Federation ResearchOnline

Deposit of items in the repository is by non-exclusive agreement and the author is free to publish any version of the work elsewhere.

Items may only be deposited where at least one author has a formal association with the University. This includes, but is not limited to, academic staff, Higher Degree by Research candidates, researchers, and research or teaching affiliates.

All full text publications and publication metadata added to Federation ResearchOnline is openly available via the internet. Anyone may access these free of charge, including both not for profit and commercial reuse. Use and reuse is subject to the licence under which the publication was deposited, and which is available with each individual publication. All metadata describing materials held in, or linked to, the repository is available under a CCO licence.

Items deposited in the repository are expected to be retained indefinitely.

Yes. Most publishers have policies which allow some form of self-archiving/ Details can be found on the Sherpa-Romeo website.

Depositing into a repository can assist with detecting plagiarism. It is easier to detect plagiarism in digital material than in print publications.

Yes, you can link to individual records in Federation ResearchOnline from your personal, research centre or Institute website. Each of your records has a unique identifier which can be used as a link. For example 5079.

For a full text article to be excepted into the repository, one of the following conditions must apply:

• the author must hold the copyright; or
• permission has been obtained from the publisher; or
• the publisher as copyright holder allows Accepted Versions to be held in an institutional repository.

As the author or creator of the work you automatically own copyright to it. When you submit the work for publication, however, you may be asked to assign copyright to the publisher. It is worth reading the publisher's contract carefully before signing, as you may be able to negotiate to retain some or all of your rights as the original copyright owner. If the repository receives proof of copyright violations, the relevant item will be removed immediately as per the university's Copyright and Takedown Procedure.

Contact Federation ResearchOnline staff and we will clarify the copyright status of your work or contact the publisher on your behalf. If we are unsure, we can refer your query to the University Copyright Officer.

Items can be deposited at any time but will not be made publicly visible until any publisher or depository embargo period or other restriction has expired.

A pre-print is generally the submitted version of an article before it goes through peer review. A post-print, or Author Accepted Version (AAV) or Manuscript (AAM), is the final version accepted for publication after peer review and editorial processes.