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The future of scholarly publishing: from short term solutions to permanent change

By Josie Caplehorne | 19 May 2020

A truism that has been proclaimed frequently in recent weeks is that once the coronavirus is tackled and the immediate crisis has passed, “things will … Read more

Advent KARlendar: Fun, festive facts for every day of advent

By Josie Caplehorne | 28 November 2019

Lots of festive facts about Research Support at Kent have been revealed so far! Click on the image below to head to our interactive Advent … Read more

Kent preparation for Plan S – Making full and immediate Open Access a reality

By Sarah Slowe | 04 December 2018

There is an increasing amount of interest, from many areas, in ‘Plan S’ and how it will affect open scholarship, academic publishing and research funding. … Read more

Test your research impact muscles!

By Josie Caplehorne | 07 November 2018

Take the quiz to test your research impact muscle and discover what more you can do to ensure your work gets found, read and cited. … Read more

REF and Responsible Metrics

By Sarah Slowe | 30 July 2018

After a busy month (Or couple of months!) including a day in London talking about systematically allocating DOI’s for bookchapters, a few days in Lille … Read more

Responsible metrics at Kent – so what?

By Sarah Slowe | 04 April 2018

We have, as an institution signed the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment and adopted the Leiden Manifesto  – what do I need to do? … Read more

Statement on fair assessment of research

By Sarah Slowe | 22 February 2018

The University of Kent has affirmed its commitment to the fair assessment of research through the signing of the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment … Read more

Has the tide turned? A new culture for Responsible Metrics is on the horizon

By Sarah Slowe | 12 February 2018

Katrine Sundsbø reflects on the UK Forum for Responsible Metrics event, held on the 7th February 2018. The topic ‘responsible metrics’ has gone from hot … Read more

The time has come, the OSC said, to talk of metric things.

By Sarah Slowe | 01 February 2018

Love them or loathe them, metrics are here… and like the fabled buses, come along in groups. Navigating the code language and acronym soup (JIF? … Read more

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