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Articles that have been self-archived have been shown to have an increased citation impact of between 50 and 250 per cent. Moreover, if an institutional policy on self-archiving is in place, there is the likelihood of an increase in opportunity for funding as a result of improved research reputation; indeed, some funders are already making self-archiving a condition of grants. The Wellcome Trust has an OA mandating policy and Research Councils UK propose such a mandate. The creation of an IR would also provide your institution with a dynamic means to manage its information assets, giving you an increased role in the knowledge economy and greater control by retaining copyright and intellectual property rights (IPR) of work within the institution, rather than signing them away to publishers.
The creation of an IR can also ease the administrative burden on your institution, collecting all research produced by employees in the same place, and streamlining information on individuals’ research records, grant applications and fulfilment. An IR even allows the creation of a standardised CV for research assessment, a demonstration version of which can be seen here.
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