Please note that this is an on-going project.
Project Description
Griffith Research Online (GRO) is a digital repository of openly accessible research and scholarship from Griffith University. GRO increases the impact and influence of Griffith research and scholarship by ensuring it is visible, discoverable and accessible; the research is indexed by Google Scholar and harvested by Unpaywall, NLA Trove and Research Data Australia RDA. GRO is integrated with Symplectic Elements, Griffith’s publication harvesting system, and feeds into Griffith Expert profiles.
The repository provides access to unique collections that can easily be lost over time – Higher Degree by Research (HDR) Theses and Griffith reports – and, through the repository, Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) are minted for these unique collections.
GRO content informs the CWTS Leiden Ranking and aligns with national and international open access policies.
Project Personnel and Beneficiaries
Griffith Library, Office for Research, Griffith Graduate Research School, Griffith University researchers
Outcomes to Date
GRO provides free and open access to Griffith research. As of October 2023, there have been over 32 million downloads of articles, theses, book chapters, reports etc. from GRO. Top countries for downloads include: United States, Australia, German, United Kingdom, China, India, France, Canada, Malaysia and Philippines.
The collection is growing by ten percent each year.
Project Significance
GRO contributes by promoting dissemination and access for all and by contributing to knowledge and informed decision making globally. GRO ensures public access to information and protects fundamental freedoms, in accordance with national legislation and international agreements. Research in GRO is discoverable to those who are unable to go into a library or unable to easily access academic journals or databases where subscriptions have been paid for by a library.
Also, GRO helps Griffith researchers to engage with other scholars from across the world, resulting in opportunities to collaborate internationally.
As UNESCO identified Open Access as an essential component in achieving at least 10 of the 17 SDGs, GRO, through furthering Griffith’s contribution to open research, supports the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).