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Common topics in scholarly communications include: Research Data Management, Copyright, Scholarly Publishing, Open Access, Institutional Repositories, and Research Impact (metrics and altmetrics). Lib Guide
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Research Visibility
IRIMS

A university-wide integrated research information and management system (IRIMS) named Pure has been developed for the use of all academic and most administrative departments.
The University Library is the Project Manager of 2 of its 3 linked modules, namely the Publication Backend and the Research Portal.

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Publication Backend
(SSOID login required)
HKBU Scholars
(Research Portal for public access)
IRIMS Custom Reports
(A tool to generate faculty and departmental custom reports of research outputs; SSOID login required)
Open Access

Open Access makes scholarly research permanently available online without restrictions, benefiting researchers, librarians, scholarly societies, publishers, and the general public. Many OA journals now comply with strict peer-reviewing processes and maintain high publishing standards.

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RGC Open Access Plan
Serving on the UGC’s Working Group on OA and RGC Coordination Platform for the OA Plan, the Library strives to achieve the OA initiatives endorsed by UGC in February 2021.
OA Publishing Agreements
Updated!
10 publishers (and SCOAP3) have signed OA publishing agreements with the Library so you can enjoy publishing OA without paying APC charges.
OA Journals with Ranking
27,955 OA journals are mapped to HKBU departments with the latest Scimago journal metrics provided by Scopus.
RGC Publication Gateway
(A project under the RGC OA Plan, providing info of journal articles arising from RGC-funded research projects)
Scholarly Publishing
ejournals@HKBU
Sino-Humanitas
Coverage 2012 - present
International Journal of Chinese & Comparative Philosophy of Medicine (IJCCPM)
Coverage 2010 - present
IJCCPM is indexed by the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) of Web of Science
Journal of Asian Energy Studies (JAES)
Coverage 2017 - present
JAES is indexed by Scopus
Asian Journal of Physical Education & Recreation (AJPER)
It has ceased publication since Dec 2020, but users can still read all issues from 1995
AJPER is indexed by the SPORTDiscus of EBSCOhost
Service Overview
HKBU Author Affiliation Guidelines

As HKBU continuously strives to elevate its academic reputation and rankings, it is imperative that HKBU's research contributions are accurately represented in external bibliometric analyses. All staff and students should ensure that they follow these guidelines.

Guidelines
Copyright

What is copyright, and what can I do with it?

Our Lib Guide on Copyright answers FAQ from teachers, authors and students, and links to various resources.

Lib Guide
Moodle Course
Students who completed the course can earn one CCL credit and a Credly badge.
Episode 1 2 3 4
Research Impact

Research impact is a multi-dimensional indicator and it is important to be aware of the positive and negative effects of each measure. This Guide aims to provide you with basic information about some the most common measurement tools.

Lib Guide
Tools for Impact Measurement
New!
The Library has subscribed to four tools for you to understand the impact of your papers.
Episode 1 2 3 4 5 6
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IRIMS Training
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IP Forum
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Feel free to give me a call or email me!
Rebekah Wong
Head, Digital Initiatives and Research Cluster
Digital Initiatives and
Research Cluster
Tel: 3411 5239
Research Support & Scholarly Communications
Research Visibility
  • IRIMS
  • Open Access
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  • eJournals@HKBU
  • Copyright
  • Research Impact
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Data Resources for Mining
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