OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.39 – March 2020)

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Welcome to the latest update on RGU’s open access institutional repository, OpenAIR. If you have any suggestions for things that you would like to see in these monthly updates, or if you have any questions about the repository service, please get in touch with the Publications Team.

News

We hope that everyone is staying home, staying safe and staying well during the pandemic. We have suspended our training sessions on the use of Worktribe until access to campus facilities has been restored. All other repository services are operating as usual, though we apologise for any additional delays while the Publications Team do our best to work from home.

It has been good to hear that many publishers have agreed to provide open access to publications that relate to the coronavirus pandemic, in order to help accelerate research in response to the public health emergency. You may be interested to read the following preprint, which argues that the clear benefits for global research and knowledge mean that this should be the default for all scholarly communication, not just limited to health research in response to a crisis: https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/8yk62

Content

OpenAIR currently contains 3758 outputs. Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following:

  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/887353 = MARTIN, K., WIRATUNGA, N. and SANI, S. [2020]. Locality sensitive batch selection for triplet networks. To be presented at the 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) World computational intelligence congress (WCCI 2020), co-located with 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2020), 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2020), and IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2020), 19-24 July 2020, Glasgow, UK.
  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/886985 = WIJEKOON, A., WIRATUNGA, N. and COOPER, K. [2020]. Heterogeneous multi-modal sensor fusion with hybrid attention for exercise recognition. To be presented at the 2020 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) World computational intelligence congress (WCCI 2020), co-located with 2020 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2020), 2020 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE 2020), and IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC 2020), 19-24 July 2020, Glasgow, UK.

Each School is currently linked to the following number of outputs on OpenAIR:

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Aberdeen Business School – 562
Gray’s School of Art – 250
Law School – 169
School of Applied Social Studies – 137
School of Computing and Digital Media – 488
School of Creative and Cultural Business – 457
School of Engineering – 554
School of Health Sciences – 171
School of Nursing and Midwifery – 257
School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences – 586
Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment – 264
Other departments – 19

Downloads

Last month, in February, there were a total of 5118 downloads from OpenAIR. The most-downloaded items were:

The above data were gathered on 31.03.2020.

OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.38 – February 2020)

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Welcome to the latest update on RGU’s open access institutional repository, OpenAIR. If you have any suggestions for things that you would like to see in these monthly updates, or if you have any questions about the repository service, please get in touch with the Publications Team.

News

We are currently offering one-to-one sessions for researchers on how to capture outputs on Worktribe. If you are interested in having one of these sessions and have not yet heard from us, please e-mail the team to arrange an appointment.

Content

OpenAIR currently contains 3704 outputs. Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following:

  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/840869 = IRONSIDE, R. 2019. ‘Seeing’ ghosts: referential practice and experiencing uncanny events together. Presented at the 2019 International Institute for Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis conference (IIEMCA 19): practices, 2-5 July 2019, Mannheim, Germany.

Each School is currently linked to the following number of outputs on OpenAIR:

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Aberdeen Business School – 559
Gray’s School of Art – 247
Law School – 168
School of Applied Social Studies – 136
School of Computing and Digital Media – 481
School of Creative and Cultural Business – 452
School of Engineering – 530
School of Health Sciences – 170
School of Nursing and Midwifery – 253
School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences – 576
Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment – 262
Other departments – 21

Downloads

Last month, in January, there were a total of 4587 downloads from OpenAIR. The most-downloaded items were:

The above data were gathered on 26.02.2020.

OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.37 – January 2020)

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Welcome to the latest update on RGU’s open access institutional repository, OpenAIR. If you have any suggestions for things that you would like to see in these monthly updates, or if you have any questions about the repository service, please get in touch with the Publications Team.

News

We are currently offering one-to-one sessions for researchers on how to capture outputs on Worktribe. If you are interested in having one of these sessions and have not yet heard from us, please e-mail the team to arrange an appointment.

Content

OpenAIR currently contains 3635 outputs. Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following:

  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/841657 = STERN, C., LIZARONDO, L., CARRIER, J., GODFREY, C., REIGER, K., SALMOND, S., APOSTOLO, J., KIRKPATRICK, P. and LOVEDAY, H. [2020]. Methodological guidance for the conduct of mixed methods systematic reviews. JBI evidence synthesis [online], (accepted).

Each School is currently linked to the following number of outputs on OpenAIR:

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Aberdeen Business School – 554
Gray’s School of Art – 241
Law School – 163
School of Applied Social Studies – 134
School of Computing and Digital Media – 473
School of Creative and Cultural Business – 446
School of Engineering – 521
School of Health Sciences – 163
School of Nursing and Midwifery – 250
School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences – 557
Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment – 258
Other departments – 21

Downloads

Last month, in December, there were a total of 2348 downloads from OpenAIR. The most-downloaded items were:

The above data were gathered on 29.01.2020.

OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.36 – December 2019)

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Welcome to the latest update on RGU’s open access institutional repository, OpenAIR. If you have any suggestions for things that you would like to see in these monthly updates, or if you have any questions about the repository service, please get in touch with the Publications Team.

News

We are currently offering one-to-one sessions for researchers on how to capture outputs on Worktribe. If you are interested in having one of these sessions and have not yet heard from us, please e-mail the team to arrange an appointment.

Content

OpenAIR currently contains 3551 outputs. Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following:

  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/815833 = PAVLOVA, A.V., SAUNDERS, F.R., MUTHURI, S.G., GREGORY, J.S., BARR, R.J., MARTIN, K.R., HARDY, R.J., COOPER, R., ADAMS, J.E., KUH, D. and ASPDEN, R.M. 2017. Statistical shape modelling of hip and lumbar spine morphology and their relationship in the MRC National Survey of Health and Development. Journal of Anatomy [online], 231(2), pages 248-259. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.12631

Each School is currently linked to the following number of outputs on OpenAIR:

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Aberdeen Business School – 551
Gray’s School of Art – 241
Law School – 158
School of Applied Social Studies – 132
School of Computing and Digital Media – 463
School of Creative and Cultural Business – 439
School of Engineering – 508
School of Health Sciences – 159
School of Nursing and Midwifery – 235
School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences – 540
Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment – 249
Other departments – 20

Downloads

In December, there were a total of 2348 downloads from OpenAIR. The most-downloaded items were:

The above data were gathered on 06.01.2020.

OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.35 – November 2019)

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Welcome to the thirty-fifth monthly update on OpenAIR@RGU – RGU’s open access institutional repository. Please direct any queries to the team at publications@rgu.ac.uk.

Service Update

We migrated our legacy data into Worktribe over the summer, but we are still working to fix lots of inaccuracies and errors that have appeared in our records during the migration. If you spot any problems when using Worktribe or OpenAIR, please let us know and we’ll fix them as quickly as possible.

We have started to run training sessions for researchers on how to use the Outputs module in Worktribe. This training covers searching for existing outputs as well as adding new ones. Invitations are being sent directly to researchers according to lists that have been provided by research leads in each School. If you think you should have received an invite and have not heard anything by the end of January, please get in touch with the Publications Team. Please note: you will need to have attended a “Getting Started with Worktribe” basic training session first, in order to be given access to the system. You can find out more about the “Getting Started” sessions by contacting Jane Williams.

Content

The repository currently contains 3,666 links between Schools and outputs (some records are linked to multiple Schools and therefore included in this figure more than once). Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following outputs:

  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/790755 = ROBERTS, R. and FLIN, R. 2019. The psychological factors that influence successful technology adoption in the oil and gas industry. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting [online], 63(1): proceedings of the 63rd Human Factors and Ergonomics Society annual meeting, 28 October – 1 November 2019, Seattle, Washington, pages 1183-1187. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181319631105
  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/784614 = BELAKEHAL, A., TABET AOUL, K., BENNADJI, A. and FARHI, A. 2019. The Relationships Between Users and Daylighting Design in the 20th Century Architectural Practice. Presented at the 7th Zero energy mass custom home international conference 2019 (ZEMCH 2019), 26-28 November 2019, Seoul, Korea.

Each School currently has the following number of records on OpenAIR:

The above data were correct at the time of writing (26.11.2019).

OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.34 – October 2019)

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Welcome to the thirty-fourth monthly update on OpenAIR@RGU – RGU’s open access institutional repository. Please direct any queries to the team at publications@rgu.ac.uk.

Service Update

We migrated our legacy data into Worktribe earlier this year, but we are still working to fix lots of inaccuracies and errors that have appeared in our records during the migration. If you spot any problems when using Worktribe or OpenAIR, please let us know and we’ll fix them as quickly as possible.

Later this year, we will begin running training sessions for researchers on how to use the Outputs module in Worktribe. This training will cover searching for existing outputs as well as adding new ones. Please note: you will need to have attended a “Getting Started with Worktribe” basic training session first, in order to be given access to the system.

Content

The repository currently contains 3,623 links between Schools and outputs (some records are linked to multiple Schools and therefore included in this figure more than once). Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following outputs:

  • https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/724009 = ALDERSEY-WILLIAMS, J., BROADBENT, I.D. and STRACHAN, P.A. [2019]. Analysing the performance of United Kingdom (UK) offshore wind farms using public data: improving the evidence base for policy development. Utilities Policy [online], (accepted).

Each School currently has the following number of records on OpenAIR:

The above data were correct at the time of writing (30.10.2019).

Survey of researchers’ perceptions of incentives and disincentives in the research system on research integrity

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Vitae in partnership with UKRIO have been commissioned by Research England, on behalf of UKRI to undertake a research integrity landscape study.

The project will consider the effects of incentives (drivers and motivators) in the research system on researcher behaviour in the context of research integrity, how these incentives are perceived by different stakeholders and the impact of these incentives on researcher behaviour and organisational practices more broadly.

The survey is open for responses from individuals and organisations connected to the UK research ecosystem, including all individuals who support research or researchers in the UK. We are looking for researchers at all career stages (including PhD candidates) and in all disciplines, who are based in the UK, to participate in the survey.

We would be grateful if you would promote this study to your relevant staff, students and other networks https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/researchintegritystudy – the survey closes on Wednesday 6 November.

In light of growing interest in improving research culture, this study will uncover how research integrity is supported and enhanced within the UK research landscape, as well as how it could be better supported.

Further information is available here

Vitae Research Integrity Workshop, 8 October 2019, Edinburgh.

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Would you like to contribute to a research study of research integrity? The Concordat to Support Research Integrity (2012) defines research integrity as ‘maintaining the highest standards of rigour and integrity in all aspects of research’

Including:

  • Honesty in all aspects of research
  • Rigour in methods, interpretations and communication
  • Transparency and open communication
  • Care and respect for participants, subjects and the stewardship of research and scholarship

Vitae in partnership with UKRIO have been commissioned by Research England, on behalf of UKRI to undertake a research integrity landscape study. This project will consider the effects of incentives (drivers and motivators) in the research system on researcher behaviour in the context of research integrity, how these incentives are perceived by different stakeholders and the impact of these incentives on researcher behaviour and organisational practices more broadly. 

The study involves a number of research workshops between July and October and a large-scale researcher survey in the autumn.We are looking for researchers at all career stages (from PhD candidate upwards) and in all disciplines, who are based in the UK, to participate in one of the workshops. We are now seeking expressions of interest for autumn events. These will take place in several locations across the UK. The workshop is a half-day programme and participants are not asked to do any preparation or follow-up.

To register interest for the Edinburgh Workshop, held at the Scottish Funding Council, follow this link.

Please note that we will seek to balance attendance at the workshops taking into account discipline, career stage and institution. Workshop places are limited and we will confirm places by email and hold a waiting list.

OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.33 – September 2019)

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Welcome to the thirty-third monthly update on OpenAIR@RGU – RGU’s open access institutional repository. Please direct any queries to the team at publications@rgu.ac.uk.

Service Update

We migrated our legacy data into Worktribe over the summer, but we are still working to fix lots of inaccuracies and errors that have appeared in our records during the migration. If you spot any problems when using Worktribe or OpenAIR, please let us know and we’ll fix them as quickly as possible.

Later this year, we will begin running training sessions for researchers on how to use the Outputs module in Worktribe. This training will cover searching for existing outputs as well as adding new ones. Please note: you will need to have attended a “Getting Started with Worktribe” basic training session first, in order to be given access to the system. Contact the RAMP team (ramp@rgu.ac.uk) to arrange your basic training.

Content

The repository currently contains 3,571 links between Schools and outputs (some records are linked to multiple Schools and therefore included in this figure more than once). Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following outputs:

Each School currently has the following number of records on OpenAIR:

Chart displaying numbers of research outputs on OpenAIR for each School.

Downloads

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide reliable download statistics at the moment. This is due to technical issues that arose during the migration to Worktribe. We hope to be able to provide this information again soon.

The above data were correct at the time of writing (25.09.2019).



OpenAIR@RGU – monthly update (no.32 – August 2019)

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Welcome to the thirty-second monthly update on OpenAIR@RGU – RGU’s open access institutional repository. Please direct any queries to the team at publications@rgu.ac.uk.

The repository currently contains 3,517 links between Schools and outputs (some records are linked to multiple Schools and therefore included in this figure more than once). Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following outputs:

• https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/400913 = HETHERINGTON, S. and SWINTON, P. [2019]. Progressive resistance plus balance training for older Australians receiving in-home care services: cost-effectiveness analyses alongside the muscling up against disability stepped-wedge randomized control trial. Journal of aging and physical activity [online], (accepted).

• https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/322629 = SENARATNE, S., VICTORIA, M.F. and SAMARAWEERA, A. 2019. Building a supportive culture for sustained organizational learning in public sectors including project learning. In Albastaki, Y.A., Al-Alawi, A.I. and Al-Bassam, S.A. (eds.) Handbook of research on implementing knowledge management strategy in the public sector. Hershey: IGI Global [online], pages 91-111. Available from: https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-9639-4.ch005.

• https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/392639 = VILELA, M., OLUYEMI, G. and PETROVSKI, A. [2019]. Sensitivity analysis applied to fuzzy inference on the value of information in the oil and gas industry. International journal of applied decision sciences [online], (accepted).

Each School currently has the following number of records on OpenAIR:

Downloads

This month, there have been a total of 13,713 downloads from OpenAIR. The most downloaded items include:

• http://hdl.handle.net/10059/1937 = ANDERSON, C. 2017. Delivery of goods in the custody of a third party: the role of the custodier. Edinburgh law review [online], 21(2), pages 143-168. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2017.0408 (457 downloads)

• http://hdl.handle.net/10059/921 = LAING, R. and SCOTT, J. 2011. Remnants of Scottish stone architecture in Nova Scotia. International journal of heritage studies [online], 17(5), pages 478-496. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2011.583669. (439 downloads)

• http://hdl.handle.net/10059/275 = WEIR, C., LAING, D. and McKNIGHT, P.J. 2002. Internal and external governance mechanisms: their impact on the performance of large UK public companies. Journal of business finance and accounting [online], 29(5-6), pages 579-611. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-5957.00444 (410 downloads)

The most downloaded theses this month include:

• http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2403 = CLEVERLEY, P.H. 2017. Re-examining and re-conceptualising enterprise search and discovery capability: towards a model for the factors and generative mechanisms for search task outcomes. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. (233 downloads)

• http://hdl.handle.net/10059/792 = ROBERTSON, D.M. 2012. Critical thinking and clinical reasoning in new graduate occupational therapists: a phenomenological study. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. (233 downloads)

• http://hdl.handle.net/10059/234 = CONNON, N.G. 2007. Factors impacting on technology acceptance for the micro/SME electronics retailer. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. (191 downloads)

The above data were correct at the time of writing (27.08.2019).