Most Accessed LRA Items (July 2012)

After a break for a month or so while we sorted out some underlying problems with our stats module, we’re back with the top 10 LRA items for the month of July 2012.

1. New insights into the crustal structure of the England, Wales and Irish Seas areas from local earthquake tomography and associated seismological studies (Hardwick, Anthony James) (2381/8615)
2. Mobile technologies and learning (Naismith, Laura et al) (2381/8132)
3. UKCoRR – At the Heart of the UK Open Access Repository Landscape (Johnson, Gareth J.) (2381/10872)
4. TEM studies of microstructural evolution in creep exposed E911 (Qin, G. et al) (2381/4740)
5. The Relationship of Principals/Directors’ Leadership Styles, as Perceived by the Faculty, to the Job Satisfaction of the Faculty Members in a Public University of Punjab, Pakistan (Amin, Muhammad) (2381/10774)
6. The challenges of insider research in educational institutions: wielding a double-edged sword and resolving delicate dilemmas (Mercer, Justine) (2381/4677)
7. Social inclusion, the museum and the dynamics of sectoral change (Sandell, Richard) (2381/52)
8. Facebook, social integration and informal learning at university: ‘It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work’ (Madge, Clare et al) (2381/9016)
9. Development of Advanced Ferritic Steels for High Efficiency Power Generation Plant (Qin, Guixiang) (2381/9944)
10. The Development of Nurture Groups in Secondary Schools (Colley, David Rodway) (2381/10132)

And I’ll try not to look too happy that in this, my final stats report, one of my own papers has shown up in the list. The power of positive use of social media again to promote, and the power of open access to enable readers beyond the publisher paywall to access the text.

In terms of the countries that have accessed LRA items the most, the top 10 looks like this.

1. United Kingdom
2. United States
3. India
4. Germany
5. Australia
6. China
7. Canada
8. Malaysia
9. Japan
10. France

LRA Top 10 Items (April 2012)

Here are the most heavily accessed records on the LRA for the month of April 2012. A mix of old and new items as always.

1. Mobile technologies and learning (Naismith, Laura et al)

• Financial Development, Economic Growth and Stock Market Volatility: Evidence from Nigeria and South Africa (Ndako, Umar Bida)

• Pragmatic randomized trial of antenatal intervention to prevent post-natal depression by reducing psychosocial risk factors (Brugha, Traolach S. et al)

• The propagation of VHF and UHF radio waves over sea paths (Sim, Chow Yen Desmond)

 

• An efficient and effective system for interactive student feedback using Google+ to enhance an institutional virtual learning environment (Cann, Alan James)

 

• Facebook, social integration and informal learning at university: ‘It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work’ (Madge, Clare et al)

• Writing up and presenting qualitative research in family planning and reproductive health care (Pitchforth, Emma et al)

 

• An evaluation of forensic DNA profiling techniques currently used in the United Kingdom. (Graham, Eleanor Alison May)

• Twitter and Public Reasoning Around Social Contention: The Case of #15ott in Italy (Vicari, Stefania)

• The challenges of insider research in educational institutions: wielding a double-edged sword and resolving delicate dilemmas (Mercer, Justine)

LRA – Most accessed items March 2012

As usual here are the most popular items on LRA last month.

1. Financial Development, Economic Growth and Stock Market Volatility: Evidence from Nigeria and South Africa (Ndako, Umar Bida)
2. The propagation of VHF and UHF radio waves over sea paths (Sim, Chow Yen Desmond)
3. Social inclusion, the museum and the dynamics of sectoral change (Sandell, Richard)
4. Writing up and presenting qualitative research in family planning and reproductive health care (Pitchforth, Emma et al)
5. Facebook, social integration and informal learning at university: ‘It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work’ (Madge, Clare et al) 
6. Pragmatic randomized trial of antenatal intervention to prevent post-natal depression by reducing psychosocial risk factors (Brugha, Traolach S. et al) 
7. The challenges of insider research in educational institutions: wielding a double-edged sword and resolving delicate dilemmas (Mercer, Justine) 
8. An efficient and effective system for interactive student feedback using Google+ to enhance an institutional virtual learning environment (Cann, Alan James) 
9. The Development of Nurture Groups in Secondary Schools (Colley, David Rodway) 
10. Mobile technologies and learning (Naismith, Laura et al)

Don’t forget if your research publications are on LRA, that they can be accessed by anyone in the world, unlike those behind publisher paywalls.  Simply by sharing the unique identifier (handle) in an email list, on webpage or via social networks you will find that your access rates and citations should climb yet further.

LRA Highly Accessed Articles Feb 2012

Here are the most access articles on the LRA in Feb 2012

1. An efficient and effective system for interactive student feedback using Google+ to enhance an institutional virtual learning environment (Cann, Alan James) (2381/10087)
2. The Impact of Labour Turnover: Theory and Evidence from UK Micro-Data (Garino, Gaia et al) (2381/4441)
3. Astronomy and ancient Greek cult : an application of archaeoastronomy to Greek religious architecture, cosmologies and landscapes (Boutsikas, Efrosyni) (2381/7566)
4. Financial Development, Economic Growth and Stock Market Volatility: Evidence from Nigeria and South Africa (Ndako, Umar Bida) (2381/8924)
5. The challenges of insider research in educational institutions: wielding a double-edged sword and resolving delicate dilemmas (Mercer, Justine) (2381/4677)
6. The propagation of VHF and UHF radio waves over sea paths (Sim, Chow Yen Desmond) (2381/7444)
7. Social inclusion, the museum and the dynamics of sectoral change (Sandell, Richard) (2381/52)
8. Facebook, social integration and informal learning at university: ‘It is more for socialising and talking to friends about work than for actually doing work’ (Madge, Clare et al) (2381/9016)
9. What is land cover? (Comber, Alexis J. et al) (2381/4655)
10. Writing up and presenting qualitative research in family planning and reproductive health care (Pitchforth, Emma et al) (2381/309)

As usual I’ve written to all the authors still working here at Leicester, and our Number One this month Alan has already blogged about his thoughts on the subject.

REF Pushed back to 2013/14

It’s not come as a big shock to anyone that the new Government have made good on one of their pre-election promises to push back to the REF-2012.  You can read more about it and the response from the sector at the following locations:

• THE on the anticipated delay
• HEFCE Response
• BBC News takes a slightly different tac

What this means for Leicester will be interesting to explore over the coming weeks, with especial reference to the preparations for REF that are already underway and the LRA in particular.