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Open research, also known as open science, means conducting and sharing research in ways that enable transparency, equity, accessibility and reliability.
Find out about Imperial's commitment to open research and how you can make your research open.
Open Research at Imperial
Open access
Learn about Imperial’s open access policy, funds and publisher agreements, and the tools available to support you
Responsible research assessment
Find out about Imperial's commitment to fair, transparent and robust research assessment
Diverse publishing models
- preprints
- Publish reports and non-peer reviewed content with Spiral
- ORCID to gain credit for your research outputs and career highlights
Open Research at Imperial
FAIR data management and sharing
Your data should follow the FAIR principles - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable
Best practice in software engineering
Research culture
Imperial supports and nurtures a research environment that is defined by a culture of integrity, good governance and best practice.
Open Research at Imperial
Open research community
- Subscribe to the Imperial Open Research Newsletter for a bimonthly roundup of news, research and events for all Imperial staff and students interested in open research
- Join the Imperial RIOT Science Club chapter for seminars and conferences that promote skills for Reproducible, Interpretable, Open and Transparent science and be part of the national RIOT Science Club community
- Join the Imperial Research Software Community’s mailing list and Slack workspace
- Check out the UK Reproducibility Network’s community resources and events
Useful contacts
The Scholarly Communications Management team can also help with the following:
Open Access - contact openaccess@imperial.ac.uk
Research Data Management - contact rdm-enquiries@imperial.ac.uk
Bibliometrics - contact bibliometrics@imperial.ac.uk
Copyright - contact Ask the library (login required)
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