Category: Scholarly Communication Services
Open Access in Progress: An Overview of Participation of HKU Authors in Open Access Publishing
— by Fanny Liu Open access, a key element of open science, has become an emerging trend in recent years. Noted that open science practices, which foster openness, transparency, and inclusiveness, are already in place worldwide, the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science (2021) called for promotion of a common understanding of open science, associated benefits…
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State of Open Data 2023: Nuanced approach, readily available support, and AI awareness
— by Chloe Ng Conducted by Digital Science, Figshare and Springer Nature, the State of Open Data 2023 survey was carried out in June 2023, collecting a total of 6091 valid responses from researchers who had published or submitted a manuscript to a journal within the last 5 years worldwide. Respondents represented diverse geographical regions,…
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HKU Performance in ESI data – Research Performance Statistics Released in September 2023
— by Vivian Qiu 1. Introduction to ESI data Essential Science Indicators (ESI) data are statistical data that help identifying top-performing research and emerging areas of research in science and social sciences based on the Web of Science Core Collection data. ESI surveys more than 11,000 journals across 22 broad disciplines (Essential Science Indicators Help,…
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Streamlined systematic review: Covidence and its new eligibility criteria feature supporting the PICOS framework
— by Chloe Cheng Systematic review is a method of analysis based on a comprehensive pool data, preferably using exactly comparable research studies [1]. It promotes evidence-based decision making through making maximum use of the best available evidence from all available sources. Subscribed by the Libraries, Covidence is a systematic review management tool helping students and…
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Celebrate the Spectacular Success of Open Access Week 2023 at HKU
— by Fanny Liu We are overjoyed to share the tremendous success of Open Access Week 2023 at HKU Libraries. Please join us in celebrating this remarkable achievement. It is still not too late to revisit the webinars and join a quiz to test your knowledge afterwards! Scroll down for highlights of the event. Open…
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Celebrate the Open Access Week 2023 with HKU Libraries
— by Florence Ng The International Open Access Week is organized by SPARC in partnership with the Open Access Week Advisory Committee every year, aiming to provide an opportunity for the academic and research community to learn what the potential benefits of Open Access (OA) are, to share what they have learned or their own…
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Publish and Share Your Research: Suggestions from Editors and Librarians Seminar Series
— by Fanny Liu The Libraries is co-organizing a series of seminars with CITE (Centre for Information Technology in Education, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong) to provide researchers with useful advice on publishing your research. Eight seminars on various topics by journal editors and librarians will be held in this academic year.…
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Breaking Down Barriers: Transformative Agreements Bringing Open Access to Research
— by Fanny Liu Transformative agreement A transformative agreement is a type of open access publishing agreement that seeks to transform the traditional subscription-based model of scholarly publishing into a more sustainable and equitable system. This new model includes two main components: “Read” and “Publish”. “Read” refers to the subscription fees to access journal articles…
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Transforming Open Access: Report of the 16th Berlin Open Access Conference
— by Florence Ng The Conference From 6-7 June 2023, representatives of research communities from 38 nations and six continents gathered at the 16th Berlin Open Access Conference (B16) hosted by the Max Planck Society. The purpose of the conference was to gather global actors in discussion of viable strategies to transform scholarly publishing from…
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An Impactful Initiative: A Summary of HKU Libraries Open Access Author Fund in 2022/23
— by Fanny Liu The HKU Libraries Open Access Author Fund, a key initiative of the Libraries to support open access by HKU researchers, has been run for the first financial year. Join us in celebrating success with a few outcome snapshots. Applications In the financial year 2022/23, the Fund supported 84 journal articles authored…
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