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Publishing on the Leipzig University Repository

All members of Leipzig Universities have the opportunity to publish sicentific documents using the institutional repository. It is possible to self-archiving copies or author manuscripts of published journal articles as well as publicate textbooks, conference proceedings or other types of publications.

All authors retain full copyright when publishing with us, but they do allow Leipzig University Library to irrevocably deposit their work on the repository.

To maximize distribution and re-use of your publication, we recommend to publish under a Creative Commons Licence.

Our Service

We identify your options for open access publishing, take care of compliance with embargo periods and formating restrictions and assure timely publication.

Your Advantage

Your work will be digitally available worldwide and free of charge. Professional catalogueing and indexing will make your publication findable through popular search engines like google scholar, harvesting by aggregators like BASE Search and OpenAire further increases the reach of your research. A durable URN (uniform ressource name) assigned by the German National Library allows stable citability and longterm accessibilty. You will obtain a freely accessible and legal version of your article, that can conveniently be used as a link-out from your personal publication list.

All you need to do:

  1. Notify us about your latest paper.
  2. Prepare an authors manuscripts according to the specifications provided.
  3. E-mail us manuscript alongside the signed publishing agreement (PDF).

Publishing your Thesis

Publishing your thesis digitally and open access on the Leipzig University Repository will increase the visibility of your work greatly. In addition to traditional library catalogues, your work will be accessible through google scholar, BASE and Open Access Thesis and Dissertations (OADT).

Most examination regulations of Leipzig University acknowledge the release of the digital version on the repository as publication. Detailed information can be found in the respective examination regulations.  

More information about submitting your thesis to the libary can be found here.

If you publish your thesis through a professional publisher, you can still publish open access. We recommend to negotiate your publishing contract and keep the rights to publish a digital version of your thesis, maybe after an embargo period.

Bachelor, master, magister or diploma thesis cannot be published on the repository unless we receive a written statement of the supervisor recommending its publication.