What is Open Access?

Open Access (OA) means that electronic scholarly research outputs are made freely available on the Web to all, with no license restrictions.

UCD’s Open Access Institutional Repository

Research_Online@UCD is UCD’s own institutional repository. The Library service offers you:

• A platform for making your publications available as open access documents
• Assistance with copyright clearance for deposit
• Metadata services: date stamping, permanent URL, links to publisher's versions where available, standardised author names and subject headings
• Usage statistics at item, school, college or research centre level.

Why should I deposit my research in an Open Access institutional repository?

• Research indicates that making your research open access can significantly increase your chances of being cited
• Your research becomes universally accessible on the Internet and searchable through Google
• More than 300 publishers already allow you to deposit the peer-reviewed final draft of your publications into the institutional repository
• Many major funding organisations require that funded research be made available through open access. See our mandates page for more details.

What can I deposit?

We accept the final accepted peer-reviewed drafts (or final drafts where not peer-reviewed) of the following:

• Journal articles
• Conference publications
• Technical reports
• Patents
• Book chapters
• Government publications written by UCD authors
• Reviews
• Scholarly contributions to newspaper/magazine
• Working papers

Note:

At this time we are not able to accept any theses (in general - contact the IR manager for queries about theses), Powerpoint presentation slides, or teaching and learning materials.

How do I deposit my papers?

Please see our guide -  Instructions for deposit .

What happens after I deposit my papers?

The Library will check your publisher's policy regarding deposit to the Institutional Repository. We will contact you in cases where a different version of your paper or similar amendments are required by your publisher.

Note:

The system is designed for submitting individual items - if an entire research group, cluster or school wishes to submit materials to the repository or you want to submit a publication series, e.g., working or technical papers, please get in touch with the repository manager to discuss your requirements.

Take down policy

If you are a publisher or author and have copyright concerns for any item, please email research.online@ucd.ie and the item will be withdrawn immediately. The author or person responsible for depositing the article will be contacted within one business day.