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PhD Students (and the following Doctoral students: Doctor of Business, Doctor of Engineering, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine under Special Regulations) are required to deposit an electronic copy of their thesis in the University of Cambridge's institutional repository, Apollo. This has been a requirement since 1st October 2017, when the Board of Graduate Studies introduced the requirement that these students deposit both a hard copy and an electronic copy of their thesis. For the avoidance of doubt, the requirement to deposit an electronic thesis in Apollo applies irrespective of when the degree commenced. 

These pages contain information for Doctoral students about requirements to deposit their theses and advice on how to manage this process. They also contain information for potential researchers and readers of theses.Information about  submitting hardbound copies  can be found on the Student Registry's website.

Any alumni who wish to have their thesis digitised and made open access are  can find guidance here.

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Open Access Theses

I have benefited greatly from being able to share my PhD dissertation as an open access publication – it has meant that more people have read and engaged with the research I spent so many years working on. I was glad to know there was an option to move to a Creative Commons license, so that it was clear to people what they can do with the work. Dr Lauren Gawne, PhD Graduate (School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne, 2013)

Today, public access to graduate research theses is a common and valuable aspect of the open scholarship landscape. This is usually made possible by depositing the thesis in an institutional repository after final submission. To meet the best practices of open access , graduates may be encouraged to apply a Creative Commons licence to their thesis.

For candidates undertaking creative work as part of their thesis, or whose thesis includes Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) , other copyright and intellectual property considerations will apply, and full open access may not be possible. The advice on this page primarily concerns traditional text-based research theses.

Benefits of making theses open access

Until your thesis has been made open access, it is an untapped resource of original research. A thesis under embargo cannot be downloaded or read, significantly limiting the potential impact your research can have.

By making your thesis freely available to the public, you help to advance scholarly discourse in your field. You also make it available to other researchers, students, policy makers, and practitioners, all of whom could build on your research in significant and meaningful ways.

For University of Melbourne graduates, your thesis being open access in Minerva Access results in it being discoverable through Google, Google Scholar, the National Library of Australia’s Trove database, and other platforms.

Making your thesis open access means it can easily be provided as an example of your work and expertise in your chosen discipline, helping to raise your researcher profile. It can also help to build your impact narrative, spark conversations, and lead to exciting collaborations, both within and beyond the academy. Once open, your thesis can also start gathering views, downloads, shares, and citations – none of which are likely if your thesis remains inaccessible to most potential readers.

Researchers in low- and middle-income countries often face significant barriers when it comes to accessing research. Making theses open access increases the amount of high-quality research available to researchers of the Global South, whose institutions may struggle to afford expensive journal descriptions or costly books ( Tennant et al., 2016 ).

Open access theses at the University of Melbourne

The University’s institutional repository, Minerva Access , provides free public access to theses completed at the University of Melbourne.

Open access is required for University of Melbourne PhD, Doctorate, and Masters Research theses in all but exceptional cases. It may also be required, or encouraged, for Honours and Masters Coursework theses, depending on the school or faculty. When required and approved, temporary embargoes and ongoing access restrictions are possible.

For more information, see the FAQ and deposit advice below, or visit the Graduate Research Hub’s “My thesis in the library” page. Current graduate researchers may also wish to join one of the “Open Access and Your Thesis” webinars, which run twice each year as part of our Researcher@Library program .

Browse open access theses in Minerva Access

Publishing after your thesis is open access

Historically, publishers would not consider submissions that had been adapted from theses available online, just as, historically, many publishers would not accept submissions that had been shared as preprints . Today, however, it is increasingly rare for publishers to reject work for appearing in earlier forms as online theses or preprints, whether the submission is for a journal article, book chapter, or monograph.

That is, most publishers today do not consider theses available online as prior publications for the purposes of publishing. They are typically treated in a similar way to preprints: they are regarded as early versions of a work shared online prior to submission to a publisher.

The Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) states that online theses should not be considered prior publications that would prevent submission to a publisher: “Where a thesis (or chapter) contains otherwise unpublished work … it should not be considered prior publication. That is, it is acceptable for the work, or parts of the work … to be submitted … to a publisher for publication” ( COPE Best practice for theses publishing, 2017 ).

There do remain some publishers, journals, and individual editors who are resistant to publishing work previously available online as theses or preprints, so check websites for publisher policies prior to submission. It may be that an editor’s or journal’s resistance is out of step with their own publisher policies.

If an editor or publisher requests that a thesis be taken offline, embargoed, or placed under access restrictions for publishing reasons, graduate researchers must negotiate on the terms of publication. Any agreement entered into with a publisher must accommodate the University making the thesis publicly available in Minerva Access (see “Can I choose not to make my graduate research thesis open access?” in the FAQ below).

Deposit your thesis

Find out how to deposit your University of Melbourne thesis in Minerva Access.

Graduate Research Theses

PhD, Doctorate, and Masters Research candidates are required to submit a digital copy of their thesis to Minerva Access via the Thesis Examination System (TES). Detailed information is available on the "My thesis in the Library" page.

Honours and Masters Coursework Theses

Honours and Masters Coursework candidates are welcome to submit their completed thesis to the Minerva Access repository. This may be required by some schools or departments.

Most major scholarly journal publishers today have clear policies supporting the submission of articles derived from theses or dissertations that are publicly available. In doing so, they are following COPE best practice guidelines that recommend treating theses, like preprints, as not being prior publications for the purposes of publishing. The shift to accepting openly available theses as publications is ongoing, but in the University’s experience it is already very rare that an open access thesis is ultimately a barrier to publication.

Consider the following publisher policy examples:

Elsevier’s policy on prior publication confirms that they do not consider online publication of an academic thesis as prior publication. Like preprints, they are considered prior uses of a work that can be considered for publication. They note, however, that Lancet journals, Cell Press journals, and some society-owned journals have their own policies on prior publication that can be found on the journal homepages.

Likewise, Springer’s journal author FAQ states: “Springer will consider submissions containing material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic thesis including those that have been made publicly available according to the requirements of the institution awarding the qualification.” Other Springer Nature imprints have similar policies, confirming that theses are not considered prior (or duplicate) publication – see BMC , SpringerOpen , Palgrave , and Nature .

Sage’s prior publication guidelines follow COPE guidelines and states: “Excerpts or material from your dissertation that have not been through peer review will generally be eligible for publication.”

Taylor & Francis’s Editorial Policies state that the publisher supports “the need for authors to share early versions of their work.” Although the policy does not mention theses or dissertations specifically, preprints and other Author’s Original Manuscript versions can be shared anywhere, without embargo.

Although Wiley’s overarching policies do not mention theses, their Preprints Policy confirms that the publisher will consider submissions already available online as preprints, and allows submitted manuscripts to be shared to preprint servers at any time. Individual journals’ author guidelines often confirm that theses do not count as prior publications. For example, “Articles submitted to Journal of Anatomy are done so on the following conditions: that the work described has not been published previously (except in the form of an abstract or as part of a published lecture or academic thesis)” ( Journal of Anatomy Author Guidelines ).

Major academic book publishers differ in their approaches to publishing monographs based on theses, but most are happy to consider book proposals based on theses that are available online. Some publishers have strong statements clarifying that open access theses do not present barriers to publication, while others consider matters on a case-by-case basis.

Palgrave Macmillan, for example, provides the following advice on their Early Career Researcher Hub : “Palgrave Macmillan will consider submissions containing material that has previously formed part of a PhD or other academic thesis including those that have been made publicly available according to the requirements of the institution awarding the qualification. Prospective authors should bear in mind that every PhD thesis will need to undergo rigorous revision in order to be published as a monograph with our press.”

Likewise, Cambridge University Press considers theses and dissertations to be preprints, as covered by their Green Open Access Policy . If a monograph is based on a thesis, the policy supports that thesis being shared in full, at any time, under any licence (including a Creative Commons licence).

Some other major publishers, such as Routledge, do not have blanket statements of this kind, but consider requirements on a case-by-case basis. Such publishers will usually take into account university expectations around theses being made open access.

Be aware that some publishers who do not accept open-access theses for consideration as monographs may also ask the author to assign rights that the author does not have, such as requiring the author to assign exclusive rights for all time. Embargoes are only for a limited period, after which the University will exercise its right to make the thesis available; this right cannot be removed by the author and thus cannot be assigned in a publication contract. Some publishers go further, for example requiring that the material has not and never will be used for academic assessment, which means that they cannot consider material such as a thesis that was used in award of a degree.

Creative Commons licences make it clear to authors and readers how a work can be shared and used. University of Melbourne graduates can apply a Creative Commons licence to their thesis in Minerva Access using the following process:

• Choose a Creative Commons licence that would be suitable for your thesis. See “ Selecting a licence for your work ” on our Copyright website for guidance.
• Receive written permission from your thesis supervisor to apply the chosen Creative Commons licence.
• Email [email protected] to request your chosen Creative Commons licence be applied to your thesis, attaching the supervisor’s permission.

Note that if your thesis includes publications, you may be restricted in what licence can be applied. Consult your publishing agreement or your publisher’s website for more information. For further advice, contact the University’s Copyright Office .

At the University of Melbourne, it is a requirement of all PhD, Doctorate, and Masters Research candidates that their final thesis is made open access in Minerva Access, unless exceptional circumstances mean that an embargo or ongoing access restrictions are required.

This requirement is outlined in the Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321) and the Intellectual Property Policy (MPF1320) . The latter policy reads:

4.19. Student theses must be made openly available to the public through the University’s Institutional Digital Repository, unless otherwise agreed with the University (for example where an embargo has been approved by the University). The University is deemed to have been granted by the Student a non-exclusive, royalty free, world-wide and irrevocable licence to use and reproduce the Student theses for non-commercial educational, teaching and research purposes, including making the thesis available to the public through the University’s Institutional Repository.

Students must retain all necessary rights to enable the University to publish and share the thesis and not grant exclusive copyright licence to a thesis to any other person or organisation.

Likewise, our Principles for Open Access to Research Outputs at Melbourne states:

10. Graduate researchers are expected to make their research thesis publicly available via the University’s institutional repository unless otherwise agreed with the University, and to make their thesis available within the University via the repository in all but exceptional cases. Note that the University’s right to publish and share a thesis is irrevocable and cannot be overridden by a private publication agreement.

For information on how to apply a temporary embargo or formally request permanent access restrictions, see the FAQ item below and consult the “My thesis in the library” page.

If you are a University of Melbourne graduate researcher, you may apply a temporary embargo to your thesis or formally request permanent access restrictions when certain criteria are met. Embargoes and access restrictions can also be applied to portions of your thesis, whether this is through the redaction of third-party copyright material or through the embargo or restriction of certain chapters or appendices.

When summitting your final thesis in the Thesis Examination System (TES), you can request a two-year embargo, which will be granted if you meet the required criteria. This can be either an external embargo (the default), where access is limited to University of Melbourne staff and students and interlibrary loans, or a full embargo, where the thesis is not available by any means. Full embargo is only granted in highly exceptional circumstances, where supporting documentation and supervisor approval is provided. The two-year embargo period can be shortened with the support of your supervisor. Further information on embargoes and embargo criteria can be found on the “My thesis in the library” page.

As covered in the Graduate Research Training Policy (MPF1321) , ongoing restricted access arrangements must be approved by the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Graduate & International Research) in consultation with the relevant Dean. Further information, and the restricted access request form, can be found on the “My thesis in the library” page.

Note that applications to have embargoes extended purely for publishing reasons are only granted when extenuating circumstances apply. Requests for permanent access restrictions that are sought to comply with publisher contracts are never granted. In most cases, however, these are not required, as most publishers today understand the requirements for theses to be freely available in institutional repositories.

Yes. Any University of Melbourne graduate who opted to embargo their thesis can choose to release it from embargo early. To end an embargo before its original end date:

• Check to make sure that ending the embargo early would not conflict with any agreements made with third parties (for example, publishers).
• Receive written permission from your thesis supervisor to shorten the embargo period.
• Email [email protected] to request a change to embargo end date, attaching your supervisor’s permission.

When preparing a thesis with publications, candidates should follow the guidelines on the “Incorporating your published work in your thesis” and “Submitting my thesis” pages, as well as the “Preparation of Graduate Research Theses Rules.”

If your publication is still in review and has not yet been formally accepted for publication, you should include the submitted manuscript in your thesis.

Once accepted for publication, or published, you should use the Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) – the final manuscript accepted for publication after peer review and revisions.

Final published versions can only be included when you have explicit permission to do so and when it does not conflict with your publishing agreement. Final PDFs can be always used for open access publications carrying Creative Commons licences.

It is important to check publisher policies to determine which version can be shared and whether an embargo is required. In the absence of policies pertaining specifically to inclusion in online theses, candidates should follow policies governing what can be shared in institutional repositories. These policies should be available on journal or publisher websites and may be referred to as open access policies, sharing policies, or self-archiving policies. For journal articles, the Sherpa Romeo deposit policy register can be used to determine sharing policies and embargo requirements.

Also note that some publishers offer specific permissions to include Author Accepted Manuscripts (AAMs) or final published versions in theses. For example, the publisher Sage allows the final PDF of a candidate’s article to be included in their thesis and made available online. Their Author Archiving and Re-Use Guidelines states: “You may use the Final Published PDF (or Original Submission or Accepted Manuscript, if preferred) … in your dissertation or thesis, including where the dissertation or thesis will be posted in any electronic Institutional Repository or database.”

For more information, see the “My thesis in the library” page, along with the advice contained on the Copyright Office’s “Copyright and your thesis” page. The “Declaration for publication incorporated in a thesis” form can be found on the “Submitting my thesis” page.

Some theses contain information that cannot be made public, such as confidential or private data, or third-party copyright material where permission to publish has not been obtained. In these cases, it may be necessary to submit a redacted version of your thesis with third-party copyright content removed. You would then be submitting two copies:

• The original, examined thesis, which will be archived (not available for online public access).
• A redacted “public access” copy, with non-compliant material removed (ensure you maintain page number integrity).

Guidelines on how and when to seek permissions, recording copyright statuses, and redacting copyright material can be found on the “Copyright and your thesis” and the “My thesis in the library” pages. For more information, please consult the Copyright Office .

Further Support

For enquiries relating to open access and scholarly publishing, please contact your Faculty or Subject Liaison Librarians .

If you require assistance using Minerva Access, or have requests relating to existing Minerva Access thesis records, please email [email protected] .

Copyright enquiries should be directed to the Copyright Office .

For all other enquiries relating to thesis preparation and submission, please email your faculty or school’s graduate research contact .

Page last updated 1 February 2024.

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Institutional repository

Repositories hosted by institutions to collect the research outputs of that institution. They often collect a broad range of digital items including articles, papers, books, book chapters, reports, data, and creative outputs.

The University of Melbourne has two institutional repositories:  Minerva Access for research outputs, and Melbourne Figshare for research data, reports, supplementary research materials, and non-traditional research outputs (NTROs). You can find out more about Minerva Access and Melbourne Figshare on our Repository Open Access page .

Open access

Open access refers to the availability of research outputs via the internet, such that any user can find, freely access, read, and download the output without charge. Best practice in open access is to use open licences, such as Creative Commons licences, that permit users to copy, distribute, print, search, link, crawl, mine, and otherwise use and reuse the research output, as long as proper attribution is provided. Find out more on our What Is Open Access? page.

Creative Commons licences

Open licences that have become best practice in open access publishing. They are built using a combination of elements: BY (Attribution), SA (Share-Alike), NC (Non-Commercial), and ND (No Derivatives). All licences are detailed on the Creative Commons website .

The most open of the licences is the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) licence. This licence allows authors to retain their copyright while granting others permission to distribute, use, adapt, remix, and build upon the material, so long as attribution is given to the creator. This is the preferred, and sometimes required, licence of the Australian Research Council (ARC) and National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), as well as many international research funders.

The most restrictive is the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. This licence does not allow for any commercial uses or the creation and sharing of any adaptations or derivative versions. It greatly restricts how others can use the work and, when adopted as part of an exclusive licence to publish with a publisher, can result in a significant loss of author rights.

In the context of scholarly publishing, embargoes are access restrictions placed on research outputs. While embargoed, research outputs are not available to the public.

Most publishers of subscription (paywalled) journal articles, for example, require that the peer-reviewed and revised Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) of the article is embargoed at publication, most often for 12 or 24 months, after which it can be made open access in a repository. Staff at our institutional repository, Minerva Access , will determine publisher policies and manage embargo periods before making any version of a research output publicly available.

When required for privacy, sensitivity, or to adhere to agreements with third parties, researchers may also choose to embargo their own outputs. Datasets deposited to Melbourne Figshare , for example, can be embargoed when necessary, resulting in a dataset record but no publicly downloadable files. Graduate researchers may request to embargo their theses , under some circumstances, restricting access for a period of time.

A version of an article or paper that is shared openly prior to formal peer review or publication. Preprints are typically shared on preprint servers, such as arXiv.org , bioRxiv , OSF Preprints , SSRN , or Zenodo .

Find out more on our Preprints page.

Submitted manuscript

The submitted manuscript is the version of a research output originally submitted to a venue, such as a journal or book publisher. This version typically undergoes editorial review and may subsequently be sent on for peer review.

In the past, submitted manuscripts were sometimes called preprints , although this term now has a different meaning: early versions of article or papers shared prior to peer review on preprint servers.

Find out more about article versions on the Minerva Access website .

Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) / Accepted version

The version of an article, paper, book, or book chapter that has been accepted for publication. It is the author’s final manuscript version after peer review and revisions, but prior to the publisher’s copyediting, typesetting, and formatting results in a proof.

Version of Record (VoR)

The final published version of a research output – usually the publisher’s final PDF.

Unless the work is published open access under a Creative Commons licence, this version cannot generally be shared or made open access in a repository.

Non-Traditional Research Output (NTRO)

A broad term encompassing research outputs that do not take the form of typical peer-reviewed scholarly publications (journal articles, books and book chapters, conference publications).

Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) include visual artworks, creative writing, films, performances, recordings, music composition, building and design projects, curated exhibitions, and portfolios. They may also be referred to as Artistic and Practice Based Research Outputs (APROs).

To be considered a research output for reporting purposes, an NTRO must meet the definition of research established in the Australian Research Council's  2018-19 ERA report :

Research is defined as the creation of new knowledge and/or the use of existing knowledge in a new and creative way so as to generate new concepts, methodologies, inventions and understandings. This could include synthesis and analysis of previous research to the extent that it is new and creative.

University of Melbourne researchers can find out more about reporting their NTROs on our Research Gateway: Add Non-Traditional Research Outputs (NTROs) to Find an Expert .

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Open Access Theses

Theses from 2018 2018.

A study of the characteristics of a differential privacy implementation , Niveah T. Abraham

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Synthesis of Stable Open-Shell Moieties and Polymers for Charge Transfer Applications , Varad Vinayak Agarkar

Experimental Study of a Transcritical Thermoacoustic Device , Dayle N. Alexander

Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis for Membrane Distillation , Albraa A. Alsaati

Changes in Audiovisual Word Perception During Mid-Childhood: An ERP Study , Elizabeth Ancel

Control of Urea Dosing for Urea SCR System in a Diesel-Powered Vehicle , Harshil Rajesh Angre

Exploring the Cognitive Tasks Surrounding Professional Horse Judging Practices in Stock- Type Halter Classes , Paige Marie Arehart

Touch Screen Assessment of At-Risk Infant Comprehension , Rachel Elizabeth Hahn Arkenberg

Effects of a mobile tablet device and an augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) application on individuals with an acquired communication disorder: Influence on communication abilities and quality of life , Yamini Balasubramanian

Determining the Influence of Evidence-Based Messaging on Millennial Agriculturalists’ Attitudes towards Genetically Modified (GM) Foods , Erica M. Ballmer

Advanced Torque Control Strategy for the Maha Hydraulic Hybrid Passenger Vehicle. , Pranay Banerjee

MR-compatible Electrophysiology Recording System for Multimodal Imaging , Nishant B. Barbaria

Optimization of Zein Based Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy Biosensor for the Detection Of Gliadin as a Marker for Celiac Disease , Emma A. Barber

Automated Power Consumption Scheduling for Connected Appliances in a Remodeled, Energy Efficient House , Andrew W. Batek

Effect of Surface Treatments on Radiation Tolerance of ATI 718Plus Alloy , Yerik Bazarbayev

The Role of Material Complexity in Retrieval Practice Effects , Joseph P. Bedwell

The Effects of Card Playing on Cognition , Julia Nicole Bergmann

Double-Crop Soybean Response to Maturity Group and Plant Population in the Ohio River Valley Region , Stephen J. Boersma

Demonstrator for Selectively Compliant Morphing Systems with Multi-stable Structures , David M. Boston

Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Double Perovskites , Andrew Kent Bowser

Comparing Disdrometer-measured Raindrop Size Distributions from VORTEX-SE with Distributions from Polarimetric Radar Retrievals Using the Constrained Gamma Method , Jessica Bozell

Working Equids: A Case Study Investigating if Locus of Control Effects Welfare in Central America , Lauren Ann Brizgys

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Prevalence and Control of Listeria monocytogenes and S. enterica in Retail Produce Environments , John Lawrence Burnett

Supervised Machine Learning Applications to Winter Road Impacts , Kevin D. Burris

Evaluating the Effects of Education on Student Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behavior Regarding Food Waste , Rebecca Busse

High Resolution Temperature Measurement Using TERS , Qian Cao

SafeguaRDP: an Architecture for Mediated Control of Desktop Applications by Untrusted Crowd Workers , Sylvia T. Carrell

Droplet Spreading on a Substrate , Chao-Ying Chen

Evaluation of Economic Improvement in United States and China Pork Industry through Modeling and Genetic Tools , Jian Cheng

Effects of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) on adults' diet quality , Kaiyan Chen

UV/Chlorine Treatment of ANTX-a , Moshan Chen

Effects of Carbon Nanotubes on Microbial Growth and Horizontal Gene Transfer , Ran Chen

A Mapping of Applied Electric Fields in the Spinal Cord via Finite Element Analysis , Kavya Cherukuri

Modeling and Parameter Characterization of A Betavoltaic Cell , Darrell S. Cheu

The approach to ridge regression for big data: An examination , Wan-Chih Chiang

Predicting Customer Complaints in Mobile Telecom Industry Using Machine Learning Algorithms , Chiyoung Choi

Experimental Study of Fractional Order Behavior in Dynamic Systems , Rajarshi Choudhuri

Categorizing HBSI Errors Using Wearable Trackers. , Jeffrey Chudik

Evaluation of Additive Manufacturing Technology for Microchannel Heat Sinks , Ivel Lee Collins

Care Givers: Motivating and Enhancing Non-Profit Caregivers’ Experiences , Mingchu Cong

Design and 3D Printing of Integrated Fluid Power Components , Alfonso Costas

The Mnemonic Effect of Choice , Michelle E. Coverdale

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Living in a Liminal Space: Standing Rock and Storytelling as a Tool of Activism , Janelle Cronin

Hyperspectral Modeling of Relative Water Content and Nitrogen Content in Sorghum and Maize , Valerie Cross

Ultrasonic Attenuation of Bridge Steels and Narrow-gap Improved Electroslag Welds , Bridget M. Crowley

A Lexically Driven Taxonomy for Political Campaign Interactions on Twitter , Joshua Curth

Identifying Pollinator Species of Indiana Soybean Fields and their Potential Contributions to Yield , Brooke Dennis

Detection and Management of Diabetes Mellitus (Type -II) , Ridhi Deo

Community Detection in Cyber Networks , Harsha Vithalrao Deshmukh

Using corn zein to improve the quality of gluten-free bread , Aminata Diatta

Validation of Object Identification and Tracking in Radar Imagery , Daniel T. Dietz

Characterization of an Aluminum-Lithium Alloy Based Composite Propellant at Elevated Pressures , Gabriel Diez

Quality and Economic Analysis of Green Coffee Beans Stored in Purdue Improved Crop Storage Bags , Natalie Kay Donovan

Liquid-Vapor Imaging in Fuel Sprays Using Lifetime-Filtered Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence , Alber Douglawi

Improving Hotel Demand Forecasting Accuracy by Identifying Seasonality-Adjusted Outliers , Tingting Duan

Development of tools to reduce risk of nosocomial and foodborne pathogens exposure , Paula A. Duarte-Guevara

Simulating composite delamination with a damage-type cohesive zone model , Haodong Du

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Enrichment of Turbulence Field Using Wavelets , Yifan Du

Habitat and Interspecific Interactions Affect Mesocarnivore Occupancy in the Eastern U.S. , Michael Egan

BioDynamic Imaging System: A novel, noninvasive method for assessing embryo viability. , Natalie Ehmke

Who Are We Now? Examining Internal Organizational Communication During Crisis , Elizabeth England

Electrostatic Regulation of Phospholipase C beta Enzymes , Candi Michelle Esquina

Parental Restrictive Feeding with Latino Adolescents: Examining the Role of Adolescent Self-Regulation in Associations with Body Mass Index , Carly Danae Evich

Genetics and Genomics of Golden Eagle Populations with Contrasting Demographic Histories , Nadia B. Fernandez

Micropropulsion Trade Study and Investigation for Attitude Control of Nanosatellites , Katherine L. Fowee

Power Management Modeling of Electric Machine Converter Systems , Drummond R. Fudge

Activity markers and horse riding in Mongolia: Entheseal changes among Bronze and Iron Age human skeletal remains , Matthew R. Fuka

Exploring The Effects of a STEM Integrated Program Experience on Girl Scouts’ Pro-environmental Intentions , Miranda E. Furrer

Development of a Finite Volume General Two-phase Navier-Stokes Solver for Direct Numerical Simulations on Cut-Cells with Sharp Fixed Interface , Vishwanath Ganesan

Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for UAV Applications , John J. Ganser

The Effects on User Perception of Uniqueness of Three Factors as Applied to 3-Dimensional Tree Models , Ge Gao

The Acquisition of Aspectual Properties in Reflexive Psych Predicates and Physical Change of State Verbs , Aida Garcia Tejada

Refiguring Hybridity in Star Trek , Elizabeth Gellis

Synthesis of Next Generation Open-Shell Small Molecules: Effects of Functional Group Modulation of Blatter’s Radical , Stephen Gilbert

Conceptual Framework for Implementing Integrated Project Delivery for Infrastructure Projects in Peru. , Sulyn Cossett Gomez Villanueva

The Effects of Agronomic Management and 40 Years of Variety Release on Soybean Seed Fill and Yield Components , Kathryn Graf

Acorn Dispersal and Oak Regeneration in a Managed Landscape , Skye M. Greenler

Aerosol Impacts on Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms in VORTEX2 and VORTEX-SE , Mingyang Guo

Determining the Critical Success Factors in Big Data Projects , Aishwarya Gupte

Polarization in Media: Perception and Reality , Parag Guruji

The Impact of Colostrum versus Formula Feeding and Fat Supplementation on Vaginal Lipidome and Uterine Development in Gilts on Postnatal Day 2 , KaLynn Harlow

Visualization in the Teaching of Agricultural and Biological Engineering Concepts , Claire E. Haselhorst

Modeling of Reynolds Stress Tensor with Embedded Galilean Invariance using a Supervised Deep Learning Algorithm , Dominik Tobias Hauger

Experimental Wave and Material Property Measurements for an Elastomer Binder and Particulate Composite Material , Caleb R. Heitkamp

Brain Atlas and Neuronal Connectivity Visualization and Interaction in Virtual Reality , Lindun He

"The Effects of Oxidative Stress on Exosome Release in Human Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells" , Zachary R. Hettinger

A Thermally-Actuated Micro Shutter Array Device for Mask-less Lithography , Zitao He

The Female Threat: Reactions to Increased Representation of Women in Traditionally Male-Dominated Domains , Laura Hildebrand

Environmental and genetic considerations for the conservation of an arboreal species: Phascolarctos cinereus , Kendra C. Hodge

Priming Sentence Comprehension in Older Adults , Emily Hosokawa

Exploring Generation Z’s Work Values: Implications for Future Work , Pei-Yu Hsieh

The Effect of Sc on the Formation and Distribution of In-situ TiB2 Particles in an Aluminum Matrix , Dan Huang

Understanding the Collaboration Difficulties Between UX Designers and Developers in Agile Environments , Yun-Han Huang

A Study on Synthesizing PDM and LMS in K-12 Environments , Meagan Hughes

Design, Modeling, and Control of a Flying-Insect-Inspired Quadrotor with Rotatable Arms , Jin Hu

Quasi-One Dimensional Modeling of Rotational Detonation Engines , Jenna A. Humble

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6 Benefits of Open Access

Many researchers are choosing to publish their work in an Open Access format. Governments, funding agencies, and higher education institutions are also mandating Open Access to varying degrees. All this support led to Open Access surpassing subscription-based publishing in 2020 . Let’s delve into the benefits of Open Access to see why it’s becoming the norm.

What is Open Access?

Open Access (OA) is a model for publishing scholarly research that makes information, typically scholarly articles, immediately available to readers at no cost. The research is often free to reuse for scholarly purposes due to the use of Creative Commons licenses, which we explain further below.

In short, some of the goals of Open Access are:

• Ensuring scientific research is accessible and reusable for all.
• Ensuring that scientific communication is transparent, including for the methodology, observation, and collection of data.
• Encouraging scientific collaboration.

In a recent article , Stefan Tochev, CEO, spoke about the importance of OA:

OA is not just a matter of scientific policy; it is a fundamental right for all citizens and a prerequisite for a brighter, more informed future. … The question today is no longer whether we can afford to embrace OA; rather, it is whether we can afford not to.

What are the benefits of Open Access?

Here, we discuss 6 advantages of Open Access that highlight why there has been a global movement towards it.

      1. Copyright and licensing

Often, research is made OA by Creative Commons (CC) licenses.

Creative Commons licenses fill the space between traditional copyright and the public domain. Creative Commons-licensed works can be copied, distributed, and elaborated on more easily, which is hugely beneficial to the production of knowledge. This is because they clearly define the rights of both the author and the user accessing the material.

They let the author  grant public permission to use their work under copyright law subject to the author’s preferred conditions . Also, from a reader’s perspective, they answer the question ‘What can I do with this work?’. Essentially, CC licences set the rules for the use of Open Access material.

Your research can have a greater impact if there are no legal barriers to others drawing from it and including it in their research. Having such clarity will speed up the progress of science, likely leading to more innovation.

If you want to learn more about Open Access copyright and licensing, we have a full article exploring the topic .

      2. Citation advantages

One of the most widely discussed benefits of Open Access is the OA citation advantage. This refers to OA papers having a greater reach than paywalled ones. This simply stems from the fact that anyone, anywhere can access OA research. Increased clarity about reuse and less barriers for readers mean people are more likely to engage with and cite the work.

However, a less commonly discussed benefit is the OA citation diversity advantage . Not only do OA outputs receive more citations, but these citations come from more diverse disciplines, institutions, and locations.

Researchers face immense pressure to demonstrate the impact of their research, often measured through metrics like Impact Factor and CiteScore . Having work published openly means that more readers from more diverse places and disciplines can engage with your work.

      3. Removing price barriers

Towards the end of the 20 th  century, subscription costs for publications rose much faster than inflation. The “serials crisis” meant that libraries could not afford all the publications they wanted.  The average price of academic journals increased by 226% between 1986 and 2001 alone.

This conflicted with the academic aims of wide distribution and accessibility, as vital research was placed behind expensive paywalls.

Considering that  85% of the world’s population live in low-to-middle-income countries , removing financial barriers to research is a necessity. This ensures that vital information and cutting-edge insights can inform national strategies regardless of financial situations. In many fields of research, this means saving lives and improving quality of life.

      4. Public engagement and education

OA ensures that the insights of cutting-edge research are not restricted to academia. Greater access to research for society can help people understand developments in science and increase participation. Further, the transparency of open research can help build trust in science at a time when this is being challenged.

Professionals outside of academia like health workers, teachers, and lawyers all need to access research too. Especially in countries and institutions without large budgets, having to pay for access to research can severely limit their ability to innovate or even prevent them from working. Freely accessible research means a large part of their budget can be freed for use in other vital aspects, like implementing new findings.

Research derives its value precisely from its applicability and usefulness. One of the main benefits of Open Access is that knowledge is available to everyone regardless of their financial situation or institutional affiliation.

If you want to learn more about the value of OA for health research, we covered how OA can help us achieve health equity in our article .

       5. Interdisciplinary research

Interdisciplinary research analyses and harmonises links between disciplines into a coordinated whole. It stands out because it is more cooperative, involving scientists from different disciplines coming together, pooling their knowledge and skills.

Access to research is vital for building on it and producing more. Open Access ensures that researchers can access whatever research they need, whenever they need it. This prevents them from exclusively reading the research they know will be valuable and missing out on findings that could lead to innovation.

Search engines and indexes blur the distinctions of disciplines and focus on common aims. If a researcher searches “climate change”, they will be able to access everything written on that topic.

This only works if research is Open Access. It enables scientists from one field to access the insights of other disciplines and build from them. If you want to learn more about interdisciplinary research and OA, we have a full article on the topic .

       6. Satisfying funder requirements

Open Access policies or mandates are rules or requirements set by governments, funding agencies, or institutions that require work be published in an Open Access format to varying degrees.

How strict requirements are can vary, with some suggesting and supporting OA publication and others requiring that all publications be published in a specific repository or journal. Also, different requirements will have their own ways of achieving Open Access, whether that be via green, gold, diamond, or a mixture of them all.

We’re covering the global movement towards Open Access by overviewing how different countries are mandating OA . The rapid and widespread adoption of OA mandates means that if you want to receive funding from many leading agencies, you must publish your work as OA.

These policies tend to be related to a government’s aims, often to expand its research output and boost innovation. Introducing mandates is done to steer research and innovation in the right direction for achieving the best outcomes, and the evidence shows that OA is the way to.

Open Access is the future

Li Yuanzhe is an author who published in our Journal of Composites Science and, when they described their experience, they highlighted Open Access:

Another aspect that impressed me was MDPI’s commitment to open access publishing. They offer a wide range of open access journals across various disciplines, ensuring that research findings are accessible to a global audience. This commitment to open access aligns with the principles of transparency and knowledge dissemination, which are crucial in the academic community.

At MDPI, we believe in ensuring that everyone can reap the benefits of OA.

That’s why we have a dedicated team of experts across the editorial process to ensure that your research is published in its best possible form. We have a vast and growing portfolio of journals to ensure that researchers in any field of research can publish openly. If you are considering publishing your work with us, why not begin by looking at our full list of journals ?

Further, we’re dedicated to giving you all the information you need to understand Open Access. Click here for our article,  All You Need to Know About Open Access , which covers a range of topics that can help boost your understanding and also keep you up to date.

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