Advantages in filing documents in Serval

SERVAL allows a diffusion in Open Access (Green Road). The SNSF and the CRUS are co-signatories of the “Berlin Declaration on Open Access to Scientific Knowledge” of October 2003.

Reminder of some advantages of filing from the full text:

  • Visibility of your publications

SERVAL broadcasts your work on the Internet. Your publications are accessible to researchers around the world without any commercial or financial barriers.

  • Increase the impact of your work

Studies (example) have shown that documents published in Open Access are more cited than others.

  • Response to the FNS Directive

Since September 2007, the Swiss National Fund requires the publications it has funded to be disseminated in Open Access.

  • Archiving and perennial address

Long-term archiving of the full text is guaranteed. In addition, a Uniform Resource Name (URN) is assigned by UNIL, in collaboration with the National Library, to your publication if it contains the full text. This identifier can then be disseminated as a single and permanent reference to your publication.
Example: urn:nbn:ch:serval-BIB_365632A115576

More information on the constraints to be respected when depositing the full text (copyrighted version, copyrights).