Open research at Imperial
Open research (also known as open science) means conducting and sharing research in ways that enable transparency, equity, accessibility and reliability. Whilst the methods and processes of open research vary between disciplines; individual researchers, the research system and society can benefit from open research practices.
Open Research at Imperial
Open access
- Learn about Imperial’s open access policy, funds and publisher agreements to publish open access
- Deposit accepted papers in Spiral to meet your funder and REF open access requirements
- Use Creative Commons licenses to protect author and reader rights and learn how your funders use the Rights Retention Strategy to support these rights
Responsible research assessment
- Be informed of the College’s commitment to fair, transparent and robust research assessment as a signatory of DORA since 2017 and the ways this is implemented in hiring, promotion and funding procedures
- Get help to access and interpret bibliometric data
- Look beyond citations and traditional impact with alternative metrics
Diverse publishing models
- Essential information on preprints
- Publish reports and non-peer reviewed content in Spiral
- Ensure that you receive credit for all your research outputs and career highlights by using ORCID and synchronise it with Symplectic to minimise administration
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FAIR data management and sharing
- Understand the essentials of why research data needs to be Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable
- Learn how to practically achieve FAIR data by choosing a data repository, licencing your data and linking your data to publications
Best practice in software engineering
- Essential information for doctoral students on making research software open and shareable
- Complete guide to working with software and data at Imperial
Research culture
- Read about Imperial’s culture of research integrity and excellence, research wellbeing and equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
- Imperial staff and students can access the Imperial Research Culture Toolkit to learn more about the policies, practices and initiatives at Imperial
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Open research community
- Subscribe to the Imperial Open Research Newsletter for a bimonthly roundup of news, research and events for all Imperial staff and students interested in open research
- Join the Imperial RIOT Science Club chapter for seminars and conferences that promote skills for Reproducible, Interpretable, Open and Transparent science and be part of the national RIOT Science Club community
- Join the Imperial Research Software Community’s mailing list and Slack workspace
- Check out the UK Reproducibility Network’s community resources and events
Useful contacts
The Scholarly Communications Management team can also help with the following:
Open Access - contact openaccess@imperial.ac.uk
Research Data Management - contact rdm-enquiries@imperial.ac.uk
Bibliometrics - contact bibliometrics@imperial.ac.uk
Copyright - contact Ask the library (login required)