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By publishing in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global, your research becomes part of the world’s most comprehensive collection of graduate works, available to millions of researchers across 100+ countries.

    • Maximize the visibility and impact of your scholarly work
    • Join 6 million+ works in the largest global collection of dissertations and theses
    • Connect with researchers, libraries, and institutions worldwide
    • Ensure long-term archiving and discoverability

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Connecting Global Scholarship
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A multi-disciplinary collection of over 6 million citations and 4 million full text works

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Over a quarter of a million works are added to the collection each year

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Access content from over 3,600 institutions, spanning 70+ countries and 60+ languages

85 Years

Empowering scholarship since 1939 — the world’s largest, expertly curated home for dissertations and theses

Discoverable in Web of Science

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Citation Index within Web of Science offers an unprecedented opportunity to showcase your institution’s graduate research on a truly global stage. Your dissertations and theses will appear on the Web of Science platform alongside:

    • Journal articles
    • Conference proceedings
    • Research data
    • Books
    • Preprints
    • Patents

Your work will be at the epicenter of a premier research community.
Joint inclusion in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global and Web of Science gives your institution’s research unmatched accessibility, enabling scholars to directly access full texts with ease, strengthening visibility, discovery, and academic influence.

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ETD Administrator

 

Best-In-Class ETD Workflow Tool

Streamline your dissertation approval process with ETD Administrator — a web-based application designed to save time and improve efficiency.

Benefits

    • Online submission of electronic dissertations and theses
    • Structured review by faculty and administrators
    • Seamless approval and tracking of final documents
    • Securely deliver all files for inclusion in the institutional repositories
    • BONUS: Usage metrics and benchmarking insights of your institution’s output​ with ETD Dashboard

This powerful, configurable system is available at no cost to any institution. Sign up now.

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ARC (Automated Retrieval of Content)

Effortless Path to Global Visibility

For institutions with an existing electronic submission program, 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

    • Requires no effort from 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
    • BONUS: Usage metrics and benchmarking insights of your institution’s output​ with ETD Dashboard​

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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

ETD Dashboard

 

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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Respect, Responsiveness, Responsibility

With ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Dissemination, we put authors and institutions first. We safeguard authors’ rights, honor removal requests, and stand fully behind our withdrawal policy — providing peace of mind for participating institutions through robust indemnification.

Benefits for Student Authors

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

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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Publish Student Work Instantly

Start publishing your students’ work immediately—even before your institution is fully set up. With ProQuest Direct, you can reach millions of researchers worldwide without waiting for a formal partnership.

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Case Studies

Lancaster Boosts Global Reach with ProQuest Partnership

Lancaster Boosts Global Reach with ProQuest Partnership

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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Loyola University Chicago Advances Research Access with ProQuest

Loyola University Chicago Advances Research Access with ProQuest

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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Make A Lasting Impact

Include 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

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