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Chemical Engineering: Publishing and Research Visibility

This guide provides students, researchers and staff with access to subject and information resources.

Publishing is a stage in the research cycle where the researcher makes his work available to the public for free or for sale through a journal publication. This page provides guidelines and information on accredited journals, Open-Access publishing and the Transformational Agreement, further on how to improve the visibility of both researchers and their research. Read more about Open Access Publishing by Elsevier here.

Open Access Publishing

SANLiC has negotiated and signed a number of agreements for South African Higher Education Institutions. The list of current negotiated agreements is now available allowing South Africans to publish FOR FREE

1) READ AND PUBLISH LIST (ACM, SPRINGER, WILEY, ELSEVIER)

2) HOW TO PUBLISH 

Publish OPEN ACCESS without cost in these journals [UP Author/s must be corresponding author/s]

Structural Concrete  
The Structural Design of Tall and Special Buildings 

Earthquake Engineering & Structural Dynamics

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Article Processing Charges

Transformational Agreements

Issuing of ISBNs in the Library

The library's Special Collection Unit can assist with issuing ISBNs. 

Research Visibility and Impact

How to improve your research visibility

Research(er) Visibility Check - this will assist your research to be visible and accessible. 

WILEY - Open Access articles create higher impact: click here 

OrcID

OrcID Connecting Researchers and Research

Create your OrcID  Get a standard unique author identity

What is OrcID? 

  • It provides a standard unique author identifier, to prevent author confusion brought about by name ambiguities
  • OrcID connects all existing identities
  • For grant/funding applications & ratings
  • For publishing in certain journals
  • For linking researchers

Populate your ORCID Link publications from Scopus~Google Scholar~Manually~Use Crossref to keep your ORCID updated

Short Video   Use the Search & Link Wizard to Import Works