Karen Rowlett

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Is there an Open Access advantage for policy citations? We think so (but there’s more to explore) Overton recently presented a short lightning talk and poster at the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) conference on whether or not there was an open access citation advantage…

To mark Open Access Week, we’re revisiting one of our blogs from 2022, where we did a mini-analysis looking at whether open access publications receive more policy citations than paywalled ones.

To learn what we did and what we found, head to our blog:

Tray of fairy cakes with the open access logo as cake toppers

Tray of fairy cakes with the open access logo on them.

Tiramisu vegan cupcakes on a tray

All ready for #openaccessweek at work tomorrow.

Not to mention all those important bits of paper that are sent first class and tracked only to disappear into a postal void. 'Wet' signatures are a pain when you and the other executor live 120 miles apart.

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PODCASTS

Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research

In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.

Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.

Let's go
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A collage of images including a person with headphones on working at a desk, a person weaving straw together and someone in a lab holding a bottle. A open padlock graphic is laid over each image and text reads Open and Engaged 2025. Who owns our knowledge? Monday 20th, Wednesday 22nd, Thursday 23rd October, online conference..

Don't miss our free, online Open and Engaged Conference 2025, as part of #InternationaOpenAccessWeek.

This year we're exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.

Register for free: bit.ly/BLEngagedCon...

Which floor/area did you choose? There are so many options in our library

I did a whole music round for a quiz on this once - one of my favourites: Wishing (If I Had a Photograph of You)
Song by A Flock Of Seagulls ‧ 1983

Does this mean I get to come and talk to you about ORCIDs and Open Access? Hope so! Have fun!

A small brown and beige crocheted bat

A small crocheted bat resting on a ball of yarn

Having fun making little bats for our welcome week yarn bombing project. One on the right was my prototype. I think the one on the left is better anatomically #bats #crochet

A scarecrow dressed in men's clothing in a walled garden amongst the vegetables

Two male red deer with impressive antlers standing beside each other

Two ice cream cones being held towards the camera by a male and female hand

A collection of poppy seed heads in a garden

Enjoyed visiting #CalkeAbbey over the weekend. Great walk through the deer park with volunteer Andrew. Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk

Thank you for volunteering. We enjoyed trying out the Conkers #parkrun over the weekend while staying nearby

A brightly coloured goldfinch perched on some dried flower heads with poppies and leaves around

Two goldfinches perched on the dried heads of cornflowers and eating the seeds

Great to see goldfinches feeding on the seeds of wildflower patch we planted in our garden this year. I've seen them on lavender before but I think these were on cornflowers. Taken from the kitchen window so full grainy zoom #birds #gardens #RDGUK

#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience #AcademicResearch #AcademicWriting #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter 🧪

Went for our Sunday morning run a bit earlier than usual to avoid the heat. Nice trot along the #Thames at #RdgUK. There should be a fitbit activity setting for putting on and escaping from a sports bra.

BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 33, 201st Birthday Bonanza - Mel Giedroyc, Deborah Meaden and Nish Kumar Get ready for a landmark episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage celebrating our 201st show!

The BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage just celebrated its 201st birthday episode.

Nish Kumar wanted to know: so, climate change, are we screwed?

My answer: we are not screwed, yet.

Listen to the whole episode:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

I think you are spot on with the ID. We've seen more bald eagles today on Vancouver Isand and there were lots of juveniles on show

Possibly, though the chicks from this adult were still in the nest as we saw them being fed the large fish

A large bird of prey against a blue sky in the Canadian rockies

A large bird of prey in flight seen against a rocky outcrop in the Canadian rockies.

Could this be a golden eagle? It had an altercation with a bald eagle by Medicine Lake, near Jasper, Alberta, Ca. We think the band eagle stoke a fish from the other bird #birds #eagles #rockies

I think I entered it for several years. What I was going to do with a pony on a council estate in Teesside, I've no idea!

We're so lucky to see them at such close quarters

and huge in a small garden!

A red kite sitting in a tree at the bottom of an urban garden in Reading, Berks, UK. The bird is looking at the camera. Taken through an upstairs window.

What an amazing bird to find perching at the bottom of your small urban garden! We get them overhead all the time but have not had one landed before. Red kite reintroduction has been a real success in Southern UK. Taken through an upstairs window #birds #redkite #Milvus #RdgUK

A table with lots of cakes and biscuits in tins and containers ready for a cake sale

So impressed with my library colleagues who baked and consumed cake so we can twin a toilet and contribute to the UN SDGs. Our goal was 1 loo but it looks as if we'll be able to fund 3.

Great white egret wading in a pool

Great white egret and a little egret

Snap! Saw my first one on the UK Lincolnshire coast yesterday #birds

The drug to control Graves disease is not covered but as soon as my son had his thyroid destroyed by radiation, the thyroxine he is dependent on is covered.

That would be great. Thank you

Great white egret and little egret by the edge of a pool

Great white egret stalking in shallow water

Two Oystercatchers

W0ading birds

Beautiful day for a 14km walk with some great birds on the way. First time I've seen a great white egret #birds #wollabank @lincsbirding.bsky.social

Picture of me with a parkrun ferry meadows banner and a backdrop of a lake. I'm wearing a black top and bright leggings with sunflowers on

Lovely morning for a #Parkrun at #FerryMeadows near #Peterborough. Friendly volunteers and a nice course. Surprisingly, I was first in my age category and 80th woman out of 235 #running

Neon sign that says save lives, give plasma

Tray of small pretty cupcakes with the save lives give plasma slogan printed on a rice paper topper.

Did my first plasma donation this evening. Easy, painless and I get to keep my red blood cells.
#GiveBlood #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #NHS #RdgUK