Open Research

Amongst the resources on Research Integrity that Oxford Brookes supplies as guidance for staff are statements on Open Access, Open Data, and Open Methods. This includes a statement on Transparency in research and its policy on open access. We also have a policy on data management, in line with the concordat on open research data.

Oxford Brookes is part of Universities UK and the University Alliance, and either through these affiliations or directly works in with a number of relevant concordats, including the

• Concordat for Engaging the Public with Research
• Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers
• UK Concordat for the Support of Research Integrity

It is also a signatory to other national and international declarations including the Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), the Leiden Manifesto for Research Metrics.

Current tools and systems include the Research And Digital Assets Repository – RADAR – for most papers and research data; and the Arkivum service for digital archiving of data sets of particular interest.

Relevant links:

• Resources on Research Integrity https://www.brookes.ac.uk/sites/research-support/policies-procedures-and-codes-of-practice/research-integrity-resources
• Statement on Transparency in research https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q8JwKDdAh0wQ6FGp4B8BBRqAbMBRK1Ge/view
• Policy on open access https://www.brookes.ac.uk/sites/research-support/policies-procedures-and-codes-of-practice/open-access
• Policy on data management https://www.brookes.ac.uk/sites/research-support/resources/data-management
• RADAR repository https://radar.brookes.ac.uk/radar/home.do 
• Instructions on use of Arkivum for archiving research data https://www.brookes.ac.uk/sites/research-support/resources/data-management/publishing-and-archiving-data/archiving-research-data/

​Training

The reporting structure for statistics and training offered via University-wide training for research-active staff and research students is the University Research & Knowledge Exchange Committee and University Research Degrees Committee. A series of “Open Research taster training” videos is publicly available, linked from the webpage “Open Research at Brookes”.

​Responsible Research Assessment / Recognition and Reward for open research

Role descriptions and promotion criteria are available publicly, and although open research is not explicitly described within these criteria, impacts associated with open research could be woven into the narrative. A review of these criteria is ongoing.

​Research Ethics and Integrity

At Oxford Brookes, this area is the responsibility of two committees – the Research Integrity & Governance Steering Group and the University Research Ethics Committee – both report directly to the University Research and Knowledge Exchange Committee.

 An annual statement on research integrity is published on the Oxford Brookes Research Integrity and Ethics website.

 Relevant links:

• Annually updated Research Integrity Statement https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/research-integrity-statement
• Academic Integrity Code of Practice https://www.brookes.ac.uk/documents/research/policies-and-codes-of-practice/academic_integrity/
• Statement on Research Ethics https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/research-ethics-statement
• The Code of Practice for Research Ethics for Research involving Human Participants https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tiUksOq3CD__X_VGFmoUvxtLOkbwGjti/view

​Other

An Advisory Statement on Open Research has been approved by RKEC.  An Open Research Action Plan is under development. Our “Open Research at Brookes” website is regularly updated: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/sites/research-support/open-research-at-brookes

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