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For this year’s 9th International Open Access Week, OpenAIRE has scheduled a full week of webinars on various exciting Open Science topics. During the week of October 24-30, join us at lunchtime (12.00 CEST) each day for key insights into the ethics … Continue reading →

African Population Studies is pleased to announce the publication of its latest issue Vol 30, No 3, comprising of 11 articles. According to the guest editors who are senior research associates at APHRC, “The papers in the series draw on … Continue reading →

SUNScholar is now open to receive new nominations for the December 2016 graduation period. Guidelines for submission into SUNScholar is available at http://library.sun.ac.za/English/howdoi/Pages/Submit-my-thesis-online.aspx To summarise the process: 1. The final document has to be submitted in pdf format. This is the … Continue reading →

Stellenbosch University’s Institutional Repository, SUNScholar, has recently reached the number one position in Africa in the 2016 July edition of the ranking of open access repositories. The ranking is performed by “The Ranking Web of World Repositories“. SUNScholar is managed … Continue reading →

Open Access (OA) seeks to make academic research freely available to everyone regardless of financial or geographic boundaries. Studies have shown a significant increase in citations when research outputs are made openly available. While OA is gaining strength and popularity … Continue reading →

The National Research Foundation (NRF) recently released an important statement on open access to research publications funded by the foundation. Read the statement here.

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SUNScholar is now open to receive new nominations for the December 2014 graduation period. Guidelines for submission into SUNScholar is available at http://slidesha.re/1lvTqZe . To summarise the process: 1. The final document has to be submitted in pdf format. This … Continue reading →

Dear Colleagues SUNScholar International Ranking SUNScholar was ranked as 2nd in Africa, and 146 globally (out of a total of 1 983) during the bi-annual July ranking of open access institutional repositories. This is an improvement from our 3nd place … Continue reading →

SUNScholar   Full text items: 13 709 Full text theses (Masters): 1 648 Full text dissertations (Doctoral): 6 778 Research Articles: 1 795 2014 Downloads: 53 597 2013 Downloads: 104 759 2012 Downloads: 88 508 Total downloads since 2011: 246 864   SUNScholar Top 10 … Continue reading →