ARAN is the digital collection of open access scholarly publications from NUI Galway. ARAN collects, preserves and makes freely available scholarly communication, including peer-reviewed articles, working papers and conference papers created by NUI Galway researchers. Where material has already been published it is made available subject to the open-access policies of the original publishers.

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A wealth of statistical information for publications that you’ve uploaded to ARAN is now available. Find your most popular publications on ARAN based on either item views or downloads or the most popular items and authors for your College, School or Research Centres. If you want to know where readers of your publications come from consult the statistics by country. Customised reports can be created and emailed to you at required intervals. For more information view the User Guide‌ which is arranged as a series of questions and answers. If the statistical information you require is not covered by it or you require a customised report please email your query to aran@nuigalway.ie

NUI Galway’s policy on Open Access to Research Outputs, adopted by the Academic Council in October 2015, aims to promote open access to the University’s publications. Authors of peer-reviewed articles and peer-reviewed conference papers resulting from research carried out at NUI Galway must deposit a copy in the ARAN (Access to Research at NUI Galway) repository. ARAN enables easy discovery of publications through global search engines such as Google and complements IRIS by linking from author profiles to the full text of University publications. See Help for information on how to submit your publications to ARAN.

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