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Open Science training
Phase 4 - Publishing and sharing data
An introduction to Open Access, including green and gold open access publication routes.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (05:01mins)
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to Open Access with reasons for publishing open access, the differences between ‘Gold’ and ‘Green’ routes, and where to publish open access including in institutional and subject repositories.
A basic introduction to Open Access originally recorded for the Library Skills training summer programme. The presenter in this video will:
- give an outline of open access
- discuss why researchers should publish open access
- discuss ‘Gold’ versus ‘Green’ access
- provide an understanding of institutional, subject and commercial repositories
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (06:12mins)
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to open science and publishing, including the publication process, use of open peer review, pre-prints and the pre-registration of research before it is conducted.
A basic introduction to Open Science as it applies to publishing. This session was originally recorded for the Library Skills training summer programme and comprises:
- an outline of scholarly publishing
- open peer review
- preprints
- the risk of predatory journals
- pre-registration and registered reports
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (07:25mins)
Course period: Ongoing
A presentation introducing you to open science practices as they apply to open access publishing.
This presentation is part of the FIT4RRI workshop entitled “Open Science in the core of research and innovation” that took place October 2nd, 2019 in Thessaloniki.
Topics covered:
Open Science practices
Open Access Publishing
- what is Open Access and how to provide it
- how to implement Open Access and Open Science
- Open Access in Horizon 2020: how to comply with H2020 Open Science requirements
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Online presentation
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to open science practices as they apply to open access publishing including how to publish open access, find a suitable repository, understand funder requirements, and Article Processing Charges (APCs).
This course helps you to become skilled in Open Access (OA) publishing in the context of Open Science. By the end of the course, you will:
- understand how to publish your work openly and be aware of the advantages
- be able to find an OA publisher for your research
- know how to find a suitable repository to provide OA and archive your work
- know how to publish OA monographs
- understand funders’ expectations and policies on OA
- be able to secure funding for Article Processing Charges (APCs) where applicable
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: An interactive mix of text, video and quiz.
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to publication licencing, including how to select the most appropriate licence and how different licence can affect how research outputs are reused.
Licensing your research outputs is an important part of practicing Open Science. In this course, you will:
- know what licenses are, how they work, and how to apply them
- understand how different types of licenses can affect research output reuse
- know how to select the appropriate license for your research
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: An interactive mix of text and quiz
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to copyright and licencing with particular reference to Creative Commons licences and their use in scholarly communication, including open access publishing.
A basic introduction to Copyright and Licensing. This session was originally recorded for the UCL Library Skills training summer programme. The presenter in this video will
- discuss copyright
- provide a detailed look at Creative Commons licences and how they are used in scholarly communication, including in open access publishing
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (09:25mins)
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to copyright and its implications for scholarly communication, on teachers and researchers, as well as institutions.
This free workshop is the first of two on ‘Introduction to Copyright’. The first session focuses on copyright considerations in the context of publishing. Copyright is an area of scholarly communications that affects every researcher at some stage of their academic career. Engaging with copyright is therefore crucial to any involvement in both publishing and teaching, affecting individuals, and potentially the reputation of the institution. The first session will introduce attendees to the brief origins of copyright with a focus on copyright considerations in both publishing and teaching. By the end of the session, attendees will have a better understanding of different terms and licences available for publishing in different formats. Attendees will also be familiar with the blanket copyright licences that the UK Higher education institutions tend to utilise for teaching. Furthermore, common copyright questions will be addressed and the importance of appreciating the situation-dependent nature of copyright will be highlighted.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (75:33mins)
Course period: Ongoing
Learn about copyright and licencing in the context of creating, using or sharing secondary data.
This second session on copyright focusses on copyright considerations in the context of secondary data use. This free online workshop will cover the following issues:
- secondary data and its common sources
- copyright ownership and duration
- copyright exceptions and limitations
- copyright in an international context
- copyright and licenses
- other relevant rights in secondary data use
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (51:52mins)
Course period: Ongoing
Learn about ethics approval for research involving human participants, the different types of consent, as well as how to ethically and legally share and re-use research data.
Does your research involve human participants? This means your research will require ethical approval. Do you know the different types of consent, for example consent for research participation and consent for data protection? How much do you know about the role of informed consent in data sharing and reuse, ethically and legally? Do you plan to publish your data for future reuse?
This free online workshop will explain the difference between types of consent and how, as a researcher, you can consider data archiving, plus future reuse in the consent process, considering one-off and process consent.
This session will also focus on highlighting best practices to prepare consent documentation. We will evaluate consent forms researchers have used in practice and discuss the model consent form the UK Data Service advocates.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (76:54mins)
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to open peer review, how to conduct an open peer review, as well as open peer review workflows and associated practices.
This course introduces you to open peer review (OPR), an emerging practice which is gaining momentum as part of Open Science. Upon completing this course, you will:
- understand what OPR means and how it supports Open Science
- be aware of OPR workflows and which aspects of the review process can be conducted openly
- know how to write a constructive and responsible open peer review
- know about useful tools and services that can support you putting OPR into practice
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: An interactive mix of text, video and quiz
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to open peer review, including the benefits of transparency to both the peer review process and researchers.
At ScienceOpen, we’re realizing that “open,” once applied really at the article level, is now being applied to the whole process. Open peer review is a prime example of this. By opening up the peer review process, we increase transparency in the review process and benefit researchers by giving them credit for their review. In this webinar, Stephanie Dawson, ScienceOpen CEO, gives a demonstration of the power of open peer review.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (45:34mins)
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to pre-prints and post-prints.
This is a recording of a 45minute introductory webinar on preprints. With our guest speaker Philip Cohen, we’ll cover what preprints/postprints are, the benefits of preprints, and address some common concerns researcher may have. We’ll show how to determine whether you can post preprints/postprints, and also demonstrate how to use OSF preprints (https://osf.io/preprints/) to share preprints.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (54:34mins)
Course period: Ongoing
A useful bitesize introduction to pre-prints and open peer review.
A preprint is a draft version of a research paper that’s posted on a public server, often at the same time as it’s sent for peer review. By definition a preprint is not peer-reviewed, but some open access journals, including UCL’s own megajournal, UCL Open: Environment, UCL Child Health Open Research and Wellcome Open Research publish preprints as part of an open peer-review process. You can post your manuscript as a preprint instantly, allowing you to communicate new research and share results quickly without having to wait for the peer-review process to be completed.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (04:01mins)
Course period: Ongoing
A useful introduction to pre-prints and how you can use them to share your research.
This course shows you how sharing preprints can improve your research and support Open Science. By the end of the course, you will:
- know what preprints are
- be able to find a suitable preprints platform to share your early findings
- understand the pro and cons of sharing preprints
- be aware of how sharing preprints can benefit your career progression
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: An interactive mix of text, video and quiz
Course period: Ongoing
An introduction to pre-prints and their contribution to scholarly publications.
Bryan Cook and Stacy Shaw provide an introduction to preprints with a focus on their contributions and limitations in the context of current models of scholarly publishing. We discuss various "levels" of open access publishing (Gold, Bronze, and Green), and how the use of preprints can supplement some of the limitations of these common open access publishing models. Research on the use of preprints are highlighted, and we discuss how preprints/postprints may be leveraged to promote open access.
Language: English
Level: Master’s, PhD, early-stage researcher
Format/length: Video (59:30mins)
Course period: Ongoing
