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Spotting the ‘predatory’ publisher
FAQ: A publisher I haven’t heard of has invited me to submit a paper to their journal. How do I know that they are reputable? Following the publication of the Finch Report and the subsequent actions...
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Journal Citation Reports – 2013 data now available
Thomson Reuters have just released a new version of Journal Citation Reports (JCR), now including 2013 citation data. Please do take a look to see how your preferred journals have fared over the last...
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Graduate School Workshops in February 2015
We have a range of workshops running in February, open to Postgraduate Research Students and Early Career Researchers at UN. They include short 2 hour workshops in qualitative and quantitative data...
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A brief history of your h-index
Join campus Columbo Professor Jeff Ollerton on an intrepid adventure to calculate the evolution* of his Web of Science h-index, using nothing more than an online database, an export file and a copy of...
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The Altmetric bookmarklet – a researcher view
“Academics seem to be obsessed with metrics of all kinds at the moment, and I’m certainly not immune to it as my recent post on the h-index demonstrated. So I was intrigued by a new (at least to me)...
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Open Access Week webinars
Next week (October 19th to 25th) is international Open Access Week. It is a great time to catch up on what open access means for you and your research. Here at Northampton we will mark the occasion...
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Online tutorials for PGR students and early career researchers
There are now five new interactive tutorials on the Skills Hub. You will find them in a new section ‘Postgraduate Research Skills‘ on the ‘Academic Skills‘ tab. Author bibliometrics – examines the key...
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The Metric Tide: Are you using bibliometrics responsibly?
Recent years have seen an increase in the use of metrics for research assessment. Whether using citation data to support REF scores, calculating an h-index to compare researchers or research groups,...
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Webinar with Professor Charles Oppenheim – Part 3 – Research Methods
I hope that you are able to join us for our last webinar in this series on research methods. Time: 12 pm – 1 pm Location: Wherever you have access to a laptop/desktop/mobile… and wifi Date: 21st of...
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12pm – 1 pm – Tuesday 21st March – Research Methods – Professor Charles...
FREE WEBINAR Professor Charles Oppenheim will be presenting on Research Methods (Part 3) Covering: Nick Moores Info Policy Analysis Matrix Bibliometrics Citation Analysis Measuring Impact Journal...
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