Where should I deposit my research outputs?
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Traditional research outputs
Pure is the University’s Current Research Information System (CRIS). It can be used to record a wide range of research-related activity and outcomes and acts as our institutional repository for research outputs. Research outputs recorded in Pure are surfaced in the Research Explorer.
Pure is the system that the University uses to manage and submit its REF submission, so it’s important that all research outputs that are submissible to REF are recorded in Pure.
Traditional research outputs are usually formally published, tangible products of scholarly work that communicate original findings, methods, or insights, and include the following output types:
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Research Output Type |
Description |
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Journal article - mediated deposit available via the Open Access Gateway |
Peer-reviewed research published in an academic journal, presenting original findings, methods, or reviews. |
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Conference paper |
Research presented at a conference, often summarising ongoing or completed studies in a specific field. |
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Conference proceedings (including books of abstracts) |
Published collection of papers or abstracts from a specific conference or academic event. |
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Book |
Comprehensive, standalone publication offering detailed exploration of a topic, often scholarly or educational in nature. |
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Book chapter |
A section in a book, handbook, or encyclopaedia presenting focused research or analysis within a larger work. |
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Preprint – can be deposited in Pure and/or shared via appropriate disciplinary preprint server (e.g. arXiv) |
Early version of a research paper shared publicly before peer review or journal publication. |
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Report |
Detailed, structured document presenting research results, analysis, or recommendations, often for specific organisations or projects. |
If a DOI (Digital Object Identifier) is required for a traditional research output which has not already been assigned one, this can be requested within Pure.
Non-traditional research outputs
At the University of Manchester we provide an institutional data repository through Figshare for Institutions to support researchers with openly publishing their data and other non-traditional research outputs. It is not a requirement that researchers use Figshare, if another more suitable repository is available. For guidance on data repositories, please see our knowledge article Choosing a data repository.
The following research outputs can be deposited within the University’s Figshare repository by research staff, postgraduate researchers, students, and professional services staff in order to publish them openly.
These outputs are called ‘item types’ within Figshare.
All items published in Figshare will be assigned a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
Find out more about how to use Figshare.
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Figshare Item Type |
Description |
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Figure |
Photos, graphs and static images that would be represented in traditional PDF publications. |
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Media |
Any form of research output that is recorded and played. This is most commonly video, but can be audio or 3D representations. |
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Dataset |
Raw data used for analysis. Often comes in spreadsheet form, but can be any collection of data, on which analysis can be performed. |
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Poster |
Usually presented at conferences. Formats can be one frame of a slide presentation, or specially created poster presentations. |
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Conference contribution |
Content contributed to an academic conference such as presentations, programmes, posters or recordings. These can also be deposited as ‘Presentation’, ‘Poster’, or ‘Media’ if preferred. Note: conference proceedings or papers should be deposited in Pure. |
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Presentation |
Academic presentations from conferences, events, or training. Usually represented as slide decks. Videos of presentations can be uploaded as ‘Media’ if preferred. |
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Software |
Code as a research output can either be uploaded directly from your computer or through the code management system GitHub, using the GitHub integration. Versioning of code repositories is supported. |
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Online resource |
Any type of resource available online.
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Workflow |
Resource describing protocols, procedures, methods or activities for a research experiment or project. |
If you are unsure about where an output should be deposited, please contact us.