Thesis Preparation Guide: Publishing - ProQuest

• Make your scholarship available to researchers worldwide
• Increase the visibility and impact of your research
• Preserve your work for long-term access (even when technology changes!)
• Jump start your publishing career by publishing your research in the most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world

You can submit your thesis 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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There are two publishing options in ProQuest:
traditional publishing and open access PLUS.

Traditional publishing:

• Citation information for your thesis 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 thesis will only be available to those institutions that subscribe to the ProQuest Dissertation & Theses database 
• You will receive royalties on any purchases of your thesis
• There is no fee associated with the traditional publishing option

Open access publishing PLUS:

• The full text and information about your thesis 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 thesis.
• You will pay a one-time fee of $95.00 to publish your thesis in an open access format

To compare the benefits of ProQuest's traditional publishing services and Open Access Publishing Plus,
see this chart.  

If you are submitting your thesis to a journal for publication or if your thesis is 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. 

Registering your thesis for copyright

is optional.

• You can register your thesis 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.

• 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)