Karen Rowlett
@karenanya.bsky.social
Research Publications Adviser working with bibliometrics, Open Research, Open Access at UK University. Keen on books, nature, walking, photography, crochet. Bad wife to lovely husband. All views are my own.
Beautiful day on White Horse Hill yesterday. Lots of red kites and buzzards overhead. Liked this stone chat trying to escape my camera #birds
November 18, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Beautiful day on White Horse Hill yesterday. Lots of red kites and buzzards overhead. Liked this stone chat trying to escape my camera #birds
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#OpenData research data loss funnel #SeanHill #OAI14 - for every 100 datasets generated, only 1 is shared + FAIR + Cited. Only 1% of research data reaches this gold standard. The investment in generating the data is lost. Delays opportunities/potential/discovery. Why is it lost?
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
So lucky to have daily encounters with these amazing birds. #kites,#birds, #wildlife
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
So lucky to have daily encounters with these amazing birds. #kites,#birds, #wildlife
Come and work with me in the Open Research team at University of Reading Library jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Open Access Adviser:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 3rd December 2025
jobs.reading.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Come and work with me in the Open Research team at University of Reading Library jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Fascinating paper on detecting dinosaur bones using drones to spot characteristic lichens in the Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Re...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Re...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
Lichens and drones reveal dinosaur bones - University of Reading
www.reading.ac.uk
November 5, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Fascinating paper on detecting dinosaur bones using drones to spot characteristic lichens in the Dinosaur Provincial Park, Alberta, Canada
www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Re...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
www.reading.ac.uk/news/2025/Re...
doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...
@athena42.bsky.social You might be interested in this
Hot wings coming up! - i.e., brown rats hunt bats IN FLIGHT.
🐀🦇🍴
While this has serious conservation implications for urban bats, I can't help but be amazed by the rats' dexterity and adaptability.
Full paper by @berlinbatlab.bsky.social here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪🌍🦊
🐀🦇🍴
While this has serious conservation implications for urban bats, I can't help but be amazed by the rats' dexterity and adaptability.
Full paper by @berlinbatlab.bsky.social here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧪🌍🦊
October 22, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@athena42.bsky.social You might be interested in this
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To mark Open Access Week, we’re revisiting one of our blogs from 2022, where we did a mini-analysis looking at whether open access publications receive more policy citations than paywalled ones.
To learn what we did and what we found, head to our blog:
To learn what we did and what we found, head to our blog:
Is there an Open Access advantage for policy citations? We think so (but there’s more to explore)
Overton recently presented a short lightning talk and poster at the Open Access Scholarly Publishing Association (OASPA) conference on whether or not there was an open access citation advantage…
www.overton.io
October 22, 2025 at 2:15 PM
To mark Open Access Week, we’re revisiting one of our blogs from 2022, where we did a mini-analysis looking at whether open access publications receive more policy citations than paywalled ones.
To learn what we did and what we found, head to our blog:
To learn what we did and what we found, head to our blog:
All ready for #openaccessweek at work tomorrow.
October 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
All ready for #openaccessweek at work tomorrow.
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PODCASTS
Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
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Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
1/7
October 15, 2025 at 9:36 AM
PODCASTS
Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
1/7
Altmetric now tracks podcasts mentioning research
In 2018 there were roughly 500,000 podcasts in existence. Just 3 years later that number was 2 million. Today it's around 4 million.
Amid all the Squarespace ads there's citations to research.
Let's go
1/7
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Don't miss our free, online Open and Engaged Conference 2025, as part of #InternationaOpenAccessWeek.
This year we're exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.
Register for free: bit.ly/BLEngagedCon...
This year we're exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.
Register for free: bit.ly/BLEngagedCon...
October 7, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Don't miss our free, online Open and Engaged Conference 2025, as part of #InternationaOpenAccessWeek.
This year we're exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.
Register for free: bit.ly/BLEngagedCon...
This year we're exploring the power, ethics, and responsibility embedded in how cultural heritage is created, shared, and preserved.
Register for free: bit.ly/BLEngagedCon...
Enjoyed visiting #CalkeAbbey over the weekend. Great walk through the deer park with volunteer Andrew. Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk
August 4, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Enjoyed visiting #CalkeAbbey over the weekend. Great walk through the deer park with volunteer Andrew. Thank you @nationaltrust.org.uk
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#AcademicSky #SciPub #PeerReview #PhDSky #OpenScience #AcademicResearch #AcademicWriting #ScholarlyPublishing #AcademicPublishing #AcademicChatter 🧪
July 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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The BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage just celebrated its 201st birthday episode.
Nish Kumar wanted to know: so, climate change, are we screwed?
My answer: we are not screwed, yet.
Listen to the whole episode:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Nish Kumar wanted to know: so, climate change, are we screwed?
My answer: we are not screwed, yet.
Listen to the whole episode:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - The Infinite Monkey Cage, Series 33, 201st Birthday Bonanza - Mel Giedroyc, Deborah Meaden and Nish Kumar
Get ready for a landmark episode of The Infinite Monkey Cage celebrating our 201st show!
www.bbc.co.uk
July 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
The BBC Radio 4 show The Infinite Monkey Cage just celebrated its 201st birthday episode.
Nish Kumar wanted to know: so, climate change, are we screwed?
My answer: we are not screwed, yet.
Listen to the whole episode:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Nish Kumar wanted to know: so, climate change, are we screwed?
My answer: we are not screwed, yet.
Listen to the whole episode:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
What an amazing bird to find perching at the bottom of your small urban garden! We get them overhead all the time but have not had one landed before. Red kite reintroduction has been a real success in Southern UK. Taken through an upstairs window #birds #redkite #Milvus #RdgUK
April 2, 2025 at 4:48 PM
So impressed with my library colleagues who baked and consumed cake so we can twin a toilet and contribute to the UN SDGs. Our goal was 1 loo but it looks as if we'll be able to fund 3.
March 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
So impressed with my library colleagues who baked and consumed cake so we can twin a toilet and contribute to the UN SDGs. Our goal was 1 loo but it looks as if we'll be able to fund 3.
Beautiful day for a 14km walk with some great birds on the way. First time I've seen a great white egret #birds #wollabank @lincsbirding.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Beautiful day for a 14km walk with some great birds on the way. First time I've seen a great white egret #birds #wollabank @lincsbirding.bsky.social
Lovely morning for a #Parkrun at #FerryMeadows near #Peterborough. Friendly volunteers and a nice course. Surprisingly, I was first in my age category and 80th woman out of 235 #running
March 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Lovely morning for a #Parkrun at #FerryMeadows near #Peterborough. Friendly volunteers and a nice course. Surprisingly, I was first in my age category and 80th woman out of 235 #running
Did my first plasma donation this evening. Easy, painless and I get to keep my red blood cells.
#GiveBlood #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #NHS #RdgUK
#GiveBlood #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #NHS #RdgUK
March 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Did my first plasma donation this evening. Easy, painless and I get to keep my red blood cells.
#GiveBlood #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #NHS #RdgUK
#GiveBlood #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #NHS #RdgUK
Lovely morning for a local litter pick. Disappointing to see so much recyclable stuff chucked in hedges. Area looks much more loved now #RDGUK #Earley #litter ##Litterpick
February 22, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Lovely morning for a local litter pick. Disappointing to see so much recyclable stuff chucked in hedges. Area looks much more loved now #RDGUK #Earley #litter ##Litterpick
Relaxing morning at a watercolour workshop. Lots of playing with colours and techniques with cling film, watercolour pencil, wax and salt. Great to do something completely different www.dennywebb.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Relaxing morning at a watercolour workshop. Lots of playing with colours and techniques with cling film, watercolour pencil, wax and salt. Great to do something completely different www.dennywebb.com