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Library Research Support: Post-publication checklist

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Post-publication checklist

This guide is aimed to provide suggestions for authors to consider upon publishing a new research output, to raise the visibility of their publication. Think we have missed something? Have any tips? Let us know!

  1. Communication to colleagues: Remembering to let those who need to know, know!
  2. Open Access: Ensuring your output is as accessible as possible to all potential readers.
  3. Author Profiles: Keeping your author profiles up to date with your latest publications
  4. Social Media: Tips on sharing news via social media.

Post-publication checklist

Let your authorship team know...

This may seem pretty basic – but if you are the corresponding author on a multi-authored paper, do remember to let your co-authors know it has been published!

Your co-authors may not receive confirmation of either acceptance or final publication from the publisher. Contributors are even less-likely to be informed directly.

For guidance on authorship and acknowledgements in papers, see our guidance at:

Library Research Support: Authorship & Acknowledgements

Make it Open Access

Deposit in DRO!

Durham authors are required to deposit their accepted manuscripts in Durham Research Online (DRO).

If you haven't published in an open access journal, or the article hasn't been made open access by the journal (usually on payment of an Article Processing Charge), this can help ensure there is a freely available version of your article for readers who may not have subscription access to the journal in which it is published. It si also indexed by Google Scholar and other services.

For guidance on Open Access and Depositing in DRO, see our guide at:

Library Research Support: Open Research

Keeping up to date

Share your news!

Let colleagues in your department, faculty or who may otherwise be interested know - don't rely on them finding out through Google or journal/database search alerts!

Some departments at Durham may operate internal bulletins, coffee mornings or notice boards. Or you may wish to notify subscribers to society or subject mailing lists, such as JISCMail, which you belong to.

[Be aware that some publisher might apply a pre-publication embargo on forthcoming publications. For example, see the Nature guidance on confidentiality and pre-publicity.]

To find out more about mailing lists, see our guide on keeping up to date at:

Library Research Support: Research Skills: Current Awareness

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