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The University Library offers a variety of support options for you when you are ready to publish. As you prepare to share your work, either to publish in traditional journals or to track your citations from other scholarly engagement, links and Guides on this page will help you at each stage.

Register for an ORCID ID to maintain your personal author identity.
Deciding where to publish should be an early consideration in scholarly and research work, even if there isn't a definitive decision. Here are guides and resources to get you started asking important questions to consider.
The University Library has negotiated some publishing agreements to help with the cost of publishing. Also, faculty are required to publish Open Access whenever possible according to the UI Open Access Policy. Read more about both of these here.
Citation and publication metrics are used for many things, Promotion and Tenure, hiring, awards considerations, and more. Use these guides to find out how to track your own metrics.
Publishing doesn't only concern articles and text. Review these guides to make sure you are in compliance with data management and sharing policies, that you are protecting your copyright while publishing, and addressing data management issues before your research becomes available.