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Scholarly Publishing at SFU supports faculty and student researchers in publishing their research, promoting their work online and through the media, and measuring the impact and visibility of their scholarship.

Use our Scholarly Publishing and Open Access resources to:

open access Make your work open access:

  • Reach a wider audience
  • Give your work its greatest impact within and beyond the academy.

 Compare your options: 

 Explore publishing choices:

  • Assess journals and publishers for suitability and quality
  • Retain your right to share and distribute your work.

 Build your online presence through: 

  • Social media, blogs, a professional website, or 
  • Connecting with the media to share your research with the wider community.

 Track the reach and impact of your work with impact metrics such as:

  • citation counts
  • altmetrics
  • author- and journal-level metrics.

Register for a Scholarly Publishing workshop

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DatesLocation
Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 11:30am to 1:00pm
via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)

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Work with our partners in Digital Publishing

Contact SFU Digital Publishing for questions about starting an open access journal, making an existing journal open access, creating an online student journal or classroom journal, or publishing an open access textbook.

SFU Open Access Policy


 In January 2017, SFU Senate endorsed the Open Access Policy (OAP) acknowledging the commitment of SFU faculty, students, and postdoctoral fellows to share the products of their SFU research with the broadest possible audience.
 
To satisfy the policy requirement in one easy step, SFU researchers can provide an electronic copy of the finalized text of their published articles to the Simon Fraser University Library. The Library will make the articles available to the public, taking into consideration requirements for access delay.
 

Contact us: For assistance with scholarly publishing, please contact digital-scholarship@sfu.ca.

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