Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

March 2017

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

Update Getting ready for REF2021

We continue to work with the University’s REF Steering Group to make sure USIR can capture and report on the full breadth and impact of your research. We saw over 78,000 downloads from the repository in March alone and, as you can see from the statistics below, the most popular paper was downloaded 1524 times.

March also saw the deadline for submissions to a broad consultation on the next Research Excellence Framework (REF) conducted by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). You can view and download the University of Salford’s submitted response via the Research pages of the University website: http://www.salford.ac.uk/research/ref

Reminder of REF eligibility requirements Since 1 April 2016, a journal article or published conference paper will only be eligible for the next REF if it complies with the HEFCE Open Access Policy. Our institutional policy requires that all such outputs must be deposited in USIR within 10 weeks of the date they were accepted for publication. For further information, please see our Open Access webpages or contact us via USIR@salford.ac.uk Funding for open access publishing If you’re preparing to publish, the University has an Open Access Support Fund available to cover the cost of Article Processing Charges (APCs) to allow you to publish open access so that your article can reach the widest possible audience as well as ensuring its eligibility for the REF. There is still funding available for this year. Apply via our Open Access webpages. As always, we are happy to offer advice and meet with any researchers who would like to be shown how to deposit their work – our contact details can be found at the end of this report. You can find instructions on how to deposit in USIR at http://www.salford.ac.uk/library/research/openaccess/repository Many thanks, The Research Support Team (The Library)

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

General Overview for Research

October 2016 – March 2017

October November December January February February

Total Deposits* 190 265 114 126 132 119

Mediated 76 173 45 12 2 3

Self-deposits 103 78 54 102 123 99

E-theses deposits 11 14 15 12 7 17

Self-deposits

A&M 3 4 8 4 14 16

HL&SS 0 0 0 0 0 0

HS 10 18 11 17 13 11

NMSW&SS 14 21 6 27 16 9

CSE 24 13 12 14 53 39

ELS 43 13 10 17 20 18

SoBE 3 6 4 9 2 0

SBS 6 3 3 14 5 6

Page Views** 59,823 53,158 55,846 84,034 58,383 75,867

Visits** 15,179 9,587 12,561 14,900 14,262 16,971

*Total deposits include items that have been self-deposited by individuals, mediated deposits by the Open Access Team

and E-theses deposits.

** These figures incorporate the views & visits to all collections hosted in our repository system, and are therefore not limited solely to the USIR research collection.

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

Live records in USIR

March 2017

13, 422 live records

8926 full text records

4728 of which are publicly accessible

Full text downloads

Number of full text documents downloaded between April 2016 & March 2017

Top 10 country downloads

March 2017

27%

12%

10%5%

3%2%

2%2%

2%

2%

33%

United Kingdom

Japan

United States

India

Germany

France

China

Malaysia

Nigeria

Australia

Other

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

Top 5 full text downloads across the University of Salford

Articles downloaded by visitors to USIR during March 2017 No. of downloads

Wedawatta, GSD, Ingirige, MJB and Amaratunga, RDG 2011, Case study as a research strategy:

Investigating extreme weather resilience of construction SMEs in the UK, in: ARCOM doctoral workshop,

International conference on building resilience, July 2011, Kandalama, Sri Lanka.

1524

Long, AF, Godfrey, M, Randall, T, Brettle, A and Grant, MJ 2002, HCPRDU evaluation tool for quantitative studies , University of Leeds, Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds.

1049

Al Ghazali, F 2006, Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and pedagogic implications, in: TESOL Arabia, March, 2006, United Arab Emirates. (Unpublished)

693

Roberts, JF, Fenton, G and Barnard, MC 2015, 'Developing effective therapeutic relationships with

children, young people and their families', Nursing Children and Young People, 27 (4), pp. 30-35.

501

Mccullagh, K 2011, Click happy?: an analysis of the use of an Electronic Voting System (EVS) in large

group lectures to improve interaction and engagement, in: Education in a Changing Environment (ECE)

6th International Conference : Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, 6 - 8 July 2011, The

University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

485

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

School statistics Top 5 articles downloaded by visitors to USIR during March 2017

School of Environment & Life Sciences

No. of downloads

Dodouras, S and James, P 2004, Examining the sustainability impacts of mega-sports events: fuzzy

mapping as a new integrated appraisal system, in: 4th International Postgraduate Research Conference

in the Built and Human Environment, 29th March - 2nd April 2004, Salford.

75

Nevell, MD 2011, 'Living in the industrial city: Housing quality, land ownership and the archaeological

evidence from industrial Manchester, 1740-1850', International Journal for Historical Archaeology, 15

(4) , pp. 594-606.

55

Tzoulas, K, Korpela, K, Venn, S, Yli-Pelkonen, V, Kazmierczak, A, Niemela, J and James, P 2007,

'Promoting ecosystem and human health in urban areas using green infrastructure: A literature review',

Landscape and Urban Planning, 81 (3), pp. 167-178.

52

Jehle, R and Arntzen, JW 2002, 'Review: microsatellite markers in amphibian conservation genetics', Herpetological Journal, 12 , pp. 1-9.

37

Buckton Castle excavations 2009 2009, Stalybridge, Tameside, Greater Manchester. 36

School of Arts & Media

Cooper, R, Evans, M, Williams, AJ, Hodgson, L, Hall, NA and Sun, Q 2009, 'Design 2020 - design

industry futures', in: Design 2020 - Design Industry Futures, Lancaster University & University of

Salford, Lancaster.

103

McKay, GA 2009, '‘Crippled with nerves’: popular music and polio, with particular reference to Ian Dury', Popular Music, 28 (3), pp. 341-365.

97

Worrall, LJ, Harris, K, Stewart, R, Thomas, A and McDermott, P 2010, 'Barriers to women in the UK construction industry', Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 17 (3), pp. 268-281.

92

Archetti, C 2010, 'Review of Daya Thussu (ed.) International Communication: A Reader (London: Routledge, 2010)', Journal of International and Global Studies, 1 (2), pp. 175-177.

89

Mckay, GA 2001, Trad jazz in 1950s Britain—protest, pleasure, politics—interviews with some of those

involved. (Unpublished)

68

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

School of Humanities, Languages & Social Sciences

Al Ghazali, F 2006, Collocations and word-combinations in English: Considerations, classifications, and

pedagogic implications, in: TESOL Arabia, March, 2006, United Arab Emirates. (Unpublished)

693

O'Neill, ME and Singh, A 2007, 'Introduction', in: The police occupational culture : new debates and

directions , Sociology of Crime Law and Deviance (8) , Emerald, pp. 1-16.

209

Dr. Al Ghazali, Fawzi 2006, First language acquisition vs second language learning: What is the

difference? (Unpublished)

196

Powell, Susan 2009, 'John to John: The Manuale Sacerdotis and the daily life of a parish priest', in:

Recording Medieval Lives, Harlaxton Medieval Studies (17), Shaun Tyas, Donington, pp. 112-129.

169

Al Ghazali, F 2007, Critical discourse analysis: How can awareness of CDA influence teaching

techniques? , in: TESOL Arabia, February, 2007, United Arab Emirates. (Unpublished)

146

School of Health Sciences Tyson, S 2004, Brunel balance assessment (BBA), Manual, The University of Salford, Salford,

Manchester, UK.

366

Davys, D and Tickle, EJ 2010, Occupational therapy and older people: Assessment and evaluation of

health and wellbeing, in: College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference, 22nd and 25th June

2010, Brighton. (Unpublished)

170

Preece, S, Willan, P, Nester, CJ, Graham-Smith, P, Herrington, LC and Bowker, P 2008, 'Variation in

pelvic morphology may prevent the identification of anterior pelvic tilt', Journal of Manual and

Manipulative Therapy (16), pp. 113-117.

169

Hogg, P, Thompson-Hogg, R and Buissink, C 2016, Optimising image quality for medical imaging,

University of Salford, University of Salford.

125

Davys, D and Jones, V 2007, 'Peer observation: a tool for continuing professional development', International Journal of Therapy and Rehabilitation, 14 (11), pp. 489-493.

117

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School of Nursing, Midwifery, Social Work & Social Sciences

Long, AF, Godfrey, M, Randall, T, Brettle, A and Grant, MJ 2002, HCPRDU evaluation tool for

quantitative studies , University of Leeds, Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds.

1049

Roberts, JF, Fenton, G and Barnard, MC 2015, 'Developing effective therapeutic relationships with

children, young people and their families', Nursing Children and Young People, 27 (4) , pp. 30-35.

501

Long, A.F., Godfrey, M, Randall, T, Brettle, A and Grant, MJ 2002, HCPRDU Evaluation tool for mixed

methods studies , University of Leeds, Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds.

408

Long, AF, Godfrey, M, Randall, T, Brettle, A and Grant, MJ 2002, HCPRDU evaluation tool for

qualitative studies , University of Leeds, Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds.

230

Widdowson, MDJ 2011, 'Case study research methodology' , International Journal of Transactional

Analysis Research, 2 (1) , pp. 25-34.

227

School of Computing, Science & Engineering

Saraee, M, White, S and Eccleston, J 2004, A data mining approach to analysis and prediction of movie ratings,

in: The Fifth International Conference on Data Mining, Text Mining and their Business Applications, 15-17

September 2004, Malaga, Spain.

351

Ihuah, PW 2014, 'A review of soft and hard approaches of human resource management and the success of

real estate development in Nigeria', Journal of Business Management and Economic Development (JBMED), 1

(1), 16 -23.

258

Meziane, F and Vadera, S 2009, 'AI in software engineering: Current developments and future prospects', in: Artificial Intelligence Applications for Improved Software Engineering Development: New Prospects, IGI Global, Hershey, New York, USA, pp. 273-294.

148

Moorhouse, AT, Waddington, DC and Adams, MD 2005, Procedure for the assessment of low frequency noise

disturbance, Project Report, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

140

Waddington, DC, Clayton, T, Fiumicelli, D, Clarke, T and Mitchell, S 2011, 'The noise policy statement for England:

significance, application and implications', Acoustics Bulletin.

136

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School of the Built Environment

Wedawatta, GSD, Ingirige, MJB and Amaratunga, RDG 2011, Case study as a research strategy:

Investigating extreme weather resilience of construction SMEs in the UK , in: ARCOM doctoral

workshop, International conference on building resilience, July 2011, Kandalama, Sri Lanka.

1524

Muriro, A and Wood, GD 2010, A comparative analysis of procurement methods used on competitively

tendered office projects in the UK , in: COBRA 2010, 2nd - 3rd September 2010, Paris.

397

Bezweek, SA and Egbu, CO 2010, The impact of information technology to facilitate communication

and collaboration in Libyan public organisations , in: CIB World Congress 2010, 10-13 May 2010, The

Lowry, Salford Quays, United Kingdom.

323

Koskela, LJ and Howell, G 2002, The underlying theory of project management is obsolete , in: The

PMI Research Conference, June 2002, Seattle, Washington.

313

Seneviratne, TKKS, Pathirage, C, Amaratunga, RDG and Haigh, RP 2011, Disaster knowledge factors:

benefits and challenges , in: International Conference on Building Resilience 2011: Interdisciplinary

approaches to disaster risk reduction, and the development of sustainable communities and cities, July,

2011, Kandalama, Sri Lanka.

295

Salford Business School Mccullagh, K 2011, Click happy?: an analysis of the use of an Electronic Voting System (EVS) in large group lectures to improve interaction and engagement , in: Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) 6th International Conference : Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, 6 - 8 July 2011, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

485

Abdou, HAH and Pointon, J 2011, 'Credit scoring, statistical techniques and evaluation criteria: A review of the literature', Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance & Management, 18 (2-3) , pp. 59-88.

287

Macewan, NF 2008, 'The Computer Misuse Act 1990: lessons from its past and predictions for its

future', Criminal Law Review, 12, pp. 955-967.

216

Bell, F 2009, 'Connectivism: a network theory for teaching and learning in a connected world',

Educational Developments, The Magazine of the Staff and Educational Development Association, 10

(3).

197

Kamerade, D 2011, Group role-play as a method of facilitating student to student interaction and making theory relevant , in: Education in a Changing Environment (ECE) 6th International Conference : Creativity and Engagement in Higher Education, 6 - 8 July 2011, The University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK.

143

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

E-theses collection overview

Live e-theses records

March 2017

1,375 e-theses records

1,366 full-text e-theses

825 of which are publicly accessible

E-theses downloads

Number of full text documents downloaded between April 2016 & March 2017

Top 10 country downloads

March 2017

31%

10%

9%9%

5%

4%

4%

3%

3%

2%

20%United Kingdom

United States

Japan

India

China

Nigeria

Malaysia

Philippines

Germany

Indonesia

Other

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

Number of full text downloads across the University of Salford E-theses Collection

E-Theses downloaded by visitors to USIR during March 2017. No. of downloads

Atkinson, D 2013, Nursing observation and assessment of patients in the acute medical unit, DProf

thesis, University of Salford.

2159

Dehzoei, AM 1991, Analytical methods and instrumentation for the determination of organophosphorus

pesticides in fruit and vegetable substrates, PhD thesis, University of Salford.

769

Abdallah, WM 2013, The impact of financial and non-financial measures on banks’ financial strength

ratings : The case of the Middle East , PhD thesis, University of Salford.

730

Kidger, PJK 1999, Human resource management in multinational enterprises, PhD thesis, University

of Salford.

595

Dobie, I 2001, The impact of new technologies and the Internet on the music industry, 1997-2001, PhD

thesis, University of Salford, UK.

494

Information taken from Google Analytics and IR Stats, 3rd April 2017. Compiled by Wendy Taylor & Emma Smith

Contact information

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Emma Smith: Academic Support Manager (Research)

0161 295 2445

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0161 295 6370

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