Submit a publication

• According to LEX 3.5.1, EPFL authors must deposit all their publications in Infoscience no later than 6 months after the publication date.

• At least one EPFL author must be present in the list of authors of the submitted publication.

• EPFL members acting as scientific editors can submit: texts they have authored (introduction, etc.), or the entire edited publication, provided that all contributing authors give their consent.

• Students may deposit their work with the agreement of their supervisor and/or section.

Note that certain categories of documents are deposited and managed by the Infoscience team:

–EPFL doctoral thesis (in collaboration with the Doctoral Schools),

-patents (in collaboration with the Technology Transfer Office).

Please refer to the information page that lists and defines the various types of documents accepted on the Infoscience platform.

After authentication,

click on the “New deposit” icon (1)

or

go directly to “My dashboard” available under your profile icon (2).

=>The “Your submissions” page appears: click on “New submission” (3).

From there, you have different ways to make a submission:
– by using an external database (for example, with the help of the DOI),
– by entering the information manually,
– by importing a BibTeX file.

You can easily import it by entering its identifier (DOI, ISBN, …), an author, or a title.

The submission form is automatically populated with the imported metadata. This saves you time and improves the quality of the record!

Steps to follow: On the “your submissions” page, click on the “Import metadata from an external source” button (1). Select the chosen collection (for e.g Publication) from the dropdown list => Choose the source from the dropdown menu (2) => Enter the identifier, title, or author => Search => The results will be displayed, click on the Import cloud icon (3) to import the desired publication.

A “Publication Preview” window will open, after inspection, you can click on “Start submission” (4). Select the collection: the submission form will be displayed with pre-filled metadata. You can add additional data if desired, as well as the fulltext.

For more information on completing the submission form, please refer to the corresponding page.

Once you have finished filling out the form, you can “Submit” your publication, “Save for later,” or “Cancel” (5) if you wish.

Once submitted, your record will be reviewed before publication by the Infoscience Team, who will check the bibliographic data and the dissemination conditions of the file(s). Depending on the number of deposits to process, the time to go online may take 48 hours.

Importing your publication from an external source should always be favored (see above).

If your publication is not listed in an external database, you can still add it by uploading the full text or by manually entering all the fields.

On the “Your submissions” page, two options are available:

• Option 1: Drag and drop your file (1), choose the collection corresponding to the document type. An automatic extraction of metadata is performed from the uploaded file in the submission form. Complete or modify the fields as needed.
• Option 2: Click on the “New deposit” button (2) and choose the collection for your publication (to find out more about choosing a collection, go to the Document type page), then, select the Type of document from the dropdown list. The submission form will display, and you can fill in the fields*.

Note: If you have a DOI, you can also open the submission form and insert it. The system retrieves metadata associated with the DOI from the Crossref database.

* Mandatory fields in the form are indicated by an asterisk. For more information on completing deposit forms, please refer to the corresponding help page.

You can also upload the corresponding file(s) for your publication by dragging and dropping them or by downloading them (3) => See the Help page for the submission form, under “Upload files,” to learn about the submission process for one or more files and their access conditions using the Sherpa Romeo tool, to find out about your publisher’s open access policy.

At the end of the entry process: you can save the notice as a draft by clicking on Save for later**, or submit it to the Infoscience team for bibliographic validation by clicking on Deposit (4).

Once submitted, your notice will be reviewed by the Infoscience team before publication to ensure the accuracy of the bibliographic data and the conditions for accessing the file(s). Depending on the number of submissions to process, the publication process may take 48 hours.

**You can find all your records in your “Dashboard“, whatever their status: draft, workspace, published. (See Manage my publications)

You can import a list of publications from a bibliographic database (Zotero, for example) by inserting a BibTeX file.

On the “Your Submissions” page, click the “Browse” button (1) and select your BibTeX file. Choose the collection for your publications (note: your BibTeX file must contain only one type of document, otherwise the selected collection will apply to all imported publications).

Your imported data will be converted into draft records in your dashboard, under “Your Submissions” (2). Go to the draft record and complete the missing metadata by clicking “Edit” (3).

For more information on completing the submission forms, please refer to the corresponding help page.

When you have finished filling out the form, you can “Submit” your publication, “Save for Later,” or “Cancel” if you wish.

Once submitted, your record will be reviewed by the Infoscience team, who will check the bibliographic data and the distribution conditions of the file(s). Depending on the number of submissions to process, the online publication may take up to 48 hours.

Create a new version:

As submitter, you have the option to create a new version, for example to indicate the published version of a previously submitted preprint:

• Go to my “dashboard” and display “your submissions” (1).
• Click on the desired notice by pressing “View” (2).
• Once the page of your notice is open, you will find a button “…” at the top right (3).
• Select “create a new version” (4) and modify/add the desired fields in the form; modify/add the attached files
• then submit your new version.

It will be reviewed by the Infoscience team before dissemination.

We strongly encourage you to use this function only in the event of an editorial version change.
Note: Only the submitter of the record has access to this function; it is not visible to other authors.

The old version will be archived. The version historic is accessible in the detailed metadata of the notice.

Request a correction:

Whether you are the submitter of the notice or the author of the publication, you can also request a correction via the “Request a correction” button (5), change the desired metadata, and Submit. Your corrections will be reviewed by the Infoscience team before dissemination.

Delete a record:

As a submitter, you can create links between records, e.g. an article and a dataset, a conference paper and a poster….

• In the submission form, go to the “Related works” field (1); click on Add and complete the form. For each associated resource, describe the relationship (is cited by, cites, is supplement to, supplemented by…), the title and provide its DOI or URL.

Note: If you want to link your record to another record on the platform, search for the record to be linked by its title in the ‘Resource title’ field, which will give you suggestions.

When you submit a publication, the platform alerts you to potential duplicates (already referenced publications), displayed at the bottom of the deposit form.

The detection of potential duplicates is based on the comparison of:

• DOI
• Or title + publication year

Infoscience notifies you of the potential duplicate by offering three buttons in the deposit form: (1)

1. Click the Display button (View) to compare the records.

Two scenarios are possible:

2. The notice you are currently depositing is a duplicate:

• Either you decide to abandon the deposit: click the Discard button. The notice will be permanently deleted.
• Or you still wish to deposit the publication:
  • click the It’s a duplicate button.
  • Add a Submitter note to explain the reason for resubmitting your publication.
  • Submit the record.

3. The notice you are depositing is not a duplicate:

• Confirm this by clicking the It’s not a duplicate button.
• Deposit the notice.

At the time of validation, the Infoscience Team will analyze the situation and respond to you in accordance with the service policies regarding deduplication of notices.

The submit process is identical to that of publications. Only the collection and the submission form differ.

• Select the collection Product (1), then Datasets
• If a publication complements the dataset/software, please mention it in the “related works” section (see above)