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As from late 2010, all digitised RMIT Phd, Masters and Professional Doctorate theses have been available from the RMIT Research Repository. Theses date from approximately 2006 and include the full-text of the completed thesis and a summary of its content.

To see theses currently in the repository, click on this link

Launched in April 2009, the RMIT Research Repository distributes and showcases the research outputs of hard-working RMIT researchers through an ever-expanding online collection of peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, books and book chapters.

Click here to find out why Dr Arnan Mitchell, Dr Madhu Bhaskaran and Dr Sharath Sriram support the repository.

After much trial and error, repository staff are proud to announce the successful implementation of the Scopus Citation service. Only available for Journal Articles at present, it is hoped the service will be rolled out to Conference Papers next and other record types in near future. The service works by allowing the repository to connect to the Scopus database to retrieve and display citation figures for those repository records containing a Scopus ID. The service only works for repository records which have a record in Scopus, so not all repository records will have this data (alas, Scopus does not index everything). See an example journal article record with Scopus citation data at the link below. The Scopus Citation count can be found at the bottom of the page:

To see all journal articles with Scopus Citation data, click on this link:

http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/collection/rmit:14?rows=50&pager_row=0&sort_order=1&sort_by=searchKeycore_89&sort_order=1

Click here to access the author Deposit Agreement and Guide. This double-sided document provides further information about the depositing process on one side and the Deposit Agreement on the other. This form can be filled out and returned to repository staff at any time.

Step 1. Report all of your research outputs for inclusion in HERDC to the staff in Research and Innovation. This will ensure that a record for your research outputs will appear in the repository. For information about how to report your publications for HERDC, see this link: http://www.rmit.edu.au/staff/research/publishing This step is entirely managed by staff in Research and Innovation.

Step 2. After reporting your research outputs for inclusion in HERDC, send the repository (at the repository@rmit.edu.au email address) a copy of the 'accepted manuscript' version of your output. The 'accepted manuscript' version is defined as:

The author-created version that incorporates referee comments and is the accepted version for publication.

The accepted manuscript is not the published version. While it has been refereed and edited, it won't have any publisher logos or other formatting done to it.

Please note: RMIT Research Repository staff are required to adhere to the policies individual publishers have set down regarding what versions can be legally placed in the repository. We are thus the ones responsible for checking these policies. It is not expected that researchers will do this step themselves. The only requirement for researchers is that they provide the 'accepted manuscript' version, that is the one that fits the above definition.

Step 3. Wait for repository staff to respond. We will send you a copy of the author Deposit Agreement and Guide (if you have not already signed one) and will assess the publication you have sent to the repository to confirm it's compliance with publisher policy (i.e. that it is an 'accepted manuscript'). Once this is done and the repository has received the completed Author Deposit agreement, we can then upload the 'accepted manuscript' to it's repository record. Repository staff will send out a link so the researcher can view it in the repository for themselves.

For further information and help, please contact:

Coordinator, RMIT Research Repository

Email: repository@rmit.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9925 2310
Fax: +61 3 9663 3047

RMIT Research Repository
University Library
GPO Box 2476
Melbourne VIC 3000
Australia

RMIT Library has recently compiled three new Lib Guides to help you with your study and research.

Looking for theses? The Finding and Obtaining Theses Lib Guide will show you how to find them quickly and easily.

Like to learn more about the impact of your research? See the Research impact Lib Guide for some helpful information.

Like to keep up with current research developments more effectively? The Staying current with your research Lib Guide offers some helpful tips.

Searching by use of the Tag cloud has recently been upgraded. Clicking on a Tag will now retrieve records with your chosen Tag listed as a keyword. This improvement will provide more precise search results and will make the most of any keywords and phrases listed in your repository records.

To search using the Tag cloud, go to the RMIT Research Repository home page and click on the 'Tags' tab on the right hand side of the 'Daily Snapshot' box. http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au

Happy searching!

The RMIT Research Repository allows for the adding of keywords or tags describing each record with no limit on the number of tags that can be added. To see the most popular tag, go to the RMIT Research Repository home page and click on the 'Tags' tab on the right hand side of the 'Daily Snapshot' box.

Currently, the most popular tag is 'integrated optics' closely followed by 'microwave photonics'.

Is your tag showing? Contact Repository staff at: repository@rmit.edu.au to find out how.

In the next few weeks, changes will be made to the RMIT Research Repository to improve searching functionality. Soon, it will be possible to refine search results using faceting for Author name, Key words, Subject, Published date and Publication type. Refining search results using faceting is now being widely used in a number of subscription databases and will increase the usefulness of repository search results for users.

See our new look (arriving soon) RMIT Research Repository today.

Like more people to see your research? Contact repository@rmit.edu.au to find out how.

Do you live in Sarajevo or visited Banja Luka lately? If you have and you've taken the time to view records from the RMIT Research Repository while you were there, we'd like to thank you for your interest.

The RMIT Research Repository records the country and city users are from and the people of Bosnia and Herzogovina have voted overwhelmingly with their mouse clicks that the RMIT Research Repository is the place to be! As the 3rd biggest downloader of documents after Australia and the United States, Bosnia and Herzogovina is demonstrating the RMIT Research Repository's ability to distribute RMIT research far and wide. See the latest statistics here

The RMIT Research Repository reached a significant milestone on Monday 11th January, with the successful ingest of its 3000th record. This makes the repository nearly double the size it was at its launch in April last year. In terms of record numbers, we have now elbowed our way past the Australian National University, Murdoch University and Victoria University.

There are 3000+ good reasons to make your research available from the RMIT Research Repository, be one of them. Contact repository@rmit.edu.au to find out how.

Dr Arnan Mitchell was recently in touch with Digital Repository staff and had the following to say about the RMIT Research Repository:

"I would like to let you know that since listing on the RMIT research repository, a number of my papers from up to 10 years ago have suddenly been cited multiple times. I am sure that this is a direct result of the RMIT Research Repository. This has in fact increased my h-index by about 2 points so far. So very, very worthwhile so far, and I think that the real benefit will be felt only in a few years time."

"I do believe that this initiative will have a major and measurable impact on RMIT's research standing nationally and internationally."

October has seen the highest ever number of article downloads from the RMIT Research Repository with a whopping 606 to date. This is well above the record set in September when the number of downloads reached a dizzying 585.

An analysis of author "strike rates" in the RMIT Research Repository has recently revealed Dr France Cheong's impressive form. Dr Cheong's 8 publications, have produced a staggering 52 downloads. For statistics lovers, this equates to an average of 6.5 downloads per publication.

The most downloaded and accessed publication is "A hierarchical fuzzy system with high input dimensions for forecasting foreign exchange rates". With 27 record accesses and 20 downloads, this conference paper has had the best innings of the 8.

Want your publications to start bowling the opposition over? Add your full-text content to your existing records in the Repository by contacting Repository staff at: repository@rmit.edu.au

Describing the evaluation and examination of the relevance historical jewelery has to today, Partyline offers a unique insight into the role jewelery plays in the spheres in culture, technology and archeology. Also includes a catalogue from an exhibition held in Munich in 2004.

Want your research to be next month’s most downloaded? To have your full-text content added to your existing records in the Repository, contact Repository staff at: repository@rmit.edu.au

Congratulations to Dr Wayne Rowe from the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, whose article “F-shaped shorted patch antenna with dual-frequency characteristics” was the most downloaded during June. This article was viewed by people in countries as diverse as Georgia, Pakistan and Sweden. Of Dr Rowe's 13 records in the repository, 10 have full-text files attached, making them openly available and easily accessible.

The RMIT Research Repository is indexed by ARROW (Australian Research Repositories Online to the World), OAIster (the Open Archives Initiative’s harvester) and Google. This means anyone with an internet connection can access the Repository’s content.

Want your research to be next month’s most downloaded? To have your full-text content added to your existing records in the Repository, contact Repository staff at: repository@rmit.edu.au

1. Searching by Journal Name is now possible
2. The Description search option has been renamed Abstract

What research output types should be included in the repository?

Currently, the repository includes the four established HERDC categories: Books, Book Chapters, refereed Journal Articles and refereed Conference Papers. This should be broadened to include the additional, non-traditional research outputs determined by the ERA as eligible, such as exhibitions and recorded creative works.

What objects should be included in the repository?

Ideally, records should have full-text objects attached, in order to make the content as broadly available as possible. This full-text object should be either the PDF produced by the publisher or other official version, the accepted manuscript, or the version originally submitted for publication. Working within the guidelines established by publishers, the version of the object that will be included should be sought in the following order of priority;

1. Published version

2. Accepted manuscript

3. Post peer-review (also referred to as ‘post-print’)

4. Submitted manuscript, pre peer review, but after acceptance (also referred to as ‘pre-print’)

NB: Most publishers permit the accepted manuscript to be hosted, so this version would comprise most of the content.

Please see FAQs Blog for more detailed guidelines.

RMIT University researchers and staff are actively encouraged to contribute their research publications to the RMIT Research Repository.