The most downloaded publication for December 2025 is ''Enclaves of inequality: Brasiguaios and the transformation of the Brazil-Paraguay borderlands’' by Jacob Blanc. edin.ac/3N6CuTm Congratulations!

Open and Engaged 2025 Conference has now released their slides: bl.iro.bl.uk/collections/...

"AI, Openness & Future Publishing – Event summary" Guest blog post written by Veronica Cano (Open Data and REF Manager) libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/202...

cOAlition S has now released their new strategy for 2026-2030: www.coalition-s.org/coalition-s-...

The most downloaded publication for November 2025 is ‘Turkey and the Gulf States in the Horn of Africa: Fluctuating dynamics of engagement, investment and influence’ by Jason Mosley, Nada Wanni, Yinebeb Nigatu, Mahad Wasuge, Adel Hamaizia, Georgia Cole and Federico Donelli. edin.ac/48uV3aR

The most downloaded publication for October 2025 is ''Give birth to nightmares': The Marshallese nuclear legacy and women’s health in Kathy Jetñil-Kijiner’s ‘Monster’' by Michelle Keown. edin.ac/4hWL0zw Congratulations!

New in the top 3 most downloaded publications for September 2025 – “Not just BANAL: How branding shapes cybercrime ecosystems” by Ben Collier and Richard Clayton. edin.ac/46Rxubv

The most downloaded publication for August 2025 is 'Online Film in China' by Xiaobai Shen. www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publicati... Congratulations!

Join us at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh on 13th November at 1pm for a half-day event on AI, Openness and Publishing Futures. For further information, please visit cahss.ed.ac.uk/research-and...

The call for abstracts is now open for the 2026 Digital Research Conference taking place on 26th February 2026 at the Edinburgh Futures Institute, University of Edinburgh. For further information, visit digitalresearchservices.ed.ac.uk/digital-rese....

Join the Bodleian Open Scholarship online event on 25th September at 4pm to hear more about the loss of open datasets and efforts to capture them before they are lost. To book your place visit go.glam.ox.ac.uk/data25

"Sectarian tensions, Islamophobia, and decolonization: Comparing Jasser Auda's and Jonathan Brown's analysis of the Hadiths concerning Aisha's marital age" by Muhamad Rofiq Muzakkir et al. is the most downloaded publication for July 2025. edin.ac/3HqT4dU

"A Spanish genocide? Reflections on the post-war Francoist repression" by Julius Ruiz is the most downloaded publication for June 2025. edin.ac/40jPokx Congratulations!

The Scottish Funding Council has updated their page on Open Research: www.sfc.ac.uk/research-inn...

Are you a researcher in the humanities looking to publish Open Access, but don't know where to begin? This free, online course from the School of Advanced Study, University of London is for you! reshaped.sas.ac.uk/course/view....

The Edinburgh Open Research Conference 2025 that took place yesterday was extremely interesting. All talks have been recorded and will be uploaded soon in the EOR website. Sign up to the EOR newsletter here: eor.start.page

New in the top 3 most downloaded publications from May 2025 – “A study of diabetes mellitus within a large sample of Australian twins” by Julianne Condon, Joanne E. Shaw, Michelle Luciano, Kirsten O. Kyvik, Nicholas G. Martin and David L. Duffy. edin.ac/4jyffvQ Congratulations!

Our Open Research and Pure SharePoint is now open to all University staff: uoe.sharepoint.com/sites/hss/co...

The CAHSS Open Research newsletter for June 2025 has now been published and is available to read here - uoe.sharepoint.com/sites/hss/co.... [University login required]

The Research Data Service has also created a short survey to understand how University of Edinburgh researchers are being impacted by the decommissioning and blocking of public access to databases in the US. You can contribute with your experience at edin.ac/43k0KXT

Robin Rice's blog post on the Edinburgh Research Data Blog details efforts by the Data Rescue Project to try to save important US research data that could otherwise be lost. buff.ly/DNBHhxM Researchers can contact [email protected] to discuss potential actions to take and raise any concerns.

REF2029 have published some changes and clarifications to their forthcoming Open Access Policy and accompanying FAQ, including changes to licensing requirements. Their change log now allows you to view the current version of the policy alongside earlier versions of the text. Links in the comments.

"Implicit criticism of scriptures and Josephus’ rewritten Bible" by Timothy Lim is the most downloaded publication for April 2025. edin.ac/3YCCHk3 Congratulations!

The UKRI Open Data Policy consultation is now open until the 9th July 2025. For further information, and to book your place on an information webinar on 7th May, please visit engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-openres...

Edinburgh Open Research Conference (4-Jun-2025) Full Conference Programme now live: library.ed.ac.uk/research-sup...

⚠️Pure Live will be upgraded to 5.313 on Tuesday 22nd April, and it will be unavailable between 0800 and 1200 on this day and considered at risk for the rest of the day. Please do not log in to Pure while it is unavailable as any changes made may be lost in the upgrade.

UKRI has published a new draft research data policy: engagementhub.ukri.org/ukri-openres...

New entry in the top 5 most downloaded publications for March 2025: “The health benefits of walking” by Paul Kelly, Marie Murphy and Nanette Mutrie. edin.ac/3DPtw8R Congratulations!

Join us for an afternoon of talks on Wednesday 21st May, exploring some of the latest and most interesting issues around making Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences research open: cahss.ed.ac.uk/research-and...

The 2025 CAHSS Research Themes Showcase is now open for registration. Please join us on the 24th of April at this exhibition to showcase the activities and research across the 9 CAHSS Research Themes: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cahss-rese...

Save the date! Tickets for the Open Research Conference on the 4th of June are now available: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edinburgh-...

New entry in the top 3 most downloaded publications for February 2025: “Artificial intelligence and education in China” by Jeremy Knox. tinyurl.com/2yn68j6f Congratulations!

A campaign to recognise the ‘hidden’ outputs and roles in successful academic research has been awarded £3.5 million to bring it into the 2029 REF. www.southampton.ac.uk/news/2025/02...

After recent reporting that three UK universities have ended their transitional open access agreements with the publisher Elsevier, University of Sheffield's Peter Barr explains why academic libraries are making these decisions. blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

New entry in the most downloaded publications for January 2025: “Once burned, twice shy. The use of compromissory clauses before the International Court of Justice and their declining popularity in new treaties” by Filippo Fontanelli. edin.ac/3En4SMF Congratulations!

We are pleased to let you know that the migration of Pure to the Cloud has been completed, and you are now able to log back into the system. Please note that the service remains ‘at risk’ until 17.00 on Tuesday 18 February. The address to access Pure remains the same – www.pure.ed.ac.uk.