Where should you publish your paper?
That's not an easy question as there are lots of factors to take into consideration when choosing where to publish, but let's take a look at a few aspects. Firstly, you probably need or want ...
Confused by copyright?
As researchers are increasingly expected to publish research outputs online, including data, the question of copyright and licensing often arises. Are they different, and how do they affect each other? Because they have legal implications, ...
An open science checklist
One reason that research data management has advanced in the priorities of the higher education sector in recent years is the "reproducibility crisis" in science. This has led many researchers and organisations to support a ...
Five reasons to reconsider submitting primary data to your journal publisher
When you submit a paper for publication, you often provide supplementary information including the data used in the research. It's important to make this data available for the paper's readers, to provide the evidence for ...
The biggest lie on the internet
It is said that the biggest lie on the internet is "I have read and understood the terms and conditions". Can you honestly say that when presented with terms online, you read them carefully and ...
Four tips for consent forms
Having recently looked at data protection in research data management (RDM) generally, and anonymisation more specifically, now let's take a look at participant consent, as that's another common area for questions. Ethics support at Cranfield ...
Anonymising your research data
In our last RDM blog post we discussed data protection in general; now let's take a further look at anonymisation. The main message is to think about it early, planning well to ensure that data ...
Data protection in research data management
There was a young man we’ll name Paul, Who answered a short survey call. He provided his data And was shocked to see later, His age, faith, and health shared with all. This limerick is ...
Why should we care about file formats?
Many funders require you to share your research data after your project, to increase its value and reach, and potentially increase your impact – and secure preservation makes your data easier to retrieve and understand if ...
How do you determine data authorship?
When a dataset is published online, the depositor must enter some information about it, including providing details about its authors. It seems an innocuous field to fill in, but determining data authorship can be complex ...