Category Archives: Support
Citation analysis tool – Microsoft Academic Search
This is one of a series of posts describing tools that are available for citation analysis. For other tools see here.
Like Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic Search indexes millions of scholarly papers but unlike the Google product it offers a range of extra features, among them citation counts and the facility to follow citation paths.
Tools for citation analysis
FAQ: How can I find out which works are most cited?
Even though the decision has been made not to use citation counts as the primary measure of research excellence in REF2014, there are several good reasons why you might be interested in the number of times your work, or that of others, has been cited. For example:
- to measure and track the uptake of specific research outputs by the scholarly community
- to enhance bids for funding
- to demonstrate personal, group and institutional research performance
- to support career advancement
In this series of posts I will introduce some of the tools that you can use for citation analysis and explain briefly how you can access them.
Careers Fair – 25 October 2012 – Sunley Conference Centre
On Thursday 25 October, the University is hosting a major Careers Fair between 1100-1500 in the Sunley Conference Centre. There are a number of high profile employers attending this event who will be keen to meet our students – including postgraduate researchers. The event provides an ideal opportunity to talk with local and national employers about existing and possible future employment vacancies.
Further details regarding the event can be obtained from the Careers and Employability Service on x2727 or at http://www.northampton.ac.uk/careers.
Love British Books 2012 (and NECTAR)
Through October the Gallery Corridor at Avenue Campus is displaying selections from Love British Books 2012, an exhibition of contemporary British literature, book decoration and design co-curated by Paul Middleton and Carolyn Puzzovio.
The exhibition was first shown at the Museum of Art and Literature, Yerevan, Armenia in June to mark Yerevan’s selection as UNESCO’s City of the Book 2012 and the 500th anniversary of the first book printed in Armenia.
The book accompanying the exhibition is available to view on NECTAR, the university’s repository of research output – read on to learn about the benefits NECTAR can offer.
Wherefore art thou RoMEO?
FAQ: Can I legally upload the full text of my journal article to NECTAR?
At a School research meeting yesterday I was asked whether it was legal, for copyright reasons, to deposit the full text of a journal article in NECTAR.
The answer, perhaps surprisingly, is very often YES.
Announcing an engagement
You only have to look at recent statements from Research Councils UK, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Wellcome Trust and others to know that researchers are under increasing pressure to create and manage their data in an appropriate and, ideally, open way.
The University of Northampton was one of the earliest universities to develop a research data policy. Our policy is straightforward. It recognises that good research is underpinned by good research data management and expects researchers to follow RCUK recommendations for achieving this. On a practical level it encourages each researcher to produce a data management plan at an early stage of their research lifecycle and to deposit their data in a data repository on the completion of the project.
Effective Part-Time Researcher day
Are you studying for your research degree part-time? Why not book your free place on The Effective Part-time Researcher workshop?
12 October 2012, University of Nottingham
A one-day programme for part-time postgraduate researchers early in the ‘middle part’ of their part-time PhD.
Supervisor Development Programme
The university runs a development programme for supervisors who are new to research degree supervision. It is a validated university postgraduate course and it is delivered as two masters-level modules – Workshops and Observation. It is a requirement of our research degree regulations that everyone who is new to supervision takes the first module – the workshops. The second module is optional but if you complete both you are awarded the Postgraduate Certificate in Research Degree Supervision which you can count as one completion when putting together supervisory teams.
The workshops for 2012/13 will run 9.30-4.00 on Thursday 29th November, Tuesday 4th December and Friday 7th December 2012. There will be a further session of seminars led by participants early in 2013 – date to be negotiated with participants. You will be expected to attend on all of these days. Hopefully you can schedule other commitments, particularly teaching, around these dates.
The programme is co-ordinated by Prof Ian Livingstone. If you would like to join this year’s development programme and haven’t previously contacted Ian, please contact him now.
Welcome to the Research Support Hub
Welcome to the all-new Research Support Hub!
The Hub is a combined initiative from the Graduate School, the Research and Strategic Bidding Office and Library and Learning Services at The University of Northampton.
It aims to be a one-stop-shop for researchers – a place to come for the latest research news, forthcoming events and research support.
You can follow the Research Support Hub by visiting the website at https://researchsupporthub.wordpress.com/ or following its RSS feed.
If you are a researcher at The University of Northampton and have something to share with your research colleagues then please let us know.
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