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Open Research seminar series: Open publishing and peer review with Wellcome Open Research

By Gareth Knight · May 8, 2024 · Open Access, Open Research, Uncategorised · No comments

Thu, May 23, 2024 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BST.

Seminar recording
The recording can be accessed by completing the registration form at https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/2890971650647376730.

This online seminar will introduce the open publishing and peer review model used by Wellcome Open Research, alongside other F1000-supported platforms, such as Gates Open Research, Open Research Europe, NIHR Open Research and F1000Research.

Attendees will gain an understanding of the publication requirements for Wellcome Open Research, and the workflows for submission, revision, and post-publication open peer review. It will provide advice for authors on how to address challenges in open access publication, and engage with the revision and peer review process that follows.

The seminar will also highlight several emerging trends in open publishing and research, including the use of pre-print servers, and the newly announced verified pre-print platform, VeriXiv – a partnership between F1000 and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Research Online revealed: an in-depth look at repository usage

By Cadence Ware · May 3, 2024 · Metrics and Statistics, Open Access, Open Research · No comments

The LSHTM research repository, ‘Research Online’, currently contains 61,867 items, which were downloaded over 55,000 times in 2022-2023. But have you ever wondered exactly who is actually using it?

Well, look no further! We’ve broken down the numbers for an in-depth look at exactly what…

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Newspaper with the headline, UKRI: "Monographs must be OA" "Make us open access too" says monographs.

New UKRI Open Access policy – what you need to know, how to comply and how we can help

By @gemcq · August 30, 2023 · Uncategorised · No comments

Coming soon: Monographs join articles in UKRI policy update. Cries of, “Make us open access too!” can be heard from long-form outputs across the land. A blogpost by Alice Fodor.

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World Book and Copyright Day 2023

By Eloise Carpenter · April 17, 2023 · Uncategorised · No comments

World Book and Copyright Day is a celebration to promote the enjoyment of books and reading. Each year, on 23 April, activities take place all over the world to recognize the scope of books, linking the past and future, and creating a bridge between generations and across cultures. On this…

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Statistics and more statistics

By Pamela Clarke · March 8, 2022 · Uncategorised · No comments

Did you know that there have been over 8 million downloads from LSHTM Research Online since its inception in 2011 ! That is a lot of downloading !In January 2022, there were 161,445 downloads alone, compared with 68,690 in January 2021. If we look at download trends over the…

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Coming soon: UKRI’s new Open Access policy!

By · February 1, 2022 · Open Access, Plan S, Research Online, Transformative Agreements · No comments

It’s what we’ve been waiting for – news on UKRI’s new open access policy, and their take on Plan S!*

The new policy applies to:

peer-reviewed research articles submitted for publication on or after 1 April 2022.monographs, book chapters and edited collections published on or after…

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What’s green and gold and transformative ?

By Pamela Clarke · January 11, 2022 · Uncategorised · No comments

The simple answer is Open Access funding options ! Many of you are probably familiar with the Green and Gold routes to funding your research. If not, here’s a brief reminder. Green is a free route, where you will be able to deposit a version of your manuscript to LSHTM…

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Benefits of Open Access

By Pamela Clarke · January 11, 2022 · Uncategorised · No comments

Are you curious about Open Access and what this all means for your research ? If you are not, well you should be ! There are many numerous benefits for you and LSHTM to publish Open Access, including achieving global exposure for your research, increased citation rates, and building up a bank…

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Plan S: an update

By · November 26, 2020 · Open Access, Plan S, Transformative Agreements · No comments

Well, it’s 4 weeks to Christmas and that means that it’s 5 weeks until the first funders commit to Plan S! On 1st January 2021, Wellcome Trust and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will officially be Plan S-ers.

What follows is a quick reminder of what this…

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Plan S – Key Updates and Transformative Agreements

By · June 8, 2020 · Open Access, Plan S, Research Online, Transformative Agreements · No comments

As developments in the implementation of Plan S begin to gain pace, it is important that researchers at LSHTM prepare themselves to stay informed of changes that may impact their planned publications as we move forward into a shifting publishing landscape. This is especially true for researchers funded by bodies…

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