Category: Academic publishing
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Predatory Journals.
What are they and what can you do to avoid getting caught? An unfortunate part of the publishing landscape is the rise of the predatory journal. Unscrupulous “publishers” offer what appears to be comparatively cheap routes to gold open access but do not provide a suitable publishing platform to promote research or sustain openness. They…
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Wellcome Trust 2021 OA Policy – Retention of IP Rights
On 1 January 2021, Wellcome Trust will require that all funded authors retain the necessary intellectual property rights to comply with their new Open Access Policy. This can be accomplished through one of the following three publication routes: Publish in a fully open access journal or platform under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence.…
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Wellcome Trust Open Access Policy 2021
Wellcome Trust will implement a new Open Access policy on 1 January 2021. The policy will apply to all original, peer reviewed research articles that acknowledge Wellcome Trust funding and are submitted for publication from 1 January 2021. Publication Costs Wellcome Trust will continue to support article processing charges (APCs) for open access journals…
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An ORCID sets you apart from the crowd
An ORCID is a unique, digital identifier that connects you, your research, and your affiliations. Having one makes you easily identifiable as the author/creator of a research output, meaning you get the appropriate credit for it. Your ORCID comes with an online profile that can be linked to systems like Discovery (the University of Dundee’s research…