Making Your Doctoral Dissertation Available Online
Making your doctoral dissertation available online is a duty stated in the Rules ofDegrees (FY 2013 Ordinance of MEXT item (v), April 1, 2013). All degree
recipients must make their doctoral dissertations available on the internet, unlessthey have inevitable reasons.
At University of Tsukuba, doctoral dissertation are made public on University ofTsukuba Repository (Tulips-R), an online database for academic information.
Please be very careful so that you will not violate the rights of yourself as theauthor and other co-authors by publishing your doctoral dissertation on theinternet.
■What’s the Tulips-R? ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
Tulips-R is a database for making University of Tsukuba’s research and education
results public on the internet.

https://tsukuba.repo.nii.ac.jp/

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By registering your doctoral dissertation on Tulips-R,
Your doctoral dissertation will be available to the whole world forfree via the internet

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The University of Tsukuba Library will manage and permanently
archive your doctoral dissertation data

The National Diet Library will automatically collect andpermanently archive your doctoral dissertation dataEach doctoral dissertation (main body) will be given a DOI*

* DOI (digital object identifier): an identifier given to academic articles
that guarantees permanent access on the internet. Papers with DOI areeasy to cite and are more likely to be cited.

■Reference ―――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
How to disseminate your doctoral thesis on the Internet (PDF, FY2017):
University of Tsukuba Library Website > Support > Workshop > Past
Workshop handouts > 2017 年度 > 博士論文インターネット公開の基礎知識 /How to disseminate your doctoral thesis on the Internet

University of Tsukuba Repository Q&A (Doctoral Dissertations) :University of Tsukuba Repository > Q&A > About Doctoral Dissertations■Points to be checked ――――――――――――――――――――――――――――
1. Things to Note When Writinga. If quoting from other works: did you follow the fair use rules of the copyrightlaw?
b. Make sure you are not violating portrait rights.
c. Make sure personal information etc. that are inappropriate to publish on theinternet is not included.
d. You do not intend to apply for a patent with the doctoral dissertation.
* Since research results published on the internet etc. lose novelty, youbasically cannot apply for a patent after publication.
2. Confirm Whether You Have Permissions from the Copyright Holders
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a. If the doctoral dissertation has already been published in academic journals
etc.: have you obtained permission from the publisher on publishing thedoctoral dissertation on Tulips-R?
b. If you are planning to submit the doctoral dissertation to academic journals
etc., or publish as a book: have you obtained permission from the publisher onpublishing the doctoral dissertation on Tulips-R?
c. If you have co-authors: have you obtained permission from your co-authors on
publishing the doctoral dissertation on Tulips-R?
3. Check the PDF Format
a. Have you embedded the fonts?
b. Have you removed access restrictions such as encryption, passwords, andprint restriction?
* PDF format PDF/A (ISO 19005) is recommended.
4. Final Check Before Submitting
a. Do you have the “main body” of the doctoral dissertation on the CD-ROM?
b. Do you have a title page containing the doctoral dissertation title and theauthor’s name for the first page?
c. If the doctoral dissertation will not be made public: do you have the data forthe “main body” and “abstract” of the doctoral dissertation on the CD-ROM?
Have you checked for typographical errors on the abstract file?
d. Do you have the “Request for Non-disclosure / Disclosure on the Internetof My Dissertation” ready?
5. Others
a. Make sure your doctoral dissertation meets other specifications of the researchfaculty/Academic Service Office.
■applications and inquiries ―――――――――――――――――――――――――▼About "Points to be checked" 1-4
Repository Management Section, University of Tsukuba Library
Mail: tulips-r@tulips.tsukuba.ac.jp / TEL: 029-853-2470▼About "Points to be checked" 5
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