News
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Registration is now open for the new doctoral course: Publishing Strategies and Research Visibility
The PhD course Publishing strategies and research visibility is primarily aimed at doctoral students and junior researchers at Örebro University.
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Drop-in support for researchers on updating researcher profiles
By January 20th, researchers and doctoral students affiliated with Örebro University need to update their profiles in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, as well as create or update their ORCID.
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New interface for EBSCO databases
On January 7, EBSCO will update the interface of its databases. Here you can read more about what to consider before the update.
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Academic Writing doctoral course
Academic Writing is a course regularly offered to doctoral students at Örebro University who want to improve their English writing skills. Three credits are awarded for participation in five online sessions together with work done between meetings.
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Cochrane Interactive Learning - for those conducting a systematic review
Cochrane Interactive Learning is a learning resource on conducting systematic literature reviews, which takes you step by step through the work process and what to consider.
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Cabell's Predatory Reports is a valuable resource that helps you avoid predatory journals when publishing
Predatory journals are disreputable publications that prioritise profit over scientific integrity and do not meet all the standards expected of scholarly journals. Being published in a predatory journal can diminish the credibility of your research.
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Find unintentional plagiarism using iThenticate
iThenticate is a text screening tool that researchers can use to check for similarities and unintentional plagiarism. The results provide information about the degree of similarity between your work and previously published material.
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New Publishing Agreements with JMIR, eLife, and Copernicus
During April and May, Örebro University has entered into additional publishing agreements.
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New version of the SciFree Search Service
For some time now, there has been a new version of SciFree. The old platform has been redirected to the new version, but if you have saved a bookmark in your browser, you should update it.
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Funders in joint open access initiative
The research funders Swedish Research Council, Forte, Formas, and Vinnova have made a strategic decision on a funding model to support publication with publishers that exclusively publish fully open access journals.
