OPUS - Repository for professors and academic staff

BIB 70-020

What you need to know

The External link opens in a new window:OPUS (Online Publication System) is the institutional External link opens in a new window:repository of HFU and enables the free publication, permanent record and dissemination of publications of the university, either exclusively of the bibliographic data or additionally with full text.

You can independently enter your own published publications in OPUS.

If you are interested in publishing your own publication list on the HFU contact website, please contact us at: opus-hfu(at)hs-furtwangen.de.

What you have to do

  1. Go to the HFU libraries webpage and click on the green Library search button.

  2. Open External link opens in a new window:OPUS.

  3. Select "Publish" on the menu.

  4. Select the appropriate document type for your work.

    • Fields marked with a red asterisk (*) are required.

  5. In the "Upload document(s)" field you can upload the full text of your document.

    • If no document is uploaded, the library checks whether the publication is available elsewhere and links the full text.
      The linking is not a second publication.

      Otherwise only the bibliographic data of the publication will be listed in OPUS.

    • For documents with multiple authors, the consent and publication rights of all authors are required. Please check in advance.

  6. Confirm that you have read and agree with the legal notice.

  7. Click "Continue to next step".

    • The "Publish" input mask opens.

  8. Select the language of the document content.

  9. Enter the main title of your publication.

    • If you also wish to enter a translation of the title, click "Add another title" and enter the corresponding title in the additional field.

  10. Enter the abstract of your document in the "Abstract(s)" field.

    • If you would like to add an abstract in an additional language, click the "Add another abstract" button.

  11. All authors of the publication are entered in the "Authors" field.

    • Enter your FIRST and LAST names. Surnames and first names must be written out in full.

    • To enter multiple authors, click "Add another author".

  12. Enter the year of publication in the "Year of completion" field.

  13. In the "Title of parent work" field, enter the title of the journal in which your scientific paper was published.
    Example: Journal of Biomedical Engineering

    • For all conference publications (conference papers, proceedings, conference volumes), enter the exact name of the conference here, as well as the conference date and location.
      Example: International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering, September 19-23, 2016, Vienna, Austria.

  14. If possible, enter the volume and year of the journal in the "Volume" field.

  15. If possible, enter the issue (issue number) of the journal in the "Issue" field.

  16. Indicate the first and last pages of your paper.

  17. Enter the article number of your publication here.

    • This is now often used for online publications.

  18. With the ISSN, journals are clearly marked and permanently identifiable.

  19. Enter the External link opens in a new window:DOI (Digital Object Identifier).

  20. Enter the External link opens in a new window:URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of your document here.

  21. The "Editor" field is NOT filled in the case of journal articles or conference publications.

  22. The External link opens in a new window:GND keywords field will NOT be filled out.

    • Enter free keywords in the field "Keyword(s)".

  23. Enter between three and five key terms in the "Key terms" field.

    • Additional key terms are entered using the "Add another key term" button.

  24. The "DDC subject group" field is NOT filled out.

  25. In the "Space for notes" field under "Remarks", you can add further information about your publication.

    • Remarks are not publicly visible.

  26. The Open Access status of an openly accessible publication is entered at this point.

    • When selecting Open Access, a subcategory must be selected with "down".

    • Use "Closed Access" for publications that can only be accessed on a licence-dependent basis.

  27. Once you have uploaded your full text, enter a license for the subsequent use of your document.

    • If you have not uploaded a full text, select "Copyright protected".

  28. Click "Continue to next step".

    • You will now receive a summary of your information.

  29. Check your entries and finish the publishing process by selecting "Save document".

    • Your entries in OPUS are not visible immediately after they have been entered. They will be published later by the OPUS administrators.

    • Once your entry has been published in OPUS, any changes can only be made via the OPUS administrators.

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