Publishing and research impact

Open access enables the free and immediate sharing of peer-reviewed scholarly publications. Stanford University Libraries supports Stanford faculty, students, and staff in making their work open.

Find out how the Libraries can help you with open access publishing.

Stanford University Libraries’ Office of Scholarly Communications assists Stanford University faculty, staff, and students in understanding copyright issues relevant to research, publishing, and teaching.

Learn how we can help you navigate copyright questions.

Federal agencies are in the process of implementing new policies that affect how and when federally funded research outputs are made available to the public. The Office of Scholarly Communications provides information, resources, and guidance for Stanford researchers impacted by these changes.

Read about the newest developments and find answers to frequently asked questions.

Publisher requirement, funding-agency mandate, or open-science ambassador? Whatever your reason for sharing research data, you’ll want to carefully consider what exactly to share and how to share it. Learn more about how to describe your data, how to choose a repository, and why and how to choose a license.

Learn how Stanford University Libraries can assist you with data sharing.

The SDR allows current faculty, students, and staff to easily deposit their research outputs where they will be instantly available and preserved indefinitely.

You can deposit articles, preprints, datasets, and more. Using the self-deposit web application is free. Scholars around the world can freely view and download SDR content.

You can choose to get a DOI automatically with your deposit. The SDR meets U.S. federal government recommendations for data repositories, ensuring your research complies with funding agency requirements.

Learn more about how to use the SDR.

All scholarly outputs benefit from a DOI to ensure perpetual access. We can help you get one and learn how to make the most of it.

Learn more about getting and using DOIs.

An ORCID iD is a unique identifier that connects you to your scholarship and differentiates you from other researchers, facilitating recognition of your work.

Learn more about obtaining and making the most of your ORCID iD.

Our RIALTO service assists schools, departments, shared facilities, and other campus stakeholders in gathering and analyzing information regarding publications and other research outputs.

Learn how we can help with your research reporting needs.

iThenticate is a web-based service that compares research manuscripts, grant proposals, and other scholarly writing against an extensive database of published content to highlight both potential originality concerns and inclusion of AI-generated text. 

Learn more about how iThenticate works and accessing the service.