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16 Oct 2016: When publishing your research, you often need to measure how far your research has gone or how many people have read it. But how can you tell the difference between bibliometrics or altmetrics? And what about impact or the h-index?

1 Dec 2015: The Royal Society - data management plans If the proposed research will generate data that is of significant value to the research community, then researchers are expected to provide details for planned data management and sharing activities. The

29 Nov 2016: At Chemistry I train all new postgraduate students in RDM and give advice on compliance with open access and data sharing mandates.

7 Sep 2018: '''Understanding the peer review process gives you an invaluable insight into a key aspect of the research life cycle. This is an unmissable chance to explore tips and best practices with PLOS, publishers of the world's largest multi-disciplinary

14 Mar 2017: The Netherlands has been frontrunner in the transition to Open Science. The Dutch government has mandated all universities to have 100% Open Access to academic publications by 2024 and has recently broadened its scope to research data. These plans

3 Jan 2019: These cartoons were created for us as advocacy materials for the University of Cambridge Data Champions Programme. They were created by Clare Trowell and are being shared under a CC-BY-NC-ND licence. If you reuse these images please credit Clare

2 Mar 2015: Aspects you should consider when thinking about the access to your data Few researchers always work in the same location, so you will need remote access to your data. You will probably also be sharing files with others, either as part of a project

20 Feb 2018: If you are completely new to the concept of research data management then the beginners course is for you.

6 Feb 2018: The Publishing Trap is a board game designed to introduce researchers to scholarly publishing. Looking at the world of scholarly communication this interactive game aims to offer researchers a better understanding of the implications of copyright on

5 Sep 2016: With over 2.72 billion users, social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook generate vast quantities of data every day. Analysis of this data can help us try to understand how people think and act.