Federation ResearchOnline

What is Federation ResearchOnline?

Federation ResearchOnline is an institutional open access digital research repository. It includes research and scholarly publications, or metadata related to them, of university researchers regardless of discipline.

The purpose of the Federation University Australia Research Publications Repository (Federation ResearchOnline) is to provide open access versions, where possible, of the research outputs of the University, including those of Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students, scholars and other staff. 

Federation ResearchOnline will facilitate increased use, impact and awareness of Federation University Australia research through the provision of open and FAIR access to the University's research outputs; and assist Federation University Australia researchers to meet the open access requirements of funding bodies (e.g. Australian Research Council and National Health and Medical Research Council

Federation University researchers are encouraged to make published research outputs openly available under a CC-BY (link) license by deposit to Federation ResearchOnline upon publication, unless these have been published as Open Access.

This is mandatory for the following published research outputs:

• peer-reviewed journal articles
• peer-reviewed conference papers that meet the definition of research
• research reports commissioned by an external body that meet the definition of research and have been assigned an ISBN
• Higher Degree Research theses (these can be embargoed for up to 24 months).

Federation University researchers are also encouraged, wherever possible, to make other research outputs, including performance recordings, exhibition catalogues, research data, code, software, and images available under a CC-BY license by deposit to Federation.figshare.

What research outputs are included in Federation ResearchOnline?

The following full text research publications may be included:

1. 1. refereed and un-refereed research articles in any of the following categories:
      • accepted versions of research articles or conference papers;
      • published versions of research articles or conference papers;
   2. Theses - PhD or Masters by Research;
   3. By exception, scholarly research, or records of scholarly research outputs, in the form of videos, slides of art works etc. In general these will be added to Federation.figshare

Metadata for publications of university researchers which are available via commercial outlets is harvested for inclusion in Federation ResearchOnline on a regular basis. Sources for metadata include, but are not limited to, Scopus and Web of Science.

What research outputs are not included in Federation ResearchOnline?

The following material will not be included:

1. Material intended for commercialisation or individual royalty payment or revenue for the author or Federation University Australia
2. Material containing confidential information.

Submit your publications

To submit your publication email the Accepted or Published version to repository staff at researchonline@federation.edu.au

Provide any information you have about copyright ownership or permissions associated with your work.

If you are unsure about copyright repository staff can verify the copyright permissions associated with your publication by contacting the publisher or using the Sherpa/ Romeo website which contains information about Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving