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Research@WUR reaches milestone: over 300,000 Research Outputs and counting
Research@WUR recently reached a milestone. WUR has now more than 300,000 publications in its repository. Currently over one-third of the research output is Open Access and completely free and available to anyone to read.
And the 300,000th publication is...
The 300,000th publication in Research@WUR is a report from Wageningen Economic Research: Regenerative agriculture in Europe: An overview paper on the state of knowledge.
The report examines the role of regenerative agriculture as a form of agricultural sustainability. The report analyses what regenerative agriculture is, what it means for the farmer, and how it contributes to sustainable agriculture. Congratulations for all authors who contributed to this symbolic milestone!
What is research output?
Research output includes all publications resulting from research, or written and created by researchers. This concerns a wide variety of publications ranging from articles to podcasts. Scientific publications make up a large part of our research output. These include peer-reviewed articles, monographs, book chapters, and conference papers. Research output also consists of reports, articles in professional journals, handbooks and brochures as well as lesser known publication types like datasets, articles on websites, videos and podcasts, conference abstracts and patents.
In addition to research output items, Research@WUR contains press clippings and activities by WUR staff (presentations, workshops).
Register your output
All registered research output of Wageningen University & Research is available in Research@WUR. The portal shows all research output that your department has registered in Pure, the system underlying Research@WUR. If you'd like to add WUR publications to your personal profile, you can contact your local Pure administrator. Publications from your previous contracts can also be added to Research@WUR. For these pre-WUR publications, please e-mail the Library's Research Information team.
Recognition & Rewards
Research@WUR shows the research outputs that are registered in Pure. This registration constitutes the basis for various evaluations, reports and reviews of research performance. Peer-reviewed, scientific publications are traditionally the most important parameters for assessing the quality of individual researchers, research groups and departments.
The national Recognition and Rewards programme is set to change this classical approach and aims for a broader type of assessment. Other research outputs and activities will become more important. Furthermore, societal impact will become an important performance area. Open science practices, academic leadership and team science are also aspects that should be rewarded. To be included in reviews at both the individual and group level, the most relevant alternative achievements, publications and qualifications should also be registered in Pure.
Together with the Wageningen ‘Recognition and Rewards’ committee, WUR Library is currently working on a more detailed assessment framework and accompanying registration infrastructure. See this article for more information on WUR Library & Recognition and Rewards.