ETD Dissemination Program
Including dissertations and theses in ProQuest means amplifying your research by making it available in a unified repository. By including your works in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, they can be studied in the context of generations of historical and ongoing scholarship.
Having my research published through ProQuest allows others to cite my work in their research and opens the door to other studies that will make future changes.
Sandy Weber, thesis author
Connecting Global Scholarship
Disseminating since 1939
Disseminating graduate works since 1939, and is the largest editorially curated repository of dissertations and theses.
5+ million works
A multi-disciplinary collection of over 5 million citations and 3 million full text works.
250,000 Annually
The database increases in size by 250,000 works each year.
4M Researchers
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global is used by over 4 million researchers at 3,100+ institutions around the world.
ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Dissemination takes responsibility for preserving and disseminating graduate research for our university and college partners.
Now Discoverable in Web of Science
By partnering with Web of Science, ProQuest Direct Publishing now provides even greater global visibility to your work. Your thesis or dissertation will appear on the Web of Science platform alongside journal articles, conference proceedings, research data, books, preprints and patents. Your work will be at the epicenter of a premier research community.
To further amplify your scholarship, joint subscribers of the Web of Science and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Global enjoy easy access to the full text from direct linking in Web of Science.
Respect, Responsiveness, Responsibility
ProQuest Dissertation and Theses Dissemination takes full responsibility for preserving and honoring author’s rights and requests for removal. ProQuest stands behind its withdrawal policy, indemnifying participating institutions.
Benefits for Student Authors
Be a part of the global research community — Increase your profile and career opportunities within your discipline and in multidisciplinary fields of study by ensuring your works are part of the conversation.
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Benefits for Institutions
Ensure that your institution’s research output is discoverable in the world’s most comprehensive and consulted dissertations database.
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CASE STUDY
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Publishing Lancaster University
Lancaster University is ranked as one of the United Kingdom’s top institutions with a campus in Lancaster, UK, Ghana, Beijing, and Leipzig, Germany. It was named International University of the Year for 2020 by The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.
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Products & Services
ETD Administrator
FREE Best-in-Class ETD Workflow tool
Save time and build efficiency into your dissertation approval process through the web-based application, ETD Administrator at no cost. Configurable to each institution’s workflow needs, it provides an online submission, review, and approval process for electronic theses and dissertations. This tool is freely available to any institution to use.
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ARC (Automated Retrieval of Content)
FREE and Easy Way to be Included
For institutions with an existing electronic submission process, we offer Automated Retrieval of Content (ARC) at no cost. It is a simple, harvesting process that collects, archives, and preserves the university’s dissertations and theses.
Benefits
- No effort required by the university, takes place monthly for quick global dissemination
- Embargoed content is honored in accordance with author requests
- Enhanced metadata records can be returned for increased discoverability within your own institutional repository
- ETD Dashboard usage metrics and benchmarking insights of your institution’s output
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ETD Dashboard
FREE Tool to Analyze your Influence
When you become a content contributor to ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global you receive complimentary access to the ETD Dashboard. The ETD Dashboard provides a visual summary of your institution’s theses and dissertation usage so you can measure and validate the success and impact of opening your research to the world.
Benefits
- Use data to support funding initiatives and grant writing
- Leverage comparison data and retrieval numbers to promote your university in marketing efforts for faculty and student recruitment
- Educate graduate students about the impact of disseminating their research to the global scholarly community
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Case Study
PROQUEST DISSERTATIONS & THESES PUBLISHING Loyola University Chicago
Loyola University Chicago offers a number of Ph.D. and masters programs, both at graduate school and through professional graduate programs. Jessica Horowitz of Loyola University shares her views on the importance of visibility of published works for both the student and the university and the benefits of working with ProQuest.
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We are seeing genuine evidence of the increased use and impact on scholarly thinking of theses that we have been able to make available through ProQuest.
Fiona Greig, former Head of Strategy and E-resources, University of Surrey
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