The majority of research at the University of Turku is published in scientific journals. In addition, faculties and departments publish research reports in the university's own publication series. It is important to ensure that electronic publications are also preserved for future generations.
Self-archiving, or saving the full text of a publication in the university's repository for public access, is an excellent way to open up publications originally published behind paywalls. It also increases the visibility of the publication and ensures its long-term accessibility. Self-archiving is also financially beneficial. Peer-reviewed, scientific publications receive a funding incentive factor of 1.2 from the Ministry of Education and Culture if they are published Open Access or self-archived. But what does the library staff do in self-archiving publications?
In addition to theses, other University publications can also be published in University of Turku publication archive UTUPub, e.g. publications related to research and teaching in the departments and faculties, conference proceedings and the University’s textbooks.
The University of Turku Library gives the ISBNs for the publications of the University of Turku.