Ed.D. Dissertation Guide: Publishing - ProQuest

You can submit your dissertation to ProQuest via the ProQuest ETD Administrator, a unique site for students that will guide you through uploading your manuscript. The submission process is easy and free to you.

For assistance, contact Jessica Scott, Graduate Program Manager, at JLSCOTT@salisbury.edu.

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If you are submitting your dissertation to a journal or a book publisher for publication or if your dissertation is already accepted for publication, you may want to consider an embargo option, i.e. a delayed release, during which ProQuest will make your work unavailable for a certain period of time. 

• You can register your dissertation yourself by filing for copyright directly through the Registration Portal of the U.S. Copyright Office. The registration fee is $35.
• You can request that ProQuest files for copyright with the U.S. Copyright Office on your behalf. The service fee is $55.00.

Registering your dissertation for copyright is optional.

There are two publishing options in ProQuest:
traditional publishing and open access PLUS.

Traditional publishing

• Citation information for your dissertation will be available in the subscription-based ProQuest Dissertation & Theses database as well as subject specific databases that purchase information from ProQuest.
• The full text of your dissertation will only be available to those institutions that subscribe to the ProQuest Dissertation & Theses database 
• You will receive royalties on any purchases of your dissertation
• There is no fee associated with the traditional publishing option

Open access publishing PLUS

• The full text and information about your dissertation will be available through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses subscription database and freely available through the PQDT Open platform
• You will not receive royalties on any purchases of your dissertation
• You will pay a one-time fee of $95.00 to publish your dissertation in an open access format
   

See the chart below to compare the benefits of ProQuest's traditional publishing services and Open Access Publishing PLUS.

• Traditional publishing: free
• Open access publishing: $95.00 (paid directly to ProQuest at the time of submission)
• Registering for copyright: $55.00 (paid directly to ProQuest at the time of submission)