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Publishing

Find information about open access, journals, and the publication fund at USN.

Publishing

Where you choose to publish is often crucial for whether your research is discovered, read, and hopefully cited. There are many factors to consider, such as language, genre, target audience, and open access.

Please note! The research support pages have been redesigned in preparation for the transition to the new National Research Information Archive (NVA). The transition has been postponed until after the summer, so not all information on these pages will be accurate until the system is in use.

Publishing

Choose one of the categories below

Where should you publish? Author affiliation Copyright Make your research visible
Three pathways to open access

Illustration of three pathways to open access

Publish in open journals or open publishing platforms
Publish in journals with which USN has open access publishing agreements
Publish in a subscription-based journal and self-archive a version of the article in an open research repository (NVA)

The rights policy, also known as the Rights Retention Strategy (RRS) at USN, ensures that you can self-archive articles from non-open journals in the research repository.

The publication fund

The publication fund provides support to cover publication fees for peer-reviewed articles in 'gold' open access journals. The fund can also provide support for open publishing of books and book chapters.

Suggest a new publication channel

If you have published or plan to publish scientifically, you must check whether the publisher or journal is included in the lists of approved scientific publication channels. If the publisher or journal is not on the lists, you must submit it for evaluation. On the Norwegian Register's (Kanalregisteret) website, you can read more about how to proceed.

Avoid predatory journals and fake conferences

It is important to avoid predatory journals and fake conferences to protect your academic integrity and research quality. You can read more about how to identify (un)reliable publications in the Norwegian Register (Kanalregisteret) and find useful tips on Think. Check. Submit. and PhD on Track.

Author affiliation
Addressing and correct institutional affiliation
  • The University of South-Eastern Norway (in Norwegian or English) must be stated as the author affiliation. It is not sufficient to only include the name of the department or research center.
  • The institution's name must be listed as the author affiliation in the publication itself for the institutional affiliation to be registered in the corresponding entry in NVA.
  • See the Guidelines for Crediting Scientific Publications to Institutions (recommended by UHR, 2011 - translated by OsloMet).
    • An institution should be listed as an affiliation in a publication if it has made a necessary and significant contribution to or provided the basis for an author's involvement in the published work.
    • The same author should also list other institutions' affiliations if these, in each case, also meet the requirements in point 1.
    • An employment relationship or a supervisory agreement may be considered grounds for crediting an institution if the requirement in point 1 is met.
Corresponding author
  • The corresponding author is the one responsible for submitting and following up on the article throughout the publication process.
  • The corresponding author can apply for publication support through USN's publication fund.
    • Key criteria for receiving financial support:
      • The corresponding author must be affiliated with the University of South-Eastern Norway through employment or as a student.
      • The author must credit USN in the article.
      • Applications for support should be submitted using the designated application form to publiseringsfond@usn.no.
ORCID
  • ORCID is a unique researcher ID. It is used when submitting publications to easily identify your research outputs.
  • ORCID is international, and you will use it throughout your research career.
  • Read more about ORCID and how to create one under Make your research visible.
Opphavsrett

Creative Commons licenses are a copyright tool for sharing your research with open access. CC licenses provide a simple, standardized way to share your research on your terms. With a CC license, you retain your copyright while providing clear conditions for how your work can be reused.

 

You can read more about CC licenses on the Openscience.no website or on the Creativecommons.org website.

 

Wondering which license to choose? Using Creative Commons' license selector, you can find the license that best suits your research.

Make your research visible

Keep information about yourself, your research, and your projects up to date. Even if your research is of high quality, it won’t be read if others can’t find and access it. Visibility is therefore essential.

Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA)

Information from NVA contributes to visibility in multiple places.

Publications on your employee profile

Log in to min.usn and click on "My Profile" to update your employee profile to automatically retrieve your research outputs from NVA.

Publication lists for research groups or projects you are a participant in
  • You can link your research output to a research group in NVA. You do this by searching for the research group when registering the article. 
  • Alternatively, you can do this afterward by going to "My Page" and "Result Registrations." Click on the edit pencil for the result you want to link to the project/research group.
  • A full guide can be found on Sikt's website.
Projects funded by the Research Council of Norway

If the project is funded by the Research Council of Norway, NVA can retrieve some information from the Research Council's project database. You can do this by searching for either the project leader or the project name.

Create an ORCID

ORCID is a platform-independent, non-profit organization. It is used by many publishers, funding agencies, and commercial services as a cross-platform ID.

What can you use ORCID for?
  • Use ORCID when submitting articles to ensure that your publications are clearly attributed to you.
  • In your ORCID profile, you can list publications, other types of work, funding, participation in peer review, memberships in professional organizations, invitations, and awards – the visibility of each section can be controlled. The profile does not display publication statistics.
  • You may (or may be required to) provide your ORCID when applying for funding or publishing.

Please note that you should not create a new ORCID profile if you have forgotten your password. ​​​​​Click on "Forgot your password" or "ORCID ID". Contact ORCID if you are registered with an old email address. 

Open access publishing
Why choose open access?
  • Open access increases visibility. When a publication is freely available for reading, it has the potential to reach many more readers than research literature published behind a paywall. Publications requiring payment are only accessible to individuals or institutions with a subscription.
  • Choosing open access is also mandatory. All publications from USN must be stored in USN Open to ensure open access.
  • Projects funded by the Research Council of Norway and the EU: All research results funded by Norwegian or EU funds must be published openly. This can be done by publishing in open access journals or uploading the AAM version of your article to NVA.
How to publish with open access?
  • USN's institutional rights policy ensures that all scientific articles authored by USN employees can be made openly available from the time of publication with a Creative Commons license.
  • Read more under Where should you publish?

Annual deadlines

31 January

USN deadline for registering scientific publications and uploading to NVA.

31 January

USN has a set deadline for registering scientific publications and uploading them to the Norwegian Research Information Repository (NVA). It is important that researchers meet this deadline to ensure accurate reporting and accessibility of research results. You can read more about how to register publications in NVA on our pages.

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30 November

National deadline for proposing new publication channels at Level 1.

30 November

If you have published or plan to publish scientifically, you must check whether the publisher or journal is included in the lists of approved scientific publication channels. If the publisher or journal is not on the lists, you must submit it for evaluation. On the Norwegian register's (Kanalregisteret) website, you can read more about how to proceed.

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