and step-by-step guidance on using its features. The session includes:

Overview of Research Performance Metrics

Collaboration analysis
Research areas and emerging topics
Benchmarking against peers

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ExplORe Session: Introduction to Rights Retention (Recorded Session)

ExplORe: Open Research Essentials is a new series of training sessions from the Open Research Team.

Discover why it’s important to retain the rights to your accepted manuscripts. Join our short session to learn why rights retention matters for authors and how to practically implement it in your own research journey.

Open Research: Who Are We and What Do We Do? (Recorded Session)

An introduction to the Open Research Team delivered by Susan Halfpenny (Head of Research & Learning Information Services).

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ExplORe Series: Citation Impact: What is it and how to measure it? (Recorded Session)

Learn about citations, how they are measured and where they are counted. This session will give an overview of the theoretical and practical aspects of citations, including:

Citation impact: definition, limitations, and relevance
Citation indicators
Tools that capture citations
Citations and League Tables
How to enhance your research visibility and make sure that your citations are captured in citation databases

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ExplORe Series: Making Data Open: What you need to know. (Recorded Session)

The session will cover:

The reasons for making data open and benefits of reproducibility.
Show how to go about making data open and provide information and resources for making your data FAIR.
The session will also cover choosing and using repositories for making data available
Will look at the importance and practicalities of licensing your data and code

This session is aimed at all levels of researchers interested in learning more about open data

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ExplORe Series: Open Licences for Publications and Data. (Recorded Session)

Find out more about Creative Commons and open licences. Tim Riley, copyright and licensing advisor, and the Open Research team will give an overview of open licences and copyright for publications and datasets.

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ExplORe Series: How to identify potential research collaborators using Web of Science and other tools: a quick guide. (Recorded Session)

Research collaborators play a crucial role in the advancement of research. Through collaborations, researchers bring together their diverse skills and perspectives to tackle complex problems and develop innovative ideas, while enhancing the quality and impact of research.

This session will show how to use different tools, with a particular emphasis on Web of Science, to identify potential research collaborators.

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ExplORe Series: Essential Guide to Pure Profiles. (Recorded Session)

In this ExplORe session our colleague Nykohla Strong from Research & Innovation gives an overview of how to get the best out of your Pure research profile. Including the different ways to add information to your Pure profile and connect with the research portal and other public facing webpages.

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ExplORe Series: Overview of Funder Open Access Policies. (Recorded Session)

This session will give a brief overview of funder open access policies.

We will cover;

open access publishing requirements
rights retention
how to make your research publications open
open data responsibilities
tools to help you check funder and publisher policies

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Explore Series: Looking after your digital wellbeing. (Recorded Session)

Digital technologies enable us to form a global network to further our research, analyse large data sets and communicate research in new interactive and engaging formats. However, they also blur the boundaries between our personal and professional lives, with many of us juggling multiple social media profiles, working on and off campus and connecting to work activities via personal mobile devices. This digital ubiquity is both a blessing and curse: it's great to be able to connect on a global scale but it can also feel like we are 'always on'.

In this ExplORe seminar, we will consider the impact of digital technologies on our wellbeing. We'll reflect on some of the positive and negative impacts of technology, identify strategies for balancing online/offline activities and discuss approaches to dealing with information overload.