Open Research

Open Research at Aston

Supporting Open Access publishing, Open Research data, research profiles and impact and open practices across research disciplines

Open Research is the practice of researching in such a way that others can collaborate and contribute throughout the research process, from making hypotheses, lab notes and research data freely available, continuing through the peer review and open access publication processes, to the further dissemination of knowledge through freely available software and open educational materials. All research items should be made freely available under terms that enable reuse, redistribution and reproduction of the research and its underlying data and methods. Our Second Open Access Research Awards 2025 celebrated the impressive Open Research taking place at Aston University.

For information on research publications visit our Research Publications Guide

Open Access

Information on Open Access

Research Data

Supporting Research Data at Aston

Profiles and Impact

Get your research seen and cited

Policies and Resources

Policies and resources related to Open Access and Open Research

REF Open Access Policy

Deposit & access requirements and permitted exceptions

Rights Retention

Information about Rights Retention

Safepod

A SafePod is a secure, standardised private space that allows accredited researchers to access and analyse sensitive data safely. It provides controlled, local access to national data services, removing the need to travel to specialist data centres while maintaining strict security standards.

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