Source: https://library.sydney.edu.au/research/strategic-publishing/index.php?section=share-your-research-online

Share your research online

Sharing your research online can help build and track engagement with your research.

Sharing your own work and copyright

Before sharing your published output, make sure you understand its copyright status. Many journal publishing agreements, for example, prevent you from sharing copies of your article except in places and formats specified by the publisher. Ensure that you have considered these implications before making your decision about where to publish and that you comply with any conditions as you share your work online.

Make an open access copy of your research output available in a repository

Archiving a copy of your research output in a repository allows audiences who don’t have access to subscription resources or can’t attend performances, events or exhibitions themselves the opportunity to access your work.

There are a range of repositories available:

• Sydney eScholarship, the University of Sydney’s institutional repository.
• Subject-based repositories, which have become central to some disciplines. Search and browse repositories through the Directory of Open Access Repositories.
• Interdisciplinary repositories like Figshare

Use DOIs

When sharing a copy of your work or supporting materials as part of your outreach, make sure your audience can find the work easily and you can track engagement by using DOIs.

What is a DOI?

A digital object identifier (DOI) is a unique identifier which provides a persistent link that is used to identify an object, such as a publication or a dataset. Publishers often assign a DOI when an article or book is published and made available electronically.

Why should I get a DOI?

• A DOI ensures that audiences will be able to find your work through the same link over time, even if it is moved to a different URL.
• A DOI is permanent and cannot be removed but it is possible to remove the public right to access the resource.
• Metrics tools, like Altmetric, use DOIs and other persistent identifiers to follow your work to see how often it’s being accessed, used or talked about.
• A DOI can often be used to help you manage your work in various scholarly systems e.g. populating your ORCiD profile.

Who can get a DOI?

DOIs are not just for journal articles but can be assigned to other research outputs that form part of the scholarly record, for example datasets, grey literature and non-traditional research outputs.

How do I get a DOI?

To maintain the integrity of DOIs, they are only issued by registered agencies and you will need to comply with requirements of that agency in order to get a DOI for your work (i.e., you can’t make an item available from your own website and then register it for a DOI yourself).

Some options include:

Sydney eScholarship Repository	The University Library can provide a DOI for work made available through the Sydney eScholarship Repository provided the work meets requirements. For further information or if you require DOIs for more than 5 items, please contact ses.admin@sydney.edu.au for further information.
Zenodo	An open repository with free uploads up to 50GB. Uploaded work is eligible for a DOI. More information.
Figshare	An open repository with free uploads up to 5GB. Uploaded work is eligible for a DOI. More information.
F1000 Research	Uploaded slides and posters can receive a DOI.
Open Science Framework	A free open platform for research collaboration and sharing. Public research is eligible for a DOI. More information.
ResearchGate	DOIs can be generated for eligible uploads. More information.
LabArchives eNotebooks	If you use a LabArchives eNotebook to collect and record your research and you want to make it available to the public, then you can get a DOI for your eNotebook through the LabArchives system. More information.

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