Research support

The University Library's mission is to create maximum visibility and ensure quality-assured data for LTU's research output. Our mission is to support researchers strategically and operationally.

Here you will find information about theses, the publications database, bibliometrics, Open Access etc.

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Publish

The university library supports researchers in many publishing related questions. Here you will find information about publishing, Open Access and research data among other things.

Research data

Here you will find information about what research data is, how it should be handled, described and published, as well as support regarding how a data management plan can be written based on your needs and funders' requirements.

Make yourself visible

Maximizing the visibility and impact of research is becoming ever more important in the academic world with tougher competition and with researchers being constantly evaluated. For you as a researcher, this means that you need to produce high quality research and keep a good record of your publications. There are several things you can do to make your research results more visible and influential apart from producing really good research.

Course for PhD students and researchers

The web-based course "Course in Information Literacy and Scholarly Publishing" is for PhD students and junior researchers.

Bibliometrics

Bibliometrics is a set of methods used to study or measure texts and information. Citation analysis and content analysis are commonly used bibliometric methods.