Preparing to Submit

Master’s dissertations and Doctoral Theses

Prior to submission process please make sure you comply with the following:

  1. Make sure you have read and understood the IHU Open Access Policy.
  2. Check that the copy you will submit is the final version of your work.
  3. Your thesis file must be uploaded in PDF format. Make sure that the PDF file you create does not contain password protection or other restrictions. The file name should be in the format: SurnameFirstNameYear.pdf (e.g., KatsaouniKaterina2025.pdf).
  4.  The full text of the thesis is licensed under Creative Commons licenses.  If you would like to learn more about the different types of CC licenses or need help selecting the most suitable one for your work, you can visit the following links:
    1. Creative Commons Licenses for general information, and
    2. License Selection Tool for step-by-step guidance in choosing a license.
  5. During the submission process, make sure you provide as much information about your work as possible.
  6. After the library has finalized your submission, a Confirmation of Deposit will be sent to your email as well as to the email of your department’s Secretariat.

For further information see the submission quick guide

Research papers

Prior to submission process please make sure you comply with the following:

  1. You are the copyright owner of the work to be submitted.
  2. You have the consent of the other copyright owners (e.g. more than one author, journal publisher holds copyright etc.)
  3. In case you haven’t used the addendum proposed in the IHU Open Access Policy check the contract you have signed with the publisher to verify whether you are permitted or not and under which terms to publish your work in the repository.
  4. Consult the SHERPA/RoMeo list to find out what kind of open access policy is applied by each publisher. This way you will know which version of your work to publish in the repository and if there is any time or other limitation or not.
  5. During the submission process make sure you provide as much information for your work as possible.