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Deposit your published research in Federation ResearchOnline

Federation ResearchOnline is our open-access digital repository for research and scholarly publications of Federation University researchers.

Federation ResearchOnline is used to store and provide access to your research outputs.


This includes:

  • Accepted and published versions of peer-reviewed journal articles
  • Peer-reviewed conference papers (that meet the definition of research)
  • Research reports commissioned by external bodies (with an ISBN)
  • Higher Degree Research theses 

You’ll find open access versions (where possible) of the research outputs of the University, including those of Higher Degree by Research (HDR) students, scholars and other staff.

We regularly harvest metadata from sources like Scopus and Web of Science, so you can discover even more research from Federation University.
We exclude material intended for commercial use, require royalty payments, revenue generation, or containing confidential information.


Why use Federation ResearchOnline

  • Helps you to meet the open access requirements of major funding bodies, like the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
  • Stores and preserves your work in a secure digital environment.
  • Increases visibility and accessibility of your research to industry, government and potential collaborators.
  • Increases citations and impact.
  • Provides statistics on how often a work is accessed or downloaded. 

Submit your publication

We encourage all Federation University researchers to make published research outputs openly available under a CC-BY license. 


Email the 'Accepted' or 'Published' version of your publication along with any copywrite ownership and permission information, to our repository team at researchonline@federation.edu.au and we'll take care of the rest. 

Don't know the copywrite information? Check your publisher's copyright policies and self-archiving information on open policy finder, or let us know and we'll help you verify the publication’s copyright permissions.

Deposit non-traditional research outputs (NTROs)

Deposit your NTROs including performance recordings, exhibition catalogues, research data, code, software, and images to Federation.figshare to make them openly available under a CC BY licence.