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Web of Science (WoS): introduction
Web of Science (WoS) is a portal of several scholarly databases. Ghent University has access to:
- Science Citation Index (SCI)
- Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (AHCI)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH)
- Emerging Sources …
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Scopus versus Web of Science - de verschillen
In de markt voor multidisciplinaire citatiedatabanken zijn Web of Science (kortweg 'WoS'; van uitgever Elsevier) en Scopus (van uitgever Clarivate Analytics) de twee grote spelers.
Web of Science bestaat al lang (sinds 1961) en heeft een gevestigde reputatie. Scopus is jonger (2004) maar is intussen ook wereldwijd bekend als 'de …
Read moreSearching: what is a citation search?
A citation search can go forward or backward in time. If you go forward in time, you look for the sources that cited your original article. If you go back in time, you look for the sources cited by your original article (also called "snowball search").
Benefits … Read more
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Open Access to your publications
Open Access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature freely available online to anyone interested.
Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose, subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness. It does not affect authors' freedom to choose …
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CrimRxiv
CrimRxiv is a field-specific open access repository where you can publish both preprints and postprints of articles in the field of criminology in open access. It is the only repository dedicated specifically to papers in criminology. By making research available (in the form of pre- and postprints) in green open access, …
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Start an Open Access Journal
Via the Open Access platform UGent
The University Library Ghent offers a publication platform for (UGent) editors of open access journals via https://openjournals.ugent.be/. Existing journals as well as brand new ones can use the platform to publish their journal online.
Not only can you publish the articles, you can …
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DMPonline.be: sign in via ORCID
This tip explains in which situations you might want to sign into and use DMPonline.be via ORCID, and how to do this.
For more general information on how to use the planning tool DMPonline.be, check out the following tips:
- On …
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FAIR: What are the FAIR data principles?
FAIR refers to a set of attributes that enable and enhance the reuse of data (and other digital objects) by both humans and machines. The 'FAIR' acronym stands for:
- Findable
- Accessible
- Interoperable
- Reusable
The FAIR principles originated in the life sciences, but can also be applied …
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integrity
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Scopus (Elsevier)
Scopus is an interdisciplinary bibliographical database with more than 61 million items from 105 countries in over 40 languages. It contains:
- Peer-reviewed journals published from 1823 onwards
- Conference proceedings
- Books (mainly on social sciences, the arts and philosophy)
- Patents
Scopus maintains the following criteria to ensure qualitative resources:
- The publications …
Data analysis resources
Are you looking for some resources to improve your data science skills, or information on software like R and RStudio? We'll give you a few options below.
Data analysis examples by UCLAThe webpage data analysis examples by UCLA lists a number of statistical analysis techniques and their application …
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Open Access in Belgian legislation
On September 5th 2018, the Belgian Official Journal published an Open Access provision in the Belgian law. This law gives authors the right to make scholarly publications available in Open Access with a maximum embargo period of 6 months for Science Technology and Medicine (STM) and 12 months for Social Science …
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Open Access colours: green, gold, diamond, hybrid and more
Open Access comes in different colours. While we especially use the term green OA, gold OA and hybrid OA, other terms refine those broader terms.
This tip addresses some of the Open Access flavours.
Diamond Open Access refers to a scholarly publication model in which journals and platforms do not …
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ORCID: what is it?
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) provides a persistent identifier that will distinguish a researcher from other researchers throughout their scholarly career. An ORCID is globally unique and will continuously refer to the same researcher. Funders (e.g. NIH, HEFCE, ...) and publishers (e.g.. Elsevier, American Association for the Advancement of …
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Creative commons: open licence for copyrighted works
General info
A Creative Commons licence is an open licence. These kinds of licences allow certain, globally recognised, standardised re-use of copyrighted material. It is a so called upfront licence. You don't have to ask for permission to access, share or use a protected work, the permission is granted automatically. …
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Publish: how to submit an article in a scholarly journal?
How do you get your article published in a journal? How do you choose the right journal?
The Knowledge Center for Health Ghent (KCGG) lists several tips on getting published for the medical sciences. Here's a selection of generally applicable tips.
How do you select a journal? Criterion Tools Content Read morelevel: algemeen
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Open Access: How to make publication Open Access when an embargo from a publisher applies?
Most major research funders now have a mandate for outputs to be made open access. If the journal of your choosing does not provide an open access option or sets an embargo to provide open access, there are alternative ways to provide immediate or delayed open access to your publication. …
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copyright
EU
Horizon Europe
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Research Data Management: What is RDM?
Research Data Management (RDM) is a broad term that encompasses all practices and actions to ensure that research data are secure, sustainable, and easy to find, understand and (re)use, not only during a research project, but also in the longer term. Taking proper care of data is an essential …
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open science
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Open Research Data Pilot and research data management for Horizon 2020 projects
What is it about?
Open data is data free to use, reuse, and redistribute. The Open Research Data Pilot of the European Commission aims to make research data generated by Horizon 2020 projects openly available. There are two main pillars to the pilot: developing a Data Management Plan (DMP) and …
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open science
research data management
EU funding: what are the Open Access requirements for publications in Horizon Europe?
In Horizon Europe, the European Commission (EC) requires that all peer-reviewed publications resulting from project funding are open access (OA), i.e., freely available online with no restrictions on use, by depositing them in a repository. Peer reviewed articles should be made Open Access immediatly after publications, embargo's are no …
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PID: What is a persistent identifier for publications and datasets?
What is a persistent identifier?
A persistent identifier or PID, such as a DOI or Handle, is a permanent, unique reference to a digital object. Not all identifiers ensure persistency and uniqueness like a PID (see examples below). Moreover, when a PID for a digital object is created, descriptions of …
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Critical reading: how to read a scientific article
A scientific article might be short, but it is usually dense in information, which can make it harder to read. Below, you can find some tips.
General guidelines
- Take notes while you read to make sure you understand what you're reading.
- Don't know a word? Look it up and …
Assess the quality of a scholarly journal
Researchers can choose from tens of thousands of scholarly journals to disseminate their research results. It's not always easy to find out which ones are reliable.
General guidelines- Think. Check. Submit is a checklist to help you identify trustworthy journals and publishers.
- Have (many of) your trusted peers published in …
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Biblio
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journal
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open science
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Open Research Europe: what is it?
Open Research Europe
Open Research Europe (ORE) is a scholarly publishing platform available to Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe beneficiaries. It comes at no cost, has a rigorous and open peer review process, and the open access model enables everyone to access the results.
The ORE platform was set up …
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Horizon Europe
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open science
Open Access: How to use the Rights Retention Strategy?
Funders such the European Commission (Horizon Europe) require immediate open access with a CC BY license to all peer-reviewed scholarly publications. To meet those requirements, researchers have three options:
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EU funding: Open Research Data for ERC grants - H2020
What is the Open Research Data Pilot?
The European Commission has been encouraging open access to and reuse of digital research data through the Open Research Data Pilot (ORD Pilot), following FAIR data principles:
All research data should be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable (FAIR). The ERC has adopted this …
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Horizon 2020
Horizon Europe
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Searching scientific literature: an example from psychology by prof. dr. Brosschot
Almost every scientific study starts with an extensive literature search. You look for the articles written on your subject of interest and you'll gradually discover unanswered questions or new lines of thoughts worth exploring.
When you start writing your own article, you'll usually include a literature review summarising the …
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GDPR: What should I consider when using social media data for scientific research?
Social media contain an ever-increasing source of information and data. More and more (sensitive) (personal) data is published on social media profiles by the users themselves. But to what extent may this data then be used to base research on, for instance? Consideration must in any case be given …
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Chapterscan: searching and finding references and content tables of books
It is possible for researchers and students at UGent to request chapter scans of some of the books via the catalogue (lib.ugent.be). You can find a blue button "Get chapter scan" if we provide this service on a book.
Here are some tips & tricks to make this …
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Reference software: overview of tips
EndNote Starting with EndNote
Importing references in EndNote
- EndNote: importing a Mendeley library
- EndNote: importing references
- EndNote: importing references from Web of Science
Editing references in EndNote Read more
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V&A ((Dutch) reference style for law school)
If you are a student or researcher at the faculty of law, you are expected to use the legal references and abbreviations in your (Dutch) publications (thesis, scientific articles). In EndNote you will find this reference style as V&A.
Since EndNote is an American software package, a separate version of …
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