Monthly Archives: June 2015

The OU supporting research

This morning, Chris, Nadine from RSQ and I delivered a session to research managers and administrators on Open Access publishing and Research Data Management. This is a particularly important audience for us, as these are the people who work day-to-day with OU researchers and can really help us to spread the word about policies and services.

The session was very well-attended and I hope that those who came along will have gone back to their desks with a better understanding of the work we are doing in Library Services  to support researchers with managing their research outputs- be they publications or data.

The slides from the session are available here:

ZendTo – Allowing you to send sensitive research data securely

If your research project involves collaborating with team members based off-site you may be interested in the new Secure File Transfer system (ZendTo) which was recently launched by IT Service Delivery, especially if you’re dealing with sensitive or confidential data.

The tool has already been widely adopted throughout UK academia and enables fast transfer rates and encrypts data (of any file type up to 2GB) for sending.

risk of cloud storage services

This is an OU-approved tool, and is compliant with the University’s Information Security
Policy
. Attaching files to emails and sending them across the internet is not a secure way to send a file as this data is not encrypted by default and could be intercepted. Using the Secure File Transfer system will encrypt the files you send and improve their security.

The tool is also an excellent alternative to cloud storage services such as Dropbox for sharing documents. Use of these services is not approved by the OU for storing or transferring highly confidential or proprietary information, and may not be compliant with your research funder’s information security policy.

More information on how to access and use the tool is available on the IT service delivery intranet pages.

Ranking Altmetrics

Thanks to a handy post on DIY altmetrics I’ve put together a list of top OU publications as ranked by their Altmetric score.  An Altmetric score is calculated by the number of mentions a paper receives in the social media and news outlets (e.g. blogs, Twitter, Facebook, Google+, message boards and mainstream newspapers).  The basic claim of altmetrics is that it measures the reach of research in the wider world beyond academia.  

I’ve posted the top 20 papers (co-)authored by an OU researcher below.  A long list (Digital Object Identifiers, titles and ORO IDs only) is here: ORO Altmetrics Full List.

Fascinating reading, the top 20 is dominated by multi-authored Physical Science papers, frequently in high impact factor journal titles.  And that’s got to be no great surprise given the strength of OU research in this field.  But there are interesting exceptions both in the Top 20 and in the long list!

In order for a publication to appear it has to have a DOI and it has to be archived in ORO – that’s where i got the DOIs!  The raw data is in this google sheet.

The Top 20 OU Publications as ranked by Altmetrics

Sager, William W.; Zhang, Jinchang; Korenaga, Jun; Sano, Takashi; Koppers, Anthony A. P.; Widdowson, Mike and Mahoney, John J. (2013). An immense shield volcano within the Shatsky Rise oceanic plateau, northwest Pacific Ocean. Nature Geoscience, 6 pp. 976–981.

McLennan, S. M.; Anderson, R. B.; Bell III, J. F.; Bridges, J. C.; Calef III, J. F.; Campbell, J. L.; Clark, B. C.; Clegg, S.; Conrad, P.; Cousin, A.; Des Marais, D. J.; Dromart, G.; Dyar, M. D.; Edgar, L. A.; Ehlmann, B. L.; Fabre, C.; Forni, O.; Gasnault, O.; Gellert, R.; Gordon, S.; Grant, J. A.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Gupta, S.; Herkenhoff, K. E.; Hurowitz, J. A.; King, P. L.; Le Mouélic, S.; Leshin, L. A.; Léveille, R.; Lewis, K. W.; Mangold, N.; Maurice, S.; Ming, D. W.; Morris, R. V.; Nachon, M.; Newsom, H. E.; Olilla, A. M.; Perrett, G. M.; Rice, M. S.; Schmidt, M. E.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Stack, K.; Stolper, E. M.; Sumner, D. Y.; Treiman, A. H.; VanBommel, S.; Vaniman, D. T.; Vasavada, A.; Wiens, R. C.; Yingst, R. A. and Science Team, MSL (2014). Elemental geochemistry of sedimentary rocks at Yellowknife Bay, Gale Crater, Mars. Science, 343(6169), article no. 1244734.

Braga-Ribas, F.; Sicardy, B.; Ortiz, J. L.; Snodgrass, C.; Roques, F.; Vieira-Martins, R.; Camargo, J. I. B.; Assafin, M.; Duffard, R.; Jehin, E.; Pollock, J.; Leiva, R.; Emilio, M.; Machado, D. I.; Colazo, C.; Lellouch, E.; Skottfelt, J.; Gillon, M.; Ligier, N.; Maquet, L.; Benedetti-Rossi, G.; Ramos Gomes, A.; Kervella, P.; Monteiro, H.; Sfair, R.; El Moutamid, M.; Tancredi, G.; Spagnotto, J.; Maury, A.; Morales, N.; Gil-Hutton, R.; Roland, S.; Ceretta, A.; Gu, S.-h.; Wang, X.-b.; Harpsøe, K.; Rabus, M.; Manfroid, J.; Opitom, C.; Vanzi, L.; Mehret, L.; Lorenzini, L.; Schneiter, E. M.; Melia, R.; Lecacheux, J.; Colas, F.; Vachier, F.; Widemann, T.; Almenares, L.; Sandness, R. G.; Char, F.; Perez, V.; Lemos, P.; Martinez, N.; Jørgensen, U. G.; Dominik, M.; Roig, F.; Reichart, D. E.; LaCluyze, A. P.; Haislip, J. B.; Ivarsen, K. M.; Moore, J. P.; Frank, N. R. and Lambas, D. G. (2014). A ring system detected around the Centaur (10199) Chariklo. Nature, 508(7494) pp. 72–75.

Sierks, Holger; Barbieri, Cesare; Lamy, Philippe L.; Rodrigo, Rafael; Koschny, Detlef; Rickman, Hans; Keller, Horst Uwe; Agarwal, Jessica; A’Hearn, Michael F.; Angrilli, Francesco; Auger, Anne-Therese; Barucci, M. Antonella; Bertaux, Jean-Loup; Bertini, Ivano; Besse, Sebastien; Bodewits, Dennis; Capanna, Claire; Cremonese, Gabriele; Da Deppo, Vania; Davidsson, Björn; Debei, Stefano; De Cecco, Mariolino; Ferri, Francesca; Fornasier, Sonia; Fulle, Marco; Gaskell, Robert; Giacomini, Lorenza; Groussin, Olivier; Gutierrez-Marques, Pablo; Gutiérrez, Pedro J.; Güttler, Carsten; Hoekzema, Nick; Hviid, Stubbe F.; Ip, Wing-Huen; Jorda, Laurent; Knollenberg, Jörg; Kovacs, Gabor; Kramm, J. Rainer; Kührt, Ekkehard ; Küppers, Michael; La Forgia, Fiorangela; Lara, Luisa M.; Lazzarin, Monica; Leyrat, Cédric; Lopez Moreno, Josè J.; Magrin, Sara; Marchi, Simone; Marzari, Francesco; Massironi, Matteo; Michalik, Harald; Moissl, Richard; Mottola, Stefano; Naletto, Giampiero; Oklay, Nilda; Pajola, Maurizio; Pertile, Marco; Preusker, Frank; Sabau, Lola; Scholten, Frank; Snodgrass, Colin; Thomas, Nicholas; Tubiana, Cecilia; Vincent, Jean-Baptiste; Wenzel, Klaus-Peter; Zaccariotto, Mirco and Pätzold, Martin (2015). On the nucleus structure and activity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Science, 347(6220), article no. aaa1044.

Williams, R. M. E.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Dietrich, W. E. ; Gupta, S.; Sumner, D. Y; Wiens, R. C.; Mangold, N.; Malin , M. C.; Edgett, K. S.; Maurice, S.; Forni, O.; Gasnault, O.; Ollila, A.; Newsom, H. E.; Dromart, G.; Palucis, M. C.; Yingst, R. A.; Anderson, R. B.; Herkenhoff, K. E.; Le Mouelic, S. ; Goetz, W.; Madsen, M. B.; Koefoed, A.; Jensen, J. K.; Bridges, J. C.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Lewis , K. W.; Stack, K. M.; Rubin, D.; Kah, L. C.; Bell III, J. F.; Farmer, J. D.; Sullivan, R.; Van Beek, T.; Blaney, D. L.; Pariser, O. and Deen, R. G. (2013). Martian Fluvial Conglomerates at Gale Crater. Science, 340(6136) pp. 1068–1072.

Farley, K. A.; Malespin, C.; Mahaffy, P.; Grotzinger, J. P.; Vasconcelos, P. M.; Milliken, R. E.; Malin, M.; Edgett, K. S.; Pavlov, A. A.; Hurowitz, J. A.; Grant, J. A.; Miller, H. B.; Arvidson, R.; Beegle, L.; Calef, F.; Conrad, P.; Dietrich, W. E.; Eigenbrode, J.; Gellert, R.; Gupta, S.; Hamilton, V.; Hassler, D. M.; Lewis, K. W.; McLennan, S. M.; Ming, D.; Navarro-González, R.; Schwenzer, S. P.; Steele, A.; Stolper, D. M.; Sumner, D. Y.; Vaniman, D.; Vasavada, A.; Williford, K.; Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F. and Science Team, MSL (2014). In situ radiometric and exposure age dating of the Martian surface. Science, 343(6169), article no. 1247166.

Johnson, Diane; Tyldesley, Joyce; Lowe, Tristan; Withers, Philip. J. and Grady, Monica M. (2013). Analysis of a prehistoric Egyptian iron bead with implications for the use and perception of meteorite iron in ancient Egypt. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48(6) pp. 997–1006.

Rotundi, Alessandra; Sierks, Holger; Della Corte, Vincenzo; Fulle, Marco; Gutierrez, Pedro J.; Lara, Luisa; Barbieri, Cesare; Lamy, Philippe L.; Rodrigo, Rafael; Koschny, Detlef; Rickman, Hans; Keller, Horst Uwe; López-Moreno, José J.; Accolla, Mario; Agarwal, Jessica; A’Hearn, Michael F.; Altobelli, Nicolas; Angrilli, Francesco; Barucci, M. Antonietta; Bertaux, Jean-Loup; Bertini, Ivano; Bodewits, Dennis; Bussoletti, Ezio; Colangeli, Luigi; Cosi, Massimo; Cremonese, Gabriele; Crifo, Jean-Francois; Da Deppo, Vania; Davidsson, Björn; Debei, Stefano; De Cecco, Mariolino; Esposito, Francesca; Ferrari, Marco; Fornasier, Sonia; Giovane, Frank; Gustafson, Bo; Green, Simon F.; Groussin, Olivier; Grün, Eberhard; Güttler, Carsten; Herranz, Miguel L.; Hviid, Stubbe F.; Ip, Wing; Ivanovski, Stavro; Jerónimo, José M.; Jorda, Laurent ; Knollenberg, Joerg; Kramm, Rainer; Kührt, Ekkehard; Küppers, Michael; Lazzarin, Monica; Leese, Mark R.; López-Jiménez, Antonio C.; Lucarelli, Francesca; Lowry, Stephen C.; Marzari, Francesco; Epifani, Elena Mazzotta; McDonnell, J. Anthony M.; Mennella, Vito; Michalik, Harald; Molina, Antonio; Morales, Rafael; Moreno, Fernando; Mottola, Stefano; Naletto, Giampiero; Oklay, Nilda; Ortiz, José L.; Palomba, Ernesto; Palumbo, Pasquale; Perrin, Jean-Marie; Rodríguez, Julio; Sabau, Lola; Snodgrass, Colin; Sordini, Roberto; Thomas, Nicolas; Tubiana, Cecilia; Vincent, Jean-Baptiste; Weissman, Paul; Wenzel, Klaus-Peter; Zakharov, Vladimir and Zarnecki, John C. (2015). Dust measurements in the coma of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko inbound to the Sun. Science, 347(6220), article no. 905.

Thomas, Nicolas; Sierks, Holger; Barbieri, Cesare; Lamy, Philippe L.; Rodrigo, Rafael; Rickman, Hans; Koschny, Detlef; Keller, Horst Uwe; Agarwal, Jessica; A’Hearn, Michael F.; Angrilli, Francesco; Auger, Anne-Therese; Barucci, M. Antonella; Bertaux, Jean-Loup; Bertini, Ivano; Besse, Sebastien; Bodewits, Dennis; Cremonese, Gabriele; Da Deppo, Vania; Davidsson, Björn; De Cecco, Mariolino; Debei, Stefano; El-Maarry, Mohamed Ramy; Ferri, Francesca; Fornasier, Sonia; Fulle, Marco; Giacomini, Lorenza; Groussin, Olivier; Gutierrez, Pedro J.; Güttler, Carsten; Hviid, Stubbe F.; Ip, Wing-Huen; Jorda, Laurent; Knollenberg, Jörg; Kramm, J.-Rainer; Kührt, Ekkehard; Küppers, Michael; La Forgia, Fiorangela; Lara, Luisa M.; Lazzarin, Monica; Moreno, Josè J. L.; Magrin, Sara; Marchi, Simone; Marzari, Francesco; Massironi, Matteo; Michalik, Harald; Moissl, Richard; Mottola, Stefano; Naletto, Giampiero; Oklay, Nilda; Pajola, Maurizio; Pommerol, Antoine; Preusker, Frank; Sabau, Lola; Scholten, Frank; Snodgrass, Colin; Tubiana, Cecilia; Vincent, Jean-Baptiste and Wenzel, Klaus-Peter (2015). The morphological diversity of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Science, 347(6220), article no. aaa0440.

Schulte, Peter; Alegret, Laia; Arenillas, Ignacio; Arz, José A.; Barton, Penny J.; Bown, Paul R.; Bralower, Timothy J.; Christeson, Gail L.; Claeys, Philippe; Cockell, Charles S.; Collins, Gareth S.; Deutsch, Alexander; Goldin, Tamara J.; Goto, Kazuhisa; Grajales-Nishimura, José M.; Grieve, Richard A. F.; Gulick, Sean P. S.; Johnson, Kirk R.; Kiessling, Wolfgang; Koeberl, Christian; Kring, David A.; MacLeod, Kenneth G.; Matsui, Takafumi; Melosh, Jay; Montanari, Alessandro; Morgan, Joanna V.; Neal, Clive R.; Nichols, Douglas J.; Norris, Richard D.; Pierazzo, Elisabetta; Ravizza, Greg; Rebolledo-Vieyra, Mario; Reimold, Wolf Uwe; Robin, Eric; Salge, Tobias; Speijer, Robert P.; Sweet, Arthur R.; Urrutia-Fucugauchi, Jaime; Vajda, Vivi; Whalen, Michael T. and Willumsen, Pi S. (2010). The Chicxulub asteroid impact and mass extinction at the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Science, 327(5970) pp. 1214–1218.

Hastings, Gerard (2012). Why corporate power is a public health priority. British Medical Journal, 345 e5124.

Aoudjehane , H. Chennaoui; Avice, G.; Barrat, J.-A.; Boudouma, O.; Chen, G.; Duke, M.J.M; Franchi, I. A.; Gattacceca, J.; Grady, M. M.; Greenwood, R. C.; Herd, C. D. K.; Hewins, R.; Jambon, A.; Marty, B.; Rochette, P.; Smith, C. L.; Sautter, V.; Verchovsky, A.; Weber , P. and Zanda, B. (2012). Tissint martian meteorite: a fresh look at the interior, surface, and atmosphere of Mars. Science, 338(6108) pp. 785–788.

Sutherland, William J.; Bellingan, Laura; Bellingham, Jim R.; Blackstock, Jason J.; Bloomfield, Robert M.; Bravo, Michael; Cadman , Victoria M.; Cleevely, David D.; Clements, Andy; Cohen, Anthony; Cope, David R.; Daemmrich, Arthur A.; Devecchi, Cristina; Diaz Anadaon, Laura; Denegri, Simon; Doubleday, Robert; Dusic, Nicholas R.; Evans, Robert J.; Feng, Wai Y.; Godfray, H. Charles J.; Harris, Paul; Hartley, Sue E.; Hester, Alison J.; Holmes, John; Hughes, Alan; Hulme, Mike; Irwin, Colin; Jennings, Richard C.; Kass, Gary S.; Littlejohns, Peter; Marteau, Theresa M.; McKee, Glenn; Millstone, Erik P.; Nuttall, William J.; Owens, Susan; Parker, Miles M.; Pearson, Sarah; Petts, Judith; Ploszek, Richard; Pullin, Andrew S.; Reid, Graeme; Richards, Keith S.; Robinson, John G.; Shaxson, Louise; Sierra, Leonor; Smith, Beck G.; Spiegelhalter, David J.; Stilgoe, Jack; Stirling, Andy; Tyler, Christopher P.; Winickoff, David E. and Zimmern, Ron L. (2012). A collaboratively-derived science-policy research agenda. PLoS ONE, 7(3)

Kandasamy, Narayanan; Hardy, Ben; Page, Lionel; Schaffner, Markus; Graggaber, Johann; Powlson, Andrew S.; Fletcher, Paul C.; Gurnell, Mark and Coates, John (2014). Cortisol shifts financial risk preferences. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(9) pp. 3608–3613.

Jenniskens, Peter; Fries, Mark D.; Qing-Zhu , Yin; Zoleensky, Michael; Krot , Alexander N.; Sanford, Scott A.; Sears, Derek; Bauford, Robert; Ebel, Denton S.; Friedrich, Jon M.; Nagashima, Kazuhide; Wimpenny, Josh; Yamakawa, Akane; Nishiizumi, Kunihiko; Hamajima , Yasunori; Caffee, Marc; Weten, Kees C.; Laubenstein, Matthias; Davis, Andrew; Simon, Stiven B.; Heck, Philipp R.; Young , Edward D.; Kohl , Issaku E.; Thimens , Mark H.; Nunn, Morgan H.; Mikouchi, Takashi; Hagiya, Kenji; Ohsumi, Kazumasa; Cahill, Thomas A.; Lawton, Jonathan A.; Barnes , David; Steele, Andrew; Rochette, Pierre; Verosub, Kenneth L.; Gattacceca, Jerome; Cooper , George; Glavin, Daniel P.; Burton, Aaron S.; Dworkin, Jason P.; Elsila, Jamie E. ; Pizzerello, Sandra; Ogliore, Ryan; Schitt-Kopplin, Phillipe; Harir, Mourad; Hertkorn, Norbert; Verchovsky, Sasha; Grady, Monica; Nagao, Keisuke; Okazaki, Ryuji; Takechi, Hiroyuki; Hirori, Takahiro; Smith, Ken; Silber, Elizabeth A.; Brown, Peter G; Albers, Jim; Klotz , Doug; Hankey, Mike; Matson, Robert; Fries, Jeffrey A.; Walker , Richard J.; Puchtel, Igor; Lee, Cin-Ty A.; Erdman, Monica E.; Eppich, Gary R.; Roeske, Sarah; Gabelica, Zelimir; Lerche, Michael; Nuevo, Michel; Girten, Beverly and Worden, Simon P. (2012). Radar-enabled recovery of the Sutter’s Mill meteorite, a carbonaceous chondrite regolith breccia. Science, 338(6114) pp. 1583–1587.

Zhang, Fucheng; Kearns, Stuart L.; Orr, Patrick J.; Benton, Michael J.; Zhou, Zhonghe; Johnson, Diane; Xu, Xing and Wang, Xiaolin (2010). Fossilized melanosomes and the colour of Cretaceous dinosaurs and birds. Nature, 463(7284) p. 1075.

Roelfsema, Martine T.; Hoekstra, Rosa A.; Allison, Carrie; Wheelwright, Sally; Brayne, Carol; Matthews, Fiona E. and Baron-Cohen, Simon (2012). Are autism spectrum conditions more prevalent in an information-technology region? A school-based study of three regions in the Netherlands. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 42(5) pp. 734–739.

Sierks, H.; Lamy, P.; Barbieri, C.; Koschny, D.; Rickman, H.; Rodrigo, R.; A’Hearn, M. F.; Angrilli, F.; Barucci, M. A.; Bertaux, J.- L.; Bertini, I.; Besse, S.; Carry, B.; Cremonese, G.; Da Deppo, V.; Davidsson, B.; Debei, S.; De Cecco, M.; De Leon, J.; Ferri, F.; Fornasier, S.; Fulle, M.; Hviid, S. F.; Gaskell, R. W.; Groussin, O.; Gutierrez, P.; Ip, W.; Jorda, L.; Kaasalainen, M.; Keller, H. U.; Knollenberg, J.; Kramm, R.; Kuhrt, E.; Kuppers, M.; Lara, L.; Lazzarin, M.; Leyrat, C.; Moreno, J. J. L.; Magrin, S.; Marchi, S.; Marzari, F.; Massironi, M.; Michalik, H.; Moissl, R.; Naletto, G.; Preusker, F.; Sabau, L.; Sabolo, W.; Scholten, F.; Snodgrass, C.; Thomas, N.; Tubiana, C.; Vernazza, P.; Vincent, J.- B.; Wenzel, K.- P.; Andert, T.; Patzold, M. and Weiss, B. P. (2011). Images of asteroid 21 Lutetia: a remnant planetesimal from the early solar system. Science, 334(6055) pp. 487–490.

Rose, Gillian (2014). On the relation between ‘visual research methods’ and contemporary visual culture. Sociological Review, 62(1) pp. 24–46.

Spiegelhalter, David; Pearson, Mike and Short, Ian (2011). Visualizing uncertainty about the future. Science, 333(6048) pp. 1393–1400.

All aboard the training train!

I’ve had a busy week with not one, but two training sessions on RDM for OU researchers.

Getting to grips with research data management

The first took place last Wednesday – Getting to grips with research data management was an Early Bird Seminar organised by the Researcher Career Development team. This was well attended – 21 delegates came along from a range of different academic disciplines. As always, this session generated a lot of discussion, particularly on this occasion around the difficulties of gaining valid consent to share from vulnerable research participants. Slides from the session are available on the RDM intranet site, or to download here.

Yesterday I contributed to a session organised by the OpenSpace research centre and led by some of the fabulous experts from the Digital Curation Centre. The focus of this half-day workshop was on preparing data management plans for bids, and it was particularly useful  to hear from Sarah Jones of the DCC about exactly what funders want to see in DMPs, with a focus on the requirements of AHRC and ESRC. Following an opportunity to review a couple of plans and discuss these in groups on our tables, I gave a short presentation about the support offered for Research Data Management at the OU. As ever, this was a great opportunity to highlight the developments happening in Library Services, RSQ and IT to deliver Research Data Management services. Slides from the session will be uploaded shortly to the OpenSpace event page. My slides are available to download here.

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Keep an eye out for more training opportunities

There are more RDM training sessions in the pipeline, including a session for research managers and administrators on 30th June and a session for researchers in IET planned for September.

We’re also currently planning training for next year, so if you have any ideas or suggestions to how we can improve the current provision (or to tell us what we’re doing well!) please leave a comment below.

New! Guidance on costing research data management

Please note: all links in this post are internal only.

Making Money by 401(K) 2012

Did you know that Research Data Management is an allowable cost in grant bids for a number of research funders, including RCUK?

This is great news for anyone worried about the extra time and money needed to effectively curate, share and preserve their research data, but it can be difficult to work out where costs will arise and how much they will be.

To help you to discover costs for RDM and apply these to your bid, I have just added some new guidance to the RDM intranet site, available here. This will help you to identify the data management costs involved in your research project by asking a number of questions about the type of data you will be collecting and how it needs to be processed.

If you need further advice on how to cost RDM into your funding bid, ask your faculty research manager or email rdm-project@open.ac.uk.