Open Research, University of Aberdeen
@openresearchuoa.bsky.social
Open Research at University of Aberdeen. Providing expertise, support, advice and news on #OpenResearch #OpenAccess #OpenData
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/support/open-research.php
https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/support/open-research.php
A new term has begun! Check out our guide to finding Open Access resources for help finding teaching materials that will be affordable and accessible to all your students, even online students working from abroad who may not be able to use all e-resources licensed by the university
abdn.site/x8qKf
abdn.site/x8qKf
January 27, 2026 at 10:16 AM
A new term has begun! Check out our guide to finding Open Access resources for help finding teaching materials that will be affordable and accessible to all your students, even online students working from abroad who may not be able to use all e-resources licensed by the university
abdn.site/x8qKf
abdn.site/x8qKf
On the last day before break our OA community gave to us: a wonderful community!
Thanks to everyone who participates in this endeavour of trying to make the world of research dissemination more open, fair, equitable, and human-centered. It isn't always easy, but it's always better in community🥰
Thanks to everyone who participates in this endeavour of trying to make the world of research dissemination more open, fair, equitable, and human-centered. It isn't always easy, but it's always better in community🥰
December 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On the last day before break our OA community gave to us: a wonderful community!
Thanks to everyone who participates in this endeavour of trying to make the world of research dissemination more open, fair, equitable, and human-centered. It isn't always easy, but it's always better in community🥰
Thanks to everyone who participates in this endeavour of trying to make the world of research dissemination more open, fair, equitable, and human-centered. It isn't always easy, but it's always better in community🥰
On the 2nd day before break the OA community gave to us: our new SciFree Journal Search Tool!
This makes it much easier for authors to figure out which journals they can publish in at no cost, even if they don't have funding. Try it out now!
This makes it much easier for authors to figure out which journals they can publish in at no cost, even if they don't have funding. Try it out now!
Publisher Agreements | Library | The University of Aberdeen
Open Research
www.abdn.ac.uk
December 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On the 2nd day before break the OA community gave to us: our new SciFree Journal Search Tool!
This makes it much easier for authors to figure out which journals they can publish in at no cost, even if they don't have funding. Try it out now!
This makes it much easier for authors to figure out which journals they can publish in at no cost, even if they don't have funding. Try it out now!
On the 3rd day before break the OA community gave to us: a brand new draft policy for open data from @ukri.org ! This policy will help support researchers making their data open and incorporating FAIR principles into their data management!
UKRI developing new research data policy framework
New pan-UKRI research data policy framework will maximise the value of data arising from UKRI funding and support an open research and innovation culture.
www.ukri.org
December 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
On the 3rd day before break the OA community gave to us: a brand new draft policy for open data from @ukri.org ! This policy will help support researchers making their data open and incorporating FAIR principles into their data management!
On the 4th day before break the OA community gave to us: the @ukri.org Open Access Fund for Books!
This funding has dramatically improved many author's ability to publish their books open access. At UoA we've had 2 books and one chapter published through this funding!
This funding has dramatically improved many author's ability to publish their books open access. At UoA we've had 2 books and one chapter published through this funding!
December 16, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On the 4th day before break the OA community gave to us: the @ukri.org Open Access Fund for Books!
This funding has dramatically improved many author's ability to publish their books open access. At UoA we've had 2 books and one chapter published through this funding!
This funding has dramatically improved many author's ability to publish their books open access. At UoA we've had 2 books and one chapter published through this funding!
On the 5th day before break the OA community gave to us: the launch of the @morphss.bsky.social project!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
December 15, 2025 at 9:24 AM
On the 5th day before break the OA community gave to us: the launch of the @morphss.bsky.social project!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
MORPHSS is working to push forward open research in the humanities and social sciences by understanding the unique needs of that community, and we can't wait to see what they accomplish!
On the 6th day before break the OA community gave to us: the sheer joy of seeing our 'Carve your PhD contest spread to new institutions! We were thrilled to see all the contestants (and glorious champion) from @ljmuresearch.bsky.social and hope to see even more get in on the fun next year!
December 12, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On the 6th day before break the OA community gave to us: the sheer joy of seeing our 'Carve your PhD contest spread to new institutions! We were thrilled to see all the contestants (and glorious champion) from @ljmuresearch.bsky.social and hope to see even more get in on the fun next year!
On the 7th day before break, the OA community gave to us: Landmark research into the state of academic publishing. @hansonmark.bsky.social & team produced two papers: 'The Strain/Drain on Scientific Publishing' demonstrating the challenges we face
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
The strain on scientific publishing
Abstract. Scientists are increasingly overwhelmed by the volume of articles being published. The total number of articles indexed in Scopus and Web of Science has grown exponentially in recent years;…
doi.org
December 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
On the 7th day before break, the OA community gave to us: Landmark research into the state of academic publishing. @hansonmark.bsky.social & team produced two papers: 'The Strain/Drain on Scientific Publishing' demonstrating the challenges we face
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
doi.org/10.1162/qss_...
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
On the 8th day before break, the Open Access community in 2025 gave to us: the launch of Open Journals Collective! 🎉
With the mission of expanding community funded open access journals @ojcollective.bsky.social is an important project for future of scholarly publishing www.openjournalscollective.org
With the mission of expanding community funded open access journals @ojcollective.bsky.social is an important project for future of scholarly publishing www.openjournalscollective.org
December 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
On the 8th day before break, the Open Access community in 2025 gave to us: the launch of Open Journals Collective! 🎉
With the mission of expanding community funded open access journals @ojcollective.bsky.social is an important project for future of scholarly publishing www.openjournalscollective.org
With the mission of expanding community funded open access journals @ojcollective.bsky.social is an important project for future of scholarly publishing www.openjournalscollective.org
For Day 9 we see: The Copim Compass! This comprehensive and continuously updated guide from our friends @copim.bsky.social provides resources for anyone wanting to get involved in Open Access book production be you a: author, publisher, editor, software designer or library
abdn.site/vNQ3U
abdn.site/vNQ3U
December 9, 2025 at 10:35 AM
For Day 9 we see: The Copim Compass! This comprehensive and continuously updated guide from our friends @copim.bsky.social provides resources for anyone wanting to get involved in Open Access book production be you a: author, publisher, editor, software designer or library
abdn.site/vNQ3U
abdn.site/vNQ3U
There are only 9 more school days before our offices shut for the Holiday break and we're beginning to feel a bit festive!
We're going to do an Advent Calendar/Holiday countdown of sorts celebrating our favourite things that have happened in the world of Open Research in the last year!
We're going to do an Advent Calendar/Holiday countdown of sorts celebrating our favourite things that have happened in the world of Open Research in the last year!
a man with a red beard is standing next to a stuffed gnome in front of a building .
Alt: The Ghost of Christmas Present and Scrooge in his dressing gown from Muppet Christmas Carol are dancing from side to side
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December 9, 2025 at 10:29 AM
There are only 9 more school days before our offices shut for the Holiday break and we're beginning to feel a bit festive!
We're going to do an Advent Calendar/Holiday countdown of sorts celebrating our favourite things that have happened in the world of Open Research in the last year!
We're going to do an Advent Calendar/Holiday countdown of sorts celebrating our favourite things that have happened in the world of Open Research in the last year!
We're excited for you to try our newest Open Access tool! Read all about it in our latest blog post
abdn.site/k8ItZ
abdn.site/k8ItZ
Making Open Access Easier: Introducing the SciFree Journal Search Tool
<br>Our institution now has a growing number of open access agreements with publishers. These agreements — often called ‘Read and Publish’ or ‘Transitional’ Agreements — allow affiliated researchers t...
abdn.site
December 3, 2025 at 11:11 AM
We're excited for you to try our newest Open Access tool! Read all about it in our latest blog post
abdn.site/k8ItZ
abdn.site/k8ItZ
🎁This year’s top gift for researchers:
A tool that tells UoA researchers exactly which journals they can publish OA in through our institutional publisher agreements.
SciFree Journal Search—saving time and APCs www.abdn.ac.uk/library/open...
A tool that tells UoA researchers exactly which journals they can publish OA in through our institutional publisher agreements.
SciFree Journal Search—saving time and APCs www.abdn.ac.uk/library/open...
December 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
🎁This year’s top gift for researchers:
A tool that tells UoA researchers exactly which journals they can publish OA in through our institutional publisher agreements.
SciFree Journal Search—saving time and APCs www.abdn.ac.uk/library/open...
A tool that tells UoA researchers exactly which journals they can publish OA in through our institutional publisher agreements.
SciFree Journal Search—saving time and APCs www.abdn.ac.uk/library/open...
'Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia' www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hmmmm, we're not sure if this one is DORA-compliant, tbh
What do you think, are skewed metrics still dominating academic life, despite our attempts at reform?
Hmmmm, we're not sure if this one is DORA-compliant, tbh
What do you think, are skewed metrics still dominating academic life, despite our attempts at reform?
Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia
Science has become obsessed with publishing numbers. With this new satirical proposal, have we reached peak metric?
www.nature.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
'Introducing the j-metric: a true measure of what matters in academia' www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Hmmmm, we're not sure if this one is DORA-compliant, tbh
What do you think, are skewed metrics still dominating academic life, despite our attempts at reform?
Hmmmm, we're not sure if this one is DORA-compliant, tbh
What do you think, are skewed metrics still dominating academic life, despite our attempts at reform?
Are you confused about the REF2029 open access requirements and how to make sure your work will be eligible? Sign up on coursebooking for our 'ExplORe Session: Guide to the REF2029 Open Access Requirements' and we'll explain it all. Tomorrow at 2PM
📢Only one more day to sign up!🏃
abdn.site/GREF29
📢Only one more day to sign up!🏃
abdn.site/GREF29
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Are you confused about the REF2029 open access requirements and how to make sure your work will be eligible? Sign up on coursebooking for our 'ExplORe Session: Guide to the REF2029 Open Access Requirements' and we'll explain it all. Tomorrow at 2PM
📢Only one more day to sign up!🏃
abdn.site/GREF29
📢Only one more day to sign up!🏃
abdn.site/GREF29
Have the changing guidelines for REF left you confused or uncertain? Join us for a session where we demystify the REF29 Open Access guidelines and teach you everything you need to make sure your research is eligible. Sign up on Coursebooking abdn.site/GREF29
November 6, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Have the changing guidelines for REF left you confused or uncertain? Join us for a session where we demystify the REF29 Open Access guidelines and teach you everything you need to make sure your research is eligible. Sign up on Coursebooking abdn.site/GREF29
After careful calculation by our most talented number ghouls, we are ready to announce the winner of Carve your PhD 2025: Yujun Wang, from the Computing Science department! Her PhD explores how languages express time and temporal relationships, and how these can be understood by LLMs
November 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
After careful calculation by our most talented number ghouls, we are ready to announce the winner of Carve your PhD 2025: Yujun Wang, from the Computing Science department! Her PhD explores how languages express time and temporal relationships, and how these can be understood by LLMs
Polls close tomorrow morning! Get in your votes! Help us choose the next Halloween champion! abdn.site/phD
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Polls close tomorrow morning! Get in your votes! Help us choose the next Halloween champion! abdn.site/phD
Entries are in, and here are your finalists for Carve your PhD 2025! Neepie lantern enjoyers please note we have a mix of pumpkins and neeps. You can read about their dissertations and cast your vote at: abdn.site/phD
Votes must be in 9:00 on 4 November!
Votes must be in 9:00 on 4 November!
October 31, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Entries are in, and here are your finalists for Carve your PhD 2025! Neepie lantern enjoyers please note we have a mix of pumpkins and neeps. You can read about their dissertations and cast your vote at: abdn.site/phD
Votes must be in 9:00 on 4 November!
Votes must be in 9:00 on 4 November!
This is something we're working on! We've created guides for finding open access resources aimed at unaffiliated scholars, including those in migrant communities. So far available in English, Ukrainian, and Arabic abdn.site/VPS5D
October 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is something we're working on! We've created guides for finding open access resources aimed at unaffiliated scholars, including those in migrant communities. So far available in English, Ukrainian, and Arabic abdn.site/VPS5D
It's the final day! Entries for 'Carve your PhD' are due today! Carve the best pumpkin (or neep!) and you could win this fabulous trophy, plus £25 in book tokens (cat not included)! 🎃🍬🐈⬛🎉
abdn.site/phD
abdn.site/phD
October 30, 2025 at 8:24 AM
It's the final day! Entries for 'Carve your PhD' are due today! Carve the best pumpkin (or neep!) and you could win this fabulous trophy, plus £25 in book tokens (cat not included)! 🎃🍬🐈⬛🎉
abdn.site/phD
abdn.site/phD
One of our first UKRI funded open access books, Narrative Objects, won the 2025 CMA Book Award, recognizing excellence in museum anthropology! This demonstrates how OA matters, widening access to great scholarship and increasing the impact of your work.
Read it here: doi.org/10.4324/9780...
Read it here: doi.org/10.4324/9780...
Narrative Objects | Museums, the Sakha Summer Festival, and Cultural R
Narrative Objects is concerned with the conversations that arise when artists, scholars, and museum practitioners come together with historic objects. Its focus
doi.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:40 AM
One of our first UKRI funded open access books, Narrative Objects, won the 2025 CMA Book Award, recognizing excellence in museum anthropology! This demonstrates how OA matters, widening access to great scholarship and increasing the impact of your work.
Read it here: doi.org/10.4324/9780...
Read it here: doi.org/10.4324/9780...
Did you know today is National #BlackCatDay 🐈⬛?
Which seems like the perfect opportunity to remind you, there are only four more days to get in your entries for Carve your PhD! our annual contest to depict your thesis topic in pumpkin form. Details here: abdn.site/phD
Which seems like the perfect opportunity to remind you, there are only four more days to get in your entries for Carve your PhD! our annual contest to depict your thesis topic in pumpkin form. Details here: abdn.site/phD
October 27, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Did you know today is National #BlackCatDay 🐈⬛?
Which seems like the perfect opportunity to remind you, there are only four more days to get in your entries for Carve your PhD! our annual contest to depict your thesis topic in pumpkin form. Details here: abdn.site/phD
Which seems like the perfect opportunity to remind you, there are only four more days to get in your entries for Carve your PhD! our annual contest to depict your thesis topic in pumpkin form. Details here: abdn.site/phD
It looks like we're in for a dark and stormy weekend so why not stay in with a cosy drink and a Halloween playlist and make your entry for our Carve Your PhD contest!
Carve the best representation of your thesis topic in pumpkin form and win the admiration of all, plus £25 book tokens! abdn.site/phD
Carve the best representation of your thesis topic in pumpkin form and win the admiration of all, plus £25 book tokens! abdn.site/phD
October 24, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It looks like we're in for a dark and stormy weekend so why not stay in with a cosy drink and a Halloween playlist and make your entry for our Carve Your PhD contest!
Carve the best representation of your thesis topic in pumpkin form and win the admiration of all, plus £25 book tokens! abdn.site/phD
Carve the best representation of your thesis topic in pumpkin form and win the admiration of all, plus £25 book tokens! abdn.site/phD
For #OAWeek we had a wonderful event on how we in @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social can, using Open resources and radical hospitality, support #NewScots from scholarly backgrounds to stay connected with their field. We had great support from Grampian Regional Equality Council and Aberdeen City library
October 24, 2025 at 11:04 AM
For #OAWeek we had a wonderful event on how we in @aberdeenunilib.bsky.social can, using Open resources and radical hospitality, support #NewScots from scholarly backgrounds to stay connected with their field. We had great support from Grampian Regional Equality Council and Aberdeen City library