Research guides: Computer Science: Publish

Open access

Support for Open Access
The Library participates in agreements with publishers that cover the full or partial cost of APCs for Waterloo researchers when they are the corresponding author (the first author).
UWSpace guide
Make your past publications open access in our institutional repository: UWSpace

Open access definitions that might help you when reading publisher and funder policies:

Pre-print
- Also known as the original or submitted manuscript
- This is the version of the paper written by the author(s) but does not have any of the changes from peer review
Post-print
- Also known as the accepted manuscript
- This is the version of the paper that contains the changes from the journal's peer review process
Version of record
- This version contains the changes from the peer review process
- It also has the publisher's formatting (it is the final published paper)

Choosing where to publish

Checklist for Identifying Deceptive Publishers
The University of Toronto's checklist for identifying deceptive publishers.
How to Assess a Journal
The Canadian Association of Research Libraries have created a guide to help you assess the quality of a journal.
Think. Check. Attend
An international initiative from Knowledge E to guide and assist researchers and scholars when choosing trusted conferences.

Copyright at Waterloo
The University’s Fair Dealing Advisory (the "Advisory") outlines the guidelines for making copies under the fair dealing exception of the Act, including how much of a given work may be copied, how it may be distributed and for what purposes.
Creative Commons
Creative Commons licenses allow authors/creators to easily communicate which rights they are comfortable giving to any potential users of their work.

Calculate your academic footprint

Learn about researcher IDs and how to calculate your h-index.