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Academic poster
An academic poster is an advertisement of your research and aims to attract and inform your audience. It's key to make it visually attractive and to catch the viewer's eye.
The language policy advisors provide tips, tricks and examples on the dedicated website Taaladvies. Below, you can find a translation …
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Assess the quality of a scholarly journal
Researchers can choose from tens of thousands of scholarly journals to disseminate their research results. It's not always easy to find out which ones are reliable.
General guidelines- Think. Check. Submit is a checklist to help you identify trustworthy journals and publishers.
- Have (many of) your trusted peers published in …
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Biblio
evaluate
journal
open access
open science
quality assessment
Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM): what is it?
The author accepted manuscript (AAM) refers to a specific version in the lifecycle of a scholarly publication, typically a journal article.
The AAM can often be legally made available in Open Access via Biblio (if necessary after an embargo). For that reason, it is important to be able to distinguish …
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Biblio
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Authorship: authorship roles (contribution disclosure – author(ship) contribution statements)
Authorship
Recognition for a person's effective contribution to a scholarly publication is done primarily through the inclusion, or not, of the names of (individual) contributors on a (more or less) limited list of names associated with that publication.
The place on this list determines in most cases the "importance" of …
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academic writing
academisch schrijven
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ethiek
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tijdschrift
Authorship: conditions to be included as an author
The conditions
Researchers who contribute significantly to the creation of the publication are added to the authors list.
This involves 4 (cumulative!) conditions:
- a significant contribution to the design of the research, relevant data collection, its analysis, and/ or interpretation;
- drafting and/or critical reviewing the publication;
- approval of the final …
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Authorship: what is the Ghent University policy?
Authorship
Authorship is related to the actual contribution someone makes to a scientific publication.
Various stakeholders in science (research institutions, faculties, funders, publishers, journals, etc.) have developed standards to regulate this aspect of scholarly publishing.
Authorship is an important (co-)factor for the academic impact and reputation of individual researchers …
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ethiek
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Biblio: Repository policy
Policy information regarding the Biblio publications' repository of Ghent University.
Get access Metadata policy
- Anyone may access the metadata free of charge.
- Metadata are currently available under an Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL), in line with the Library's open data policy for …
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Copyright: my rights as an author
As the author of a work, you're the copyright holder. Sometimes, however, you transfer your copyright (the economic rights) to a third party, who becomes the copyright holder in turn. If someone wants to reuse (part of) your work, the copyright holder of your work must grant permission for this. …
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copyright
Copyright: the basics in Belgian law
Jurisdiction
This is Belgian law. The exceptions in the Belgian copyright law are only valid for use of works in Belgium (whether or not the author is Belgian or not is not relevant, as is the country the work is published in).
What is protected?Works protected by copyright:
- …
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auteursrecht
copyright
Creative commons: open licence for copyrighted works
General info
A Creative Commons licence is an open licence. These kinds of licences allow certain, globally recognised, standardised re-use of copyrighted material. It is a so called upfront licence. You don't have to ask for permission to access, share or use a protected work, the permission is granted automatically. …
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article
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CrimRxiv
CrimRxiv is a field-specific open access repository where you can publish both preprints and postprints of articles in the field of criminology in open access. It is the only repository dedicated specifically to papers in criminology. By making research available (in the form of pre- and postprints) in green open access, …
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FRE
open access
open science
DMP: How do I write a final Data Management Plan?
What is a DMP?
A Data Management Plan (DMP) is a formal document that specifies how research data will be handled both during and after a research project.
For more information on using https://dmponline.be for writing a DMP, check this related research tip: https://onderzoektips.ugent.be/en/tips/00001281/.
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Deposit number behind a PhD thesis: what is it, is there a link with ISBN and is it obligatory?
What is a deposit number (D-nummer)?
A deposit number is assigned by the Royal Library of Belgium. It is the code that a publisher is obliged to include on the front or on the back of a book to enable identification of the book and the publisher.
Therefore, It must …
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academic writing
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EU funding: what are the Open Access requirements for publications in Horizon Europe?
In Horizon Europe, the European Commission (EC) requires that all peer-reviewed publications resulting from project funding are open access (OA), i.e., freely available online with no restrictions on use, by depositing them in a repository. Peer reviewed articles should be made Open Access immediatly after publications, embargo's are no …
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article
copyright
Horizon Europe
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EndNote: creating a library
Steps
1. Open EndNote via Athena
If you've never used Athena on this device before, install the Citrix client: https://helpdesk.ugent.be/athena/en/ica.php
2. Click in EndNote on File > New
3. Save the library on your H:Drive, preferably in a separate folder
An .enl file and a …
Read moreEndNote: hoe kan je grote aantallen referenties importeren vanuit Embase?
In Embase kunnen tot en met 10.000 referenties tegelijk geëxporteerd worden naar EndNote. Werkwijze: - Zorg ervoor dat je EndNote library waarnaar je wil exporteren, geopend is; - Open een webbrowser via Athena waarna je via https://lib.ugent.be de databank Embase opent. Dit maakt het mogelijk om referenties direct … Read more
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EndNote
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FGE
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EndNote: hoe kan je referenties importeren vanuit ClinicalTrials.gov?
TIP 1: Als je niet ál je zoekresultaten wil exporteren, dien je eerst de gewenste referenties te selecteren. Vervolgens worden deze automatisch tijdelijk bewaard bij 'Saved studies', zie knop rechtsboven.
- Open je lijst met opgeslagen referenties door te klikken op Saved Studies > Download (rechtsboven)
- Selecteer het bestandsformaat: Plain text …
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academisch schrijven
artikel
EndNote
FFW
FGE
refereren
EndNote: importing references from Web of Science
You can import up to 500 references at the same time from Web of Science into your EndNote library.
To do this, enter your search query > click "Export" > click "EndNote desktop"
You will see a pop-up where you can enter the amount of references you want to …
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academic writing
article
EndNote
refer
EndNote: personalising your reference fields
You can personalise the fields in EndNote in two different ways.
Reference typesYou can choose which reference type is your preferred default, e.g: Journal Article. You can also choose which fields a certain reference type needs.
- Open EndNote via Athena
- Click Edit > Preferences, click on the tab "Reference …
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academic writing
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EndNote
refer
EndNote: what is it?
EndNote is software supporting:
- information management: collect information in one place, group in a relevant structure, comment, add keywords and much more;
- referencing, footnotes and a bibliography: add references in a text, using the correct reference style ("output style"), make or change reference styles, set up bibliographic lists.
Using reference …
Read moreEvidence-based guideline: how to write a quality guideline
What is an evidence-based guideline?
Evidence-based guidelines (or clinical practice guidelines) consist of statements that include recommendations to help physicians, patients, carers or policy makers make health care decisions in a specific health care setting with the aim of optimising patient care.
Evidence-based guidelines are informed by a systematic review …
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evidence-based guideline
evidence-based richtlijn
FileSender: introduction
Ghent University offers and recommends the web application Belnet FileSender for sending large digital (workrelated) files. The advantage of FileSender is that you can send large files up to 6 TB for free and in a safe way. You do not have to create an account when you are connected …
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research data management
How to preserve and share data in data repositories?
Preservation and sharing of data in a data repository
The preferred option for data preservation and sharing is to deposit data in an established, trustworthy research data repository.
A data repository is an online platform that is used to:
- Publish completed datasets.
- Share datasets externally with different access levels and …
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Biblio
data register
ISBN: what is it and how do I request one?
An ISBN is an International Standard Book Number. It is a persistent identifier and unique, internationally used standard to identify books. The aim of the ISBN is to enable you to quickly and correctly find every published title in databases.
An ISBN is not legally required, but recommended if you …
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FBW
Journal: what does "peer-reviewed" mean?
It is essential to researchers to publish in peer-reviewed journals. A peer review means that the quality of the research will be assessed by colleagues (usually before publication). Some monograph publishers also work with peer review, which means that the quality of the books they publish has been assessed by …
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academic writing
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Name change as a researcher: how do you do that?
You want your research to be easily found based on your name. For some of us, this is not self-evident: the name we used at the start of our academic career might not be the one we actually use or the one we want others to use. As a …
Read moreORCID: what is it?
ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) provides a persistent identifier that will distinguish a researcher from other researchers throughout their scholarly career. An ORCID is globally unique and will continuously refer to the same researcher. Funders (e.g. NIH, HEFCE, ...) and publishers (e.g.. Elsevier, American Association for the Advancement of …
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academic writing
BOF
open science
Open Access colours: green, gold, diamond, hybrid and more
Open Access comes in different colours. While we especially use the term green OA, gold OA and hybrid OA, other terms refine those broader terms.
This tip addresses some of the Open Access flavours.
Diamond Open Access refers to a scholarly publication model in which journals and platforms do not …
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article
artikel
journal
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open science
Open Access in Belgian legislation
On September 5th 2018, the Belgian Official Journal published an Open Access provision in the Belgian law. This law gives authors the right to make scholarly publications available in Open Access with a maximum embargo period of 6 months for Science Technology and Medicine (STM) and 12 months for Social Science …
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copyright
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Open Access to your publications
Open Access refers to the practice of making peer-reviewed scholarly research and literature freely available online to anyone interested.
Open means anyone can freely access, use, modify, and share for any purpose, subject, at most, to requirements that preserve provenance and openness. It does not affect authors' freedom to choose …
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