Research Newsletter – Issue 85: Information and Updates
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We are pleased to announce that the following documents are now available online:
The purpose of the Policy is to set out the responsibilities of Dublin City University and its research community with regard to research integrity. Through clarifying what is meant by research integrity and research misconduct, and defining the responsibilities of those involved in research to report and deal with allegations of research misconduct when they arise, it is intended that this policy will help to prevent research misconduct from occurring. The associated Procedures detail the process to be followed when responding to an allegation of research misconduct.
This Policy and associated Procedures apply to all staff members, students and all those officially engaged in research work at Dublin City University and/or undertaking any research activity in Dublin City University’s name (including visiting researchers). These documents replace the previous DCU Policy for Responding Allegations of Research Misconduct.
If you have questions on any aspect of the Policy or associated Procedures, please contact research@dcu.ie
As part of our efforts to improve DCU's performance in communicating and promoting our research publications, DCU Research have been more actively promoting individual articles through DCU's social media channels over the past few months.
In order to provide a better "landing page" for those articles that are promoted, we have developed a new research publications website to make it easier for those readers who click on an individual article and then want to follow up or look at other DCU articles in a given area. It is not intended to be a page for every DCU publication, but rather a support to the social media promotion that will gradually build up over time.
Thank you to Conor O'Donovan (Research Communications Officer) and the wider DCU Comms and PR team for their work in getting this up and running, to complement the research impact site launched earlier in the Spring.
The THE Impact Rankings focus on higher education contribution to the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Like all rankings, they are based on a small range of research and other quantitative metrics, and evidence of policy and activity aligned to each of the SDGs.
Following on from DCU's excellent placement in the Times Higher Education 2023 Impact Rankings, it is important to recognise the significant contribution made by the DCU research community in our success. A significant part of the research score stems from our SDG-linked publications.
Times Higher use SciVal data to determine the number of publications a university is publishing under each SDG. Other metrics from SciVal such as citation count, FWCI, CiteScore and co-authorships are also measured. This years’ ranking looked at publications between 2017-2021. Publications are affiliated to an SDG based on analysis of the keywords/terms used in a publication’s title, abstract, keywords and/or description.
Taking a snapshot of DCU’s contribution to SDG12, Responsible Consumption and Production, we can see significant and growing improvements in research metrics in the 2017-2021 period:
|
Year |
Scholarly Output Count |
Overall Citation Count |
FWCI |
|
2017 |
8 |
0 |
0.34 |
|
2018 |
5 |
9 |
0.14 |
|
2019 |
6 |
190 |
2.26 |
|
2020 |
19 |
285 |
3.04 |
|
2021 |
24 |
217 |
2.00 |
We must be mindful of the volatility of the Times Higher research scores in line with fluctuations in the number of publications, publications in top percentile journals, the timing of publications and so on.
In order to ensure your publication is accurately represented by SciVal as relating to a specific SDG area, please ensure you consult the SciVal SDG Mapping Guide, which details the keywords that should be used to guarantee correct mapping.
One of the dominant trends in funding is the move by major funders towards international collaborations. This Research Professional article provides some tips on addressing issues that can arise when institutions join forces to respond to global funding opportunities.
In order to facilitate phase 2 of the Agresso and TORA systems upgrade and migration project, Agresso and TORA systems will be offline for all users from 5pm on Tuesday 27th June 2023 until 4pm on Wednesday 5th July 2023. You will not be able to access Agresso or TORA during this period.
Please contact research@dcu.ie with applications for external research funding requiring review and approval during this scheduled downtime period.
Contract review and sign off will still take place for projects awarded funding during this time period, however the project/subcost set up on Agresso will be paused until the system is back up and running.
A notification will issue from the Finance Systems team on 5th July 2023 once the system is accessible once more.
Should you have any queries please contact research@dcu.ie.
DCU National Centre for Family Business (NCFB), with support from AIB, has launched a year-long research project to examine the succession intentions of Ireland's next-generation family business members. The project aims to uncover and promote actionable insights to enable family businesses and their financial backers address the succession crisis. A suite of practitioner and research journal reports will be produced to support family businesses to adapt, survive and thrive into the future. Findings will better inform the field of family business research as well as the Irish Government and EU policy positions on family business succession.
NCFB Director Dr Eric Clinton and Associate Director Dr Catherine Faherty, with postdoctoral researcher Dr Michelle Cowley-Cunningham, will conduct nationwide surveys and interviews with higher education students from family business backgrounds. Find out more about the project here. If you would like to take part in the study please contact us at familybusiness@dcu.ie.
DCU hosted The Siegman International School on Lasers from the 18th to 24th June 2023.
Siegman School participants
The School is a week-long program that exposes students to in-depth learning of lasers and their applications from internationally recognized academic and industry leaders in the field.
The 2023 Siegman School in DCU saw 100 graduate students from 34 countries and 14 industry/academic speakers participate in the week-long program.
In addition to the lectures and poster session hosted in the School of Electronic Engineering, DCU also hosted a major industry workshop and an AR/VR event for the students (and lecturers) in the Business School. Off campus lectures were held in the School of Physics in TCD and The Royal Irish Academy, with the highlight of the social program being an evening in the Guinness Storehouse where the students learned how to pour a perfect pint!