Screenshot of Worktribe output creation wizard, demonstrating the location of the Notes field.

Recording your research data in Worktribe

Researchers at Edinburgh Napier University produce a large amount of research data, much of which can be added to Worktribe and made public. We encourage…

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Edinburgh Napier University Research Publications and Open Access Policy

Edinburgh Napier University Research Publications and Open Access Policy

The university has a new Research Publications and Open Access Policy. The new policy is designed so that: More information is available on the Open…

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FAIR data

FAIR data

FAIR data is research data which meets the FAIR principles: Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability. Some of these principles – especially around findability and accessibility…

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Open access for books

Open access for books

While a lot of the focus for open access is on journals, there are now many book publishers that authors can work with to make…

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REF 2029 Open Access Policy Announced

REF 2029 Open Access Policy Announced

The new open access policy for REF 2029 has been announced and we now know the criteria that must be met for publications to be…

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Open policy finder

Open policy finder

The Jisc service formerly known as Sherpa has re-launched under the new name of ‘Open policy finder‘. This brings together the functionality of the three…

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Open Research Scotland spring meeting

Open Research Scotland spring meeting

The Edinburgh Napier University repository team attended the Open Research Scotland meeting last week, which was hosted by the Scottish Funding Council in Edinburgh. ORS…

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Open Access Publishing training session

Open Access Publishing training session

An online training session about open access publishing for Edinburgh Napier University staff and research students is running on 25 April as part of the…

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Open access publishing at Edinburgh Napier

Open access publishing at Edinburgh Napier

Edinburgh Napier University has never had any central funds to pay for the costs of making research articles open access. Nevertheless, two-thirds of the articles…

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A review of transitional agreements in the UK

A review of transitional agreements in the UK

Jisc has today launched a significant new report about open access publishing – a review of transitional agreements in the UK. It contains data and…

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