Request-a-copy in 2022

Request-a-copy enables users of the UG research portal to request publications that are not yet full-text available (because of an embargo or restriction). The University Library (UB) acts as an intermediary and forwards the request to the author of the publication. The author will decide whether or not to share the publication. Publications will not be shared without the consent of the author. Depending on the author's reply, the UB will handle the request by either sending the publication or sending a notification that the author has decided not to share.

Number of requests 2022

In 2022 a total of 909 request-a-copy requests were received. In 79% of these cases the authors agreed to share the full text. There were requests from 70 different countries, although most requests (62%) came from within the Netherlands. In most cases the requests concerned dissertations (66%), a smaller amount concerned journal articles (34%)

Most requested publications in 2022:

1. Return to sport after an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction: are we there yet? - Wouter Welling
   (33 requests, the author agreed to share in all cases!)

2. Landschapsplan Nederland: Hermeneutische interpretatie van de landschapsplannen in de Staatsbosbeheercollectie die zijn ontworpen in het kader van ruilverkavelingen in Nederland in de periode van 1946 tot 1976 - Henk van Blerck
   (24 requests, the author decide not to share because of a commercial edition of the thesis)

3. Sport as a medicine for health and health inequalities: essays on the role of sport participation in socioeconomic inequalities in health and health care costs - Willem de Boer
   (22 requests, the author agreed to share in 20 cases)