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Publishing Your Research

Writing about your research and publishing your findings lies at the core of scholarly communication. Resources to help you through the writing and publication process: 

For one-on-one writing assistance, make an appointment at the Robert E. Hemenway Writing Center, located in the Basement of William T. Young Library.

Use Your Institutional Repository

UK’s institutional repository, UKnowledge, stores, organizes, and provides open and stable worldwide access to scholarship, data, and creative works generated by the UK community, increasing  the discoverability of research conducted here and elevating the profiles of UK researchers. 

We can mint Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) for research made available through UKnowledge to help you track the impact of your work throughout its lifecycle. 

Consider Open Access Publishing 

Open access publishing makes research findings accessible to a global audience by removing price and permission barriers. Open access materials are

  • digital
  • online
  • free of charge 
  • free of most copyright and licensing restrictions 

To find open access resources and information on author rights, copyright and fair use, and open licensing, please visit our Open Access Guide.

UKnowledge

Browse the research and scholarship produced by University of Kentucky students, faculty, staff, departments, research centers, and administration, including theses, dissertations, journals, conference proceedings, image galleries, and more, all hosted on the university’s institutional repository.

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Measuring Research Impact

UK Libraries can help you: 

  • share and promote your scholarship
  • build your profile as a researcher
  • improve your work’s reach 

Learn about ORCID IDs and how to track the impact of your work using common metrics and altmetrics in our Research Impact Metrics Guide.