Publishing Open Access

Open access literature is digital, online, free of charge, and free of most copyright and licensing restrictions. Many funders, such as Horizon 2020 and the Wellcome Trust, require that research is published open access and increasing numbers of journals are now OA only. There are many advantages to publishing open Read more…

Published articles co-authored by AFBI staff – September 2021

Aubry, A. Reyne, M., Aubry, A., Emmerson, M., Marnell, F., Reid, N.  2021.  Conservation efforts fail to halt the decline of the regionally endangered Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita) in Ireland.  Biological Conservation, 261, Article No. 109228 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109228 Ball, E., Mulvenna, C. Oster, M., Reyer, H., Keiler, J., Ball, E., Mulvenna, Read more…

Distinguish Yourself With ORCiD

ORCiD (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is a persistent identifier for researchers. ORCiD aims to solve the name ambiguity problem in research and scholarly communication by creating a central registry of unique identifiers for individual researchers and an open and transparent linking mechanism between ORCiD and other current researcher ID Read more…

AFBI Repository FAQs

AFBI Library staff are responsible for administering the AFBI Repository.  The Repository aims to collect Open Access research from AFBI Scientists to ensure that where possible, AFBI research is freely available to access, leading to greater visibility and citation rates. Some questions that we are frequently asked include: What is Read more…