In order to submit publications for Open Access on ORBilu, the author must have the necessary permissions.
Open Access is defined in the Berlin Declaration as meaning that research publications can be accessed, read, and re-used for free by any person with access to the internet, the only restriction being that the work is properly attributed to its author.
The promotion of the Open Access is fulfilling the ambitions of the Luxembourg Government as described in the Accord de coalition 2018-2023: « Une circulation accrue des connaissances scientifiques par « le libre accès » aux données scientifiques et aux publications résultant de la recherche financée par les moyens publics permettra de maximiser l’exploitation des résultats scientifiques. »
The author who has not transferred their copyright for electronic distribution to the publisher can deposit his publication in open access (unless the agreement with the publisher was renegotiated later).
Does the publisher of the work authorise the submission to an institutional database? To find out, you can consult the publisher's website (or contact them directly) or SHERPA/RoMEO, which lists editorial policies, especially for self-archiving.
Some institutions, research programs and funding agencies make it compulsory to submit in OA the publications resulting from the research that concerns them. This is also the case at the University of Luxembourg with the mandate.
In 2012, the University of Luxembourg Executive Team decided to make deposit in ORBilu mandatory.
The University of Luxembourg requires all University members to:
This obligation applies only to those publications made while employed at the University of Luxembourg. Therefore, if an author started on 1 Jan 2011, he/she is required to deposit everything published from 1 Jan 2011 onwards.
The mandate goes on to describe the responsibilities of the primary author:
The primary author is also solely responsible for the quality of the data provided in the bibliographic reference.
The mandate also states the University's wish to support the Open Access movement within the confines of copyright and publisher contracts as well as to clearly indicate that authors are free to publish where they best see fit:
The University of Luxembourg encourages all University members to:
This deposit does not restrict in any way the choice of publisher or the means of publication.
The mandate also includes a statement about how the Executive Team will make use of the publications in ORBilu.
As of 1 January 2014, only publications referenced in said repository and deposited following the rules laid out above will be taken into consideration for:
As mentioned in the paragraph above, one of the requirements for the promotions procedure is to have all publications which are to be taken into consideration in ORBilu.
Based upon the references entered by University authors, the Executive Team is able to create an entire bibliography of the publications of its researchers and ease access to the full-text of recent publications. It will no longer be necessary to spend time at the end of each year to produce, and format, such lists. They can be generated simply and easily from ORBilu.
Practically speaking, ORBilu could be used to:
ORBilu does not define evaluation criteria nor compare disciplines. It does however provide statistics which show the visibility our authors are achieving.
The FNR mandate makes the Open Access deposit of journal articles mandatory for all recipients of their funding. LEARN +
Plan S makes it mandatory, as of January 1, 2021, to publish and/or disseminate the full text of all scientific publication submissions funded by the Coalition S member, in Open Access and under an open license. LEARN +
The H2020 mandate requires Open Access to peer-reviewed scientific publications addressing the results of Horizon 2020-funded research. LEARN +
The Horizon Europe mandate requires Open Access to peer-reviewed scientific publications – including books and other extended forms of publication – where these comprise the results of research that were carried out thanks to funding from the Horizon Europe project. LEARN +
Also check the legal guide: THYS, L. (2009). "Legal aspects of scientific publishing: a practical guide for members of the academic community."
Users of the directory may read, download, copy, distribute and print any piece of work as long as they respect the basic rights of the authors of the University of Luxembourg. Also, Open Access to a full text on ORBilu is subject to the acceptance of a user license under which users agree to:
You can access the complete license agreement.
For any document available in Open Access on ORBilu, the author must sign the submission application in order to authorise the electronic diffusion of their publication.
If several authors are involved, they will all have to sign the license in order for the reference to be made available on Open Access. The license will be sent to them via the email address indicated by the submitter for each co-author.
These licenses used in Gold Open Access publication allow to define permitted uses for the readers. If a publication is under a free license, it can be indicated as such on ORBilu and distributed under the same license.
See the different types of CC licenses on creativecommons.org
We take care to respect the rights of each participant as much as possible. If you feel you have been wronged, please inform the ORBilu team and we will immediately restrict access to the disputed document while we investigate the case.