About Swinburne figshare

How to deposit / publish to Swinburne figshare

Share your work publicly by depositing your work via Swinburne Elements.

Swinburne Elements

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Swinburne figshare

After claiming or adding a new output in Elements, link any grants, then follow Deposit prompts to upload your file.
- For self-archiving published works, upload your Accepted manuscript (final Word or LaTeX draft you sent to the publisher after peer review but without the publisher's formatting and logo).
- For unique works, attach the file and indicate if you would like reserve a DOI (full instructions here (PDF)).
Select a licence for re-use of your work.

What happens after contributing?

All deposited works are moderated by the Library team, who check to ensure that Copyright and funder requirements are met.
Once live, your work will be available via Swinburne figshare, Find an Expert (coming soon) and search engines*.

Take a look at the Usage Metrics section of the public record once your work is live in Swinburne figshare!

Why are the download statistics so high?

Statistics are still in the process of being migrated from Swinburne Research Bank. This will be resolved over the next month.

What kinds of works can be hosted?

Swinburne encourages researchers to share their work openly, and Swinburne figshare supports a broad range of types for deposit:

Self-archived versions of published works

Final Accepted manuscripts
The final manuscript version of a published article, book chapter, or conference paper, incorporating all changes and edits from the peer-review and proofing stage but with no typesetting, logos, or journal template formatting applied. Compliant with funder OA policies.
Preprints (unless already hosted externally)
The earliest version of a manuscript prior to peer review and editing via the publication submission process. This version is not compliant with funder OA policies.

Unique or non-traditionally published works (NTROs) not published elsewhere

Commissioned research reports
Policy submissions
Research data
Figures
Software
Unpublished conference materials and presentations
Proceedings of Swinburne-hosted conferences and events
Recorded audio/visual media
Designs
Educational resources
Registrations
Workflows

FAQ

Help! Something is broken

Please report through any problems that occur during the Deposit process, or other systems issues with figshare: figshare@swin.edu.au

What is repository open access?

Every university in Australia has an institutional repository: a managed, Copyright-compliant open access (OA) collection that preserves and promotes public access to affiliated research and scholarly works.

Learn more about Open Access (OA) here.

Institutional repositories support self-archiving or Green OA. The self-archiving model allows researchers to make manuscript versions of their published works available for open access, in compliance with funder OA policies and publisher-held Copyright.

Institutional repositories are also publishing platforms for unique works not published elsewhere, preserving and hosting non-traditionally published research objects for open access, with a citable DOI and access to usage metrics.

An institutional repository is also an integrated part of internal university research management and reporting systems, and feeds data through to researcher’s public profiles.

Here at Swinburne, the institutional repository is Swinburne figshare.

How do I replace a file?

Contact the repository team, attaching your new file and indicating a replacement is required.

How do I edit my work?

Contact the repository team.

Can I get a DOI for my work?

Yes. All works in Swinburne figshare get a repository DOI.

To request a DOI in advance of publication, enter a comment while depositing from Elements.

I am a Swinburne researcher, why should I put my works into the institutional repository?

Researchers benefit from openly publishing/sharing their work in Swinburne figshare in multiple ways, including:

wider reach - Google scholar indexing
obtain DOIs for original works
institutional repositories meet compliance with funder OA policies
automatic integration into the university research management system
your work automatically appears on your university profile
preservation of your work for continued public access
increased impact and recognition of research
guidance on licensing and related OA issues
increased citation and attribution of non-traditional works
connecting and identifying researchers within the broader research community
transparency, thus supporting research integrity and reproducibility
supporting the responsible communication of research results
reuse by a broader diversity of researchers in other fields for different purposes

How to I access usage metrics for my works?

Usage metrics (views, downloads, and citations) are displayed in the public record for each item in Swinburne figshare.

How do I search and access research in Swinburne figshare?*

field of research

Works are integrated with Swinburne Elements and Find an Expert, and selected types are also indexed by *search engines and other indexers.

Are there restrictions on how I can use works in the repository?

Please pay careful attention to the Licence, and/or Copyright statement, displayed for each work in Swinburne figshare.