Add Publications to CRO - Submission of 2008 Publications is Now Open!!

CRO is the collection of CSU research available to the worldwide scholarly community through open access search engines such as Google Scholar. Wider access to publications through CRO often leads to an increase in citations as more researchers (academics and students) are able to gain access to your research output. Institutional repositories have been shown to increase citation rates by 50-300%.

The Centre for Research & Graduate Training (CRGT) requires information for the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) Higher Education Research Data Collection (HERDC) publications collection. Please read the CSU Institutional Repository policy which outlines the required version of documents other responsibilities and requirements.

Before entering your data, you are strongly urged to read the FAQs for important information about how to complete the form.  Note that inclusion in the Higher Education Research Data Collection, and the distribution of performance funding resulting from successful publication, will directly depend on the accuracy of information submitted. This information will also be used for Academic Promotions, staff profiling and other research-related analyses.

How to submit a publication - information for first time users:

• Log in to the system
• The first time you submit items to CRO a profile needs to be created. If you submitted publications for 2007 your profile will still be there.
• Use your staff number with CS (must be upper case) as a prefix as your login and your birth day and month (ddmm) as your password (ie. CS12345678 for login and 0101 for password).
• You will then need to wait an hour before entering your publication details.
• Select New Deposit Activity.
  • This will show four alternative types of publications. Select the appropriate type for your publication.
  • Best viewing is achieved when "window" is maximised and screen resolution is set at 1024 x 768 pixels.
  • Before entering your data, it is highly recommended that you read the FAQs for some handy hints in completing the forms.
• Complete the relevant information for DEEWR Research Publications Data Collection. You will need to include:
  • Bibliographic information– including a link (preferably a DOI) to the published article;
  • Author information (including Publication points claimed). Please Note: For Non-CSU authors, only name and affiliation details need to be entered. ;
  • Please locate the appropriate FOR and SEO Codes before entering your data - these can be found by clicking on the FOR and SEO Codes tab at the top of the page;
  • Abstract and subject keywords;
  • Electronic copy of the final accepted draft of the item.
• Submit the Word or electronic copy of the final accepted draft - after peer review and before layout adjustments by the publisher. This is not the final or 'publisher' version of the paper.
  • This Word document or other electronic version of the publication will then be converted to a PDF document prior to being uploaded to CRO.
• Click through all screens and select "Save" if you are not yet ready to submit the item.
  • You can return to your saved submissions via the "Folders" screen, saved but not submitted items will be in the Drafts folder.
• When you are ready to submit the item:
  • Check that all the information is correct, then click "Submit" for approval.
  • When the item is submitted for approval it will be sent to CRGT to determine suitability for Publication points. It will then be passed to the Library to ascertain if there are copyright restrictions on the publication that has been deposited. Please note, personal details and information entered specifically for DEEWR will not be picked up by search engines or viewable in CRO

What should be deposited in CRO?

• 2008 Publication that meets the HERDC criteria – Submission of these publications is mandatory. (see: CRO Policy)
• Pending Publications – not yet eligible for HERDC inclusion
• Other – including, but not limited to past publication, non-CSU byline, non-HERDC category (Research publications listed on staff web pages should be submitted to CRO and the URL to the full text can be added to the reference on the web page.)

Contact the CRO administrators with any questions:

• Email - cro@csu.edu.au.
• Special Projects Officer - Centre for Research & Graduate Training
  (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday)
  Phone - 02 6933 4289 (Internal - 34289)
• Coordinator, Digital Services - Division of Library Services
  Phone - 02 6338 6158 (Internal - 86158)