Publishing Thesis online

Doctoral theses that have been accepted at the University of Fribourg can be published electronically free of charge on the instutional repository FOLIA. This platform provides open access to electronic theses, dissertations, e-prints and other academic works. FOLIA offers a high visibility of published theses and scientific publications since they are indexed by common search engines, in particular by Google Scholar. Furthermore, FOLIA ensures a digital long-term preservation of these documents since they are archived on the servers of the Swiss National Library.

Here you will find more information on how to publish your doctoral thesis on FOLIA, as well as the general conditions of use.

Contact

Alexandra Attia

Coordination Office of the Documentation Centres & Open Science

e-thesis@unifr.ch
+41 26 300 9565

FOLIA

FOLIA is the electronic platform used by the University of Fribourg for the electronic publication of Doctoral theses.

Open Access publishing on FOLIA offers many advantages to doctoral students:

Lower costs (the number of printed copies could be reduced according to the faculty)
Publication within 4 weeks
Contributes to the reputation of the doctoral student and the university
Increased visibility and readership thanks to Open Access
Availability of valuable information to the academic and public communities

Read the General Conditions of Use

See Doctoral thesis published on FOLIA

Publication process

Once your thesis has been accepted by the Faculty, we invite you to contact the Coordination Office of the Documentation Centres & Open Science at e-thesis@unifr.ch.

This service will guide you through the process and will coordinate with the Faculty, UNIPRINT and the BCU. They will send you a form to complete with your personal information, details of your thesis and the desired distribution conditions (Creative Commons licence, definition of an embargo in the case of exclusivity with a publisher). You will also need your ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID). A DOI (Digital Object Identifier) will be assigned to your publication.

Only final versions of the thesis approved by the faculty will be accepted.

Before submitting your thesis for publication please consult with the faculty responsible person at the decanat to ensure all regulations are followed.

Doctoral students at the Faculty of Law have the option to publish their theses in electronic form, but only six months after submitting the printed copies required to obtain their PhD.

Please contact us in advance if you think that the publication of your work is restricted by publishing rights and requires an embargo. The theses will be available online within 4 weeks of the start of the procedure. No corrections after publishing will be possible. The thesis is archived to the Swiss National Library, and therefore cannot be withdrawn.

Ressources

ORCID

Creating an ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor ID) account is free, fast and easy. It provides researchers with a unique, permanent 16-digit identifier, which they can use throughout their career.

ORCiD's interoperability with a wide range of institutions and data providers will help to extend the visibility of research activities.

For further information about ORCID

Creative Commons Licenses

A Creative Commons (CC) License is a contract chosen by an author to define the conditions for distributing and re-using her or his work, while retaining the author's rights. It is free to use and allows six different types of licence to be generated.
For scientific publications, the University recommends using the CC BY License.

The Coordination Office of the Documentation Centres & Open Science will be happy to help you make the right choice.

For further information on Creative Commons Licenses