Research Services hub (staff and postgraduate research access only)

Support, guidance and resources to help you at each stage of your research journey, from finding a funding opportunity to reporting on your research outputs.

Open research

Open research is a broad range of practices which make research more accessible, transparent, reproducible and visible.

Managing research data

The Research Data Service helps individual researchers or major interdisciplinary research initiatives to plan, manage and share research data.

Open access publishing

Open access is free, unrestricted online access to our research outputs.

Thesis guidance

The University requires students to submit their thesis electronically. The option is also open to current members of staff who completed their thesis at the University of Bristol.

Researcher metrics

Use citation metrics (bibliometrics) and alternative metrics to benchmark your research performance, find collaborators, and decide where to publish.

Digital Scholarship support

At Bristol, Digital Scholarship involves using digital tools alongside unique historical collections to support research and teaching.