UWM Libraries Research and Course Guides: Researcher Orientation to UWM Libraries: Publications &amp; Presentations

Publication Resources

UWM Copyright and Fair Use for Authors
About Creative Commons Licenses
Licenses describe attribution, reuse and remix options.
UWM Digital Commons
UWM Digital Commons is a virtual showcase for UWM’s research and creative profiles, administered by the UWM Libraries. Members of the UWM academic community are encouraged to contribute scholarship for long-term preservation and worldwide electronic accessibility. Including work in the UWM Digital Commons provides the scholar with institutional recognition. Work is placed in the university context, side-by-side with the scholarly and creative contributions of one’s colleagues. The work is assured a stable, visible online location that is searchable and citable! Submitting work may also address the data-sharing requirements of some grants.
Scholarly Communication at UWM
The UWM Libraries Scholarly Communication team supports faculty and student publishing activities, administers the Digital Commons, leads open access and open data initiatives, and educates the campus community to guide researchers in the complex world of publishing and sharing others work.
Open Access Read and Publish Agreements
This is a summary of open access publishing agreements funded by UWM Libraries. Through these agreements, UWM authors will have their article processing charges (APCs) paid for by the Libraries via publisher agreement. Many of these agreements also provide expanded access to existing journal content.
Featured Collection: Scientific Writing
A collection of recent print and electronic books about scientific writing including scholarly journal articles and research grant proposals.
Journal Suggesters
The following tools help find relevant journals for potential publication based on the abstract and/or title of your manuscript. These tools use machine learning algorithms to create a list of recommended journals compared with their profiles of previous published articles. The first three entries cover journals from multiple disciplines and publishers, the next two (JANE and Jot) suit for biomedical research, and the rest rely on journals by specific publishers.

Papers Invited
Papers Invited database consists of detailed information and deadlines about calls for papers for forthcoming conferences and special issues of scholarly journals. These calls for papers are issued by professional bodies, journal editors and other conference organizers in all disciplines and from all over the world. Thus, the database serves as an alerting service for researchers, scholars and students that are seeking opportunities to present and publish their research.

Before You Publish

Researcher Profiles
Learn about how to use different forms of Researcher profiles (including ORCID, Google Scholar Profiles, and ResearcherID) to find one that will work best for establishing your scholarship profile.
ORCID
ResearcherID
Google Scholar Citations

After You Publish

Researcher Impact - Citation Metrics
Learn about how different types of metrics for citation and impact of research can be used to boost your scholarship profile.
Altmetrics
Thousands of conversations about scholarly content happen online every day. Altmetric tracks a range of sources to capture and collate this activity, helping you to monitor and report on the attention surrounding the work you care about.
Eigen Factor
Google Scholar Metrics
Scimago Journal and Country Rank

Featured Story

Libraries Sign Agreement with Royal Society of Chemistry

UWM Libraries have entered into a transformative agreement with the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) that will allow UWM authors to publish unlimited open access (OA) articles in RSC’s high-impact portfolio of journals, including RSC hybrid journals, Gold OA journals, and RSC Advances.

Transformative or “read and publish” agreements attempt to shift a library’s payment to a publisher toward open access publishing and away from expensive subscriptions.

UWM authors, who have published 73 articles in RSC journals since 2018, will pay no processing charges and will retain copyright, among other of the agreement’s advantages, beginning January 1, 2024.

“This is a great benefit for UWM researchers and allows them to publish in excellent journals with the enhanced impact of open access publishing,” says College of Letters and Science Dean Scott Gronert. “It is a win for them and scientists everywhere.”

The agreement will cover three years, 2024 through 2026.

UWM students, faculty, and staff will also continue to have full access to over 50 RSC journals. For a list of RSC journals, click here.

For a list of UWM Libraries’ read and publish agreements and further information on each, visit: https://uwm.edu/libraries/openaccessagreements/.