Publishing Open Access: Your Research and Thesis

This workshop provides an insight into preparing your thesis to be made Open Access (OA) and the benefits of open access more generally. This workshop will provide you with a general introduction to the topic, with specific reference to your PhD thesis, and related research outputs that may arise from PhD study. You will be introduced to: 

• Open Access repositories
• Practice of Open Research
• Open access publishing
• Online tools to find open access research material

The course will cover Imperial's Research Publications Open Access Policy, which allows authors at Imperial to make peer-reviewed journal articles and conference proceedings available on an open access basis without post-publication embargoes. The course will also cover UKRI’s and other funder's open access policies. 

This course is open to Research Degree Students.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this workshop, you will be better able to:

• Recognise the benefits of publishing open access and the different forms it can take
• Utilise the College’s repository and OA funding systems to make your research papers open access
• Utilise Open Access tools and websites to find OA material and suitable locations to publish OA
• Identify potential illegitimate publishing entities which risk your research reputation

How to book

Book via Inkpath using your Imperial Single-Sign-On.

Please ensure you have read and understood ECRI’s cancellation policy before booking.