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The Coffee Lectures of the Main Library take place at the end of November/beginning of December. In about 15 minutes you will get an insight into these topics: 23.11.2021 24.11.2021 25.11.2021 30.11.2021 01.12.2021 02.12.2021 07.12.2021 08.12.2021 09.12.2021 Author Impact Beamplot in Web of Science CC-BY & Co: Creative Commons in a Nutshell Do it Yourself! […]

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During international Open Access Week 2021, we are pleased to launch a series of lunch talks on the topic of Open Science. From 25 October to 5 November, you are invited to discuss via ZOOM with experts from different areas of Open Science, ask questions and gain new insights. The International Open Access Week is […]

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At Scientifica we will present the game “Open up Your Research” for the first time in a workshop (in German). An interactive presentation will guide you through the game: we follow the researcher Emma on her way to a doctorate. You vote at each stage whether Emma should take an open approach to science or […]

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The Web of Science database platform was redesigned. The user interface has been redesigned and new features have been added. The old “classic” Web of Science interface will be available until the end of 2021.In this context, the Journal Citation Reports were also renewed. The new features include: The Web of Science Author Impact Beamplots […]

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The 2021 Journal Citation Reports (JCR) with the Journal Impact Factors (JIFs) by Clarivate are now available. This year’s edition includes: more journals – content has been expanded to more than 20,000 journals from 113 countries and 254 research categories in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities. Journal Citation Indicator – a new field-normalized […]

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Scientists at the University of Zurich are able to publish Open Access articles free of charge published in journals within the Read&Publish agreement by Taylor&Francis. This agreement covers the article processing charges (APCs) for a fixed number of articles published in Taylor&Francis journals per year. This number has now been reached for 2021. Until the […]

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Starting today, the Main Library and the Central IT are offering researchers, faculties and institutes/clinics as well as libraries a new service: the Open Access Monitor. At https://www.oamonitor.uzh.ch, various thematically structured interactive dashboards allow complex evaluations related to Open Access. It is possible to customize the dashboards using various filters. For example, they can be […]

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If you are a regular PubMed user, a personal NCBI account is highly recommended. The National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI will change the login option to NCBI personal accounts beginning June 1, 2021. In the future, NCBI will no longer manage login credentials. Therefore, all existing NCBI accounts must be linked to a third-party […]

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Open Access indicates that a publication is accessible on the internet without technical and legal obstacles. In 2016, Swissuniversities – the governing body of the Swiss Higher Education Institutions – developed a national strategy for Open Access in cooperation with the Swiss National Science Foundation. The aim is for 100% of publicly funded scientific publications […]

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Most research funders, including the SNSF, will ask you to submit a data management plan (DMP) when applying for a grant. Even though the DMP is not part of the scientific evaluation of your proposal, it can still be rejected, or you can be asked to make revisions. Avoid the most common mistakes below, and […]

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