Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from all at ILS. The University closes down over Christmas, but you will still be able to access all of our online resources and self-service will be available in Fountains. Our opening times are available on the ILS website.




Merry Christmas by Tom Gill. Used under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Available from https://flic.kr/p/qv8j8K

Measuring research impact with Altmetric

YSJ offers a new way to measure research impact through a subscription to Altmetric. This service is designed to offer an alternative to journal impact factors (impact factors measure importance by quantifying how many times and where in the scholarly literature research has been cited). Altmetric looks at where research is mentioned in grey literature like government reports, popular media, social media, online and elsewhere. It is particularly good for getting a quick early snapshot of who is talking about research and where.

Altmetric will automatically analyse all research outputs uploaded to RaY and there are a number of different ways to explore the data. More information on how Altmetric works is available on the ILS website.

Please send us your NVivo issues

We are aware that a number of researchers using NVivo software for qualitative data management are experiencing issues. We are discovering that it's not just one quick fix to solve these issues but, because the software itself relies on a complex database, there are likely a number of different problems going on.

If you are indeed experiencing issues, please email either Clare McCluskey-Dean or Leah Emary a detailed description of your problem.We're aware that these issues may have occurred in the past and so you won't necessarily be able to screenshot or resurrect the exact problems you encounter but the types of details we're interested in hearing about are as follows:

• Where are you accessing NVivo (grad centre, home, other YSJ location)?
• Are you using the virtual desktop or do you have a local copy of NVivo installed on a personal machine?
• If you have a local copy of NVivo, which version is installed and what type of machine are you using (Mac, PC, operating system etc.)?
• If you are using a USB stick or cloud storage (Drop Box, Google Drive etc) to import and/or save your data, what type of USB stick are you using or which cloud-based storage medium are you using?
• Are you experiencing storage issues because files are exceeding your storage capabilities? If so, where are you saving your project files?
• Do you ever have trouble locating your project files or the NVivo sample project?
• Screenshots of error messages or other failures are very helpful.
• Any other details about your context or issues are greatly appreciated.