Know Your Worth #3: Open Publishing and Metrics

Course description

This is the third of a three-part series presented by the Library as part of International Open Access Week 2026. Learn more about Open Access Week here. 

Right now the academic landscape is shifting at a pace that is almost impossible to afford or keep up with. Let’s focus on what you can control. 

Join the Library as we introduce you to the common definitions and concepts surrounding Open Access in an Australian context. Learn how to make your articles openly accessible in a sustainable way, by utilising Read & Publish agreements and self-archiving your Author Accepted Manuscripts in ResearchNow.  

In the second half of this session, learn how to tell the story of those publications through metrics tools SciVal and Overton and ensure that you’re putting your best foot forward for grants and promotions rounds.  

Presented by the Library’s Research Engagement team.

Other Open Access Week events:

• An Unaffordable Truth: Hot Takes on Open Access and the Cost of Knowledge (October 19, 10am-11:30am)
• Know Your Worth #1: The Cost of Knowledge in the Age of AI (October 20, 2pm-3pm)
• Know Your Worth #2: Research(er) Data Management (October 21, 2pm-3pm)

Type of course

Information session

Presenters

Who should attend

• HDR students
• Researchers
• Professional staff who support research
• Anyone curious about publishing, open access, or the future of research

Prerequisites / assumed knowledge

Nil