Institutional Repository FHNW (IRF)
With the Institutional Repository FHNW (IRF), the FHNW operates a document server on which materials can be archived and made available free of charge.
What is the IRF?
The IRF is FHNW’s official digital repository for research and teaching. It contains metadata and (if available) full texts of publications, projects and student papers that were written by and/or carried out with the participation of FHNW staff and students. The IRF can also be used to publish the FHNW's own publications (reports, working papers, student papers, presentations) or second publications in the sense of the green open access path.
What is the goal of the IRF?
The IRF aims to raise the visibility of the research and teaching of the FHNW internally as well as externally by providing publication, project, and personal data. The included metadata and full texts are therefore freely available worldwide and can be found via search engines. The IRF enables open access publications of scientific documents and thus facilitates compliance with the FHNW's Open Access Policy as well as the requirements of research funding bodies. The FHNW ensures the long-term availability of the data.
What functions does the IRF offer?
The IRF allows the registration of metadata as well as the digital publication of scientific documents. As it is indexed by search engines such as Google and Google Scholar, it increases the visibility and thus the citation frequency of the included publications.
Full texts published in the IRF receive a DOI, which ensures permanent citability.
Which papers do I publish in the IRF?
- Articles in scientific journals, magazines, trade journals and newspapers
- Monographs, book contributions and edited (collected) volumes, conference proceedings
- Conference contributions (presentations, posters, contributions to conference proceedings)
- Research reports, working papers, blog contributions
- Software and patents
- Student theses, for example Bachelor’s and Master’s theses
- Other academic achievements such as audio and video media, exhibitions and exhibition contributions
Metadata of projects is also collected in IRF.
Definitions of the publication types can be found in the IRF Handbook (see below).
Further information (in German)
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