Open access and data publishing

Abstract

This workshop is all about how to publish your research papers in open-access journals. You will also find out what you need to bear in mind if you want to make your research data and code publicly available in a data repository, such as the ETH Research Collection, for instance. In addition, you will learn about intuitive user licenses which you can assign to your data.

Learning Objectives

At the end of the workshop, you are able to

• fulfil current requirements on open access and open research data by research funders,
• define and apply the FAIR data principles,
• identify appropriate Creative Commons licenses for your needs,
• critically evaluate and use tools for open access and data publishing.

Content

• What to know before you submit to a journal, or sign its contract
• Open access repositories vs. academic social networks
• How to find high quality open access journals
• Where to apply for funding for your open access publication
• Research funders’ open access and open research data policies, and institutional policies
• Copyright and Creative Commons licenses
• Where to find a suitable data repository
• How to self-archive a paper or deposit a dataset in the Research Collection
• Preparing your data for publication: Dos and don'ts
• Slides of a previous workshop 

Location

• Online
  Zoom

Target audience

Language

Comment

The workshop is part of the series: "Research data management and related topics". Participation in all workshops is recommended, but not mandatory.The workshop will be held in English.You can find the registration for the workshop under “Open activity webpage”.

AccessibilityAccess to and participation in our courses will be barrier-free. Please contact us in advance at +41 44 632 21 35 or at info@library.ethz.ch so that we can optimally meet your needs.