Publishing your research

Here you can find valuable information on various aspects of publishing: publishing costs, Creative Commons licences for your article, and how to enter your affiliation correctly. The Faculty of Medicine Library offers help and support throughout the publishing process. This also includes help with managing references in EndNote, using ORCID as a researcher ID, and figures or graphical abstracts.

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Funders' requirements for open access publishing

Research funders are increasingly requiring publicly funded research to be published openly. Open access publication of research is seen as facilitating dissemination and exploitation.

Examples include Forte, the European Research Council (ERC), Formas and Horizon 2020 (European Commission) as well as the Swedish Research Council (VR) which requires that projects funded from October 2022 must be published with immediate open access.

Publishing costs

The cost of publishing openly varies according to the journal's payment model.
Find out more about how much you pay for open access publishing

How Creative Commons licenses work

Creative Commons licenses (CC licenses) are copyright tools that make it easier to share and reuse creative works. The use of CC licenses is standard practice in open access publishing.The copyright holder of a work can easily communicate how others can use the work by using a CC license. It acts as a permission to use, given in advance. It means that those who wish to re-use a work do not need to seek permission to do so, as long as the conditions are met.

Tips for choosing a CC license

When choosing a license for your publication, keep in mind that any condition attached to the license could potentially hinder the distribution and use of your publications and figures. The most permissive license provides the best opportunities for maximum spread.
Creative Commons license chooser

If you need help choosing a license or have any other questions about copyright, Creative Commons, or finding and re-using images, contact the Library Research Support for guidance.

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How to enter your affiliation correctly

Enter your affiliation using the format below:

Unit, Department, Organisation, City, Country

If you have two relevant affiliations and for example are linked to both Lund University and Region Skåne, state your affiliation as below. Enter the affiliations in two separate lines:

Author A^1,2
1. Unit, department university, city, country.
2. Practice area/clinic, hospital/administration, city, country.

NB: Employees within Region Skåne are not recommended to specify Region Skåne, as this is not a functioning affiliation.

Example: Smith^1,2
1. Clinical and Molecular Osteoporosis Research Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.
2. Department of Orthopedics, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden.

Using ORCID as your unique and internationally valid research identity

The Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) is used by many funders and publishers to identify researchers. As a researcher, you can use an ORCID ID to ensure that your publications are credited to you and not to someone else with a similar name.

What are the benefits of ORCID

It helps you to have a unique researcher identity when applying for funding and submitting your manuscript. Instead of having to re-enter information about yourself and your publications, more and more services will support automatic retrieval of this information from ORCID.
Consistent use of a researcher ID means that all your work will be recognised and taken into account when your research is evaluated.
You can easily link your ORCID to your LUCRIS profile.

Register for a free ORCID iD

Go to the main page of the ORCID website and enter your name in the search bar. When you register, you will receive an ORCID record. You can control what information is included in this record and who can see it.

Register at the ORCID website
Read more about how to connect your ORCID ID to LUCRIS (Lund University´s Staff Pages)