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 will be celebrating International Open Access Week during the final week of October. Keep an eye out for a special series of blog posts during that week, which will highlight various aspects of open research and the OpenAIR repository service at RGU!
As a reminder, please get in touch with us at publications@rgu.ac.uk if you would like to arrange a training session (or refresher) on how to add your outputs to Worktribe.
Content
OpenAIR currently contains 4847 outputs. Some examples of recent additions to the repository include the following:
- https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1472472 = GIL, S., FILHO, W.F., SHINJO, S.K., FERRIOLLI, E., BUSSE, A.L., AVELINO-SILVA, T.J., LONGOBARDI, I., DE OLIVEIRA JÚNIOR, G.N., SWINTON, P., GUALANO, B., ROSCHEL, H. and the HCFMUSP COVID-19 Study Group. 2021. Muscle strength and muscle mass as predictors of hospital length of stay in patients with moderate to severe COVID-19: a prospective observational study. Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle [online], Early View. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcsm.12789
- https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1447289 = KYDD, A. 2021. Menopause and personal protective equipment: how does this meet acceptable working conditions? Case reports in women’s health [online], 32, article e00356. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crwh.2021.e00356
- https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1472384 = AFOLABI, R., OLUYEMI, G.F., OFFICER, S. and UGWU, J.O. 2021. A new approach for quantitative mapping of retention mechanisms of associative polymers in porous media. Journal of molecular liquids [online], In Press. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2021.117685
- https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1465144 = POWER, A., STEWART, D., CRAIG, G., BOYTER, A., REID, F., STEWART, F., CUNNINGHAM, S. and MAXWELL, S. 2021. Student and pre-registration pharmacist performance in a UK prescribing assessment. International journal of clinical pharmacy [online], Latest articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11096-021-01317-z
Each School is currently linked to the following number of outputs on OpenAIR:
Aberdeen Business School – 675
Gray’s School of Art – 299
Law School – 202
School of Applied Social Studies – 203
School of Computing – 647
School of Creative and Cultural Business – 520
School of Engineering – 744
School of Health Sciences – 238
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedic Practice – 368
School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences – 776
Scott Sutherland School of Architecture and Built Environment – 332
National Subsea Centre – 32
Other departments – 47
Downloads
Last month, in August, there were a total of 4733 downloads from OpenAIR. The most-downloaded items were:
- https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1005563 = HAGEN, S., BUGGE, C., DEAN, S.G. et al. 2020. Basic versus biofeedback-mediated intensive pelvic floor muscle training for women with urinary incontinence: the OPAL RCT. Health technology assessment [online], 24(70), pages 1-144. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta24700
- https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1000407 = OGUNNUSI, M., HAMMA-ADAMA, M., SALMAN, H. and KOUIDER, T. 2020. COVID-19 pandemic: the effects and prospects in the construction industry. International journal of real estate studies [online], 14(Special Issue 2), pages 120-128. Available from: https://www.utm.my/intrest/files/2020/11/2_Final_MS_CRES-Covid-025.pdf
- https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/941374 = LAWANI, A. 2018. Investigating project management practice in Nigerian government construction organisations: a systems thinking approach. Robert Gordon University [online], PhD thesis. Available from: https://openair.rgu.ac.uk
The above data were gathered on 29.09.2021.
