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 We highly recommend using the ThinkCheckSubmit guidelines when choosing a journal to submit to. However, if you have a handful of target journals you might find it useful to compare then using the journal metrics available via Scopus.  University of Leicester staff and students can access Scopus via the A-Z of databases . Overview of Journals Metrics in Scopus This video tutorial from Scopus gives you an overview of the journal metrics available in Scopus , such as CiteScore (their version of an impact factor), citations by year etc.  Comparing Journals in Scopus This video tutorial from Scopus shows you how you can compare several journals based on their journal metrics, and other information, such as how many review articles they publish. Please note that the Compare Sources option is now found on the top right of the Advanced Document Search page. If Compare Sources is not visible try setting your browser to 80-90% zoom.

We have now extended the postal loan service to all students and staff. To order books, first do a search in the main Library catalogue: https://le.ac.uk/library Once the search results loads, login to your account if you have not already done so (top right, using IT username and password)   Then click on the title of the book you want. In the new details page, click on ‘Request’. (You will also see an option to request a digitisation of a chapter.) Fill in the details as appropriate and then choose REQUEST, which sends the details to our team.   If you have any questions, please email us on library@le.ac.uk   

When looking for health and medicine research it is very easy to stick to the well known databases. However, they don't always cover research from all countries, so if you want search in a more diverse range of databases here are some others you could try: Global Index Medicus "The Global Index Medicus (GIM) provides worldwide access to biomedical and public health literature produced by and within low-middle income countries. The main objective is to increase the visibility and usability of this important set of resources. The material is collated and aggregated by WHO Regional Office Libraries on a central search platform allowing retrieval of bibliographical and full text information." African Journals Online "African Journals OnLine (AJOL) is an online service to provide access to African-published research, and increase worldwide knowledge of indigenous scholarship." SciELO Citation Index "Provides scholarly literature in sciences, social sciences, and...

January 2021 has been a very busy start to the year for the Library Research Services Team. We have been out and about (well, in a virtual environment only 😊) engaging with some of our internal and external stakeholders and communities. These are always really useful events to be part of, as it really helps to hear the conversations around research activities, challenges, and successes, both locally and in the sector.  A couple of highlights of our engagement activities Team attendance at the University of Leicester College of Life Sciences ECRs and Research staff meet the Deans event Delivering an introduction to RDM training session for the Central England NERC Training Alliance (CENTA) Doctoral Training Partnership Co-delivering a presentation  Figshare Fest 2021  with Professor Panos Vostanis  on our University of Leicester case study on research data management (RDM) and sharing research outputs. Check out Professor Panos's blog  and The World Awareness fo...

  The David Wilson Library building will remain open but with restricted access and reduced opening times from Wednesday 6 January. The building will be open for individual silent study (drop-in and bookable) for students on exempted courses and with an essential requirement to access study space and print book stock, those students classed as vulnerable, and for essential PGR and research activities only. Group study rooms will not be available. When visiting the library you must: Bring your university ID card to gain access Unless exempt, where a face covering at all times when in the building Observe social distancing and only use designated study spaces The revised opening hours of the building will be: Monday – Friday: 10.00am – 4.00pm Saturday and Sunday: 12.00pm – 5.00pm There will be no staffed services but a reception service will be available during the above hours. Our enquiry service will continue to operate online during the following times: Monday – Friday: 9.00am – 5...

The new Wellcome Trust Open Access (OA) Polic y will apply to any article that includes original, peer-reviewed research and is submitted for publication from 1 January 2021. Changes in a nutshell No embargoes accepted All research articles must be openly licensed Wellcome no longer providing funding for Article Processing Charges (APCs) in subscription/hybrid journals UNLESS they are part of a transformative agreement New grant condition added, namely, that all WT grant holders automatically grant a CC BY public copyright license to all their future Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) This means that from 01 January 2021 a ll research articles supported in whole, or in part, by Wellcome must be: Made freely available through PubMed Central (PMC) and Europe PMC by the official final publication date Published under a Creative Commons attribution licence (CC BY), unless they have agreed, as an exception, to allow publication under a CC BY-ND licence Guidance and routes to compliance WT h...

Library Services over the Xmas Break Most of the Library Research Services Team will out of the office after Friday 18th December and will be back in on Monday 4th January. Online library resources will be available as normal over the Xmas break including the library search for ebooks, books, journal articles etc., A-Z Databases for literature searching and the Figshare Leicester Research Archive for open access research publications, data and theses. The Library Building will be closed on bank holidays but open on other days. Check the Library Opening Hours for full details. You will still be able to browse and borrow books, and book study space s on the days the building is open.  Please remember that the library building is still operating under COVID-19 restrictions , so please: wear a face covering (unless exempt) use the sanitising stations and clean down your study area before and after use bring your University ID for entry no food and drink apart from bottled water the...