Library Guide for Illinois Sustainable Technology Center (ISTC) Staff

As of May 14, 2016, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign claims a non-exclusive license to all scholarly articles produced by its faculty.

Waivers and reductions available to UIUC authors for open access publishing.

The Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing offers consultations, workshops and lectures on copyright, and online guides and information for educators, researchers, and students.

IOPN offers journal publishing services to members of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign community and established, high-quality scholarly communities with strong disciplinary ties to the university. At least one member of the editorial board must be affiliated with the University of Illinois at the time the journal begins publication with IOPN. Visit page to check the criteria and access the Journal proposal form.

Know your rights and negotiate with publishers to retain them.

Learn about ISSNs and how to obtain them, from the Library of Congress.

This Information from the U.S. ISBN may be helpful if you or on organization you're working with do not already have a system in place for obtaining ISBNs for books.

Publishers can join CrossRef to assign DOIs to articles and other published objects. There is a fee for membership and for assigned DOIs. Alternatively, publishers can work with existing members of CrossRef, such as the Illinois Open Publishing Network, and use their platforms for online publication.

You can use the services of the Illinois Research Data Service, including the Illinois Data Bank and our membership in Dryad to publish datasets and obtain Datacite DOIs for them.

CiteScore metrics measure citation impact for journals, book series, conference proceedings, and trade journals.

Find peer reviewed open access journals.

Check publisher policies on author rights.