Why deposit?
Whether you are a research academic, PhD student, librarian, research business manager or senior member of academic staff, there are three main benefits of using roar to store your publications:
1) Visibility: articles made freely available are more likely to be cited
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roar makes your article more visible: the more places your research exists online as full text, the
greater chance it will be discovered and cited. roar uses quality metadata records and is indexed by all search engines, the UEL library catalogue and specialist search sites including repository indexing and cross searching tools. Repository content is ranked higher by some search engines than the content of personal web pages.
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roar provides a showcase for University of East London research. It is used to support externally and internally driven audits of research activity including HEFCE assessment exercises such as the
Research Excellence Framework and similar annual reviews.
2) Accessibility: research archives mean research sharing is faster
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You want your research to get maximum impact but subscriptions limit access. roar can make your article more accessible than your publisher because no subscription is required to read the version of your article in roar. This helps the global research community counter the
crisis in scholarly communications.
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Depositing work in roar can help you comply with funding requirements –
all seven major UK research councils now
insist on open access deposit as a grant condition.
3) Preservation: archiving of material ensures longevity of research
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roar provides a permanent URL and a place where your scholarly work is
securely and permanently stored. This is guaranteed for a minimum of 10 years even if you leave the University.
