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Increasing the Visibility and Impact of Aerospace Engineering
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University
Harrison W. Inefuku Digital Repository Coordinator
10/16/2014
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University http://lib.dr.iastate.edu
An online database containing scholarship by Iowa State faculty, staff and students, including:
• Journal articles and book chapters;
• Conference proceedings and posters;
• Technical reports and white papers;
• Images and multimedia
Traditional Scholarly Publishing Often behind subscription pay walls, presenting barriers for:
• Colleagues at smaller colleges and universities;
• Independent and corporate researchers;
• Researchers in developing countries;
• Students; and • The Public.
Digital Repository • Free, public access to
scholarship;
• Increases visibility and impact of research;
• Only upload publications in accordance with copyright and publisher’s policies
• Include full citation to original publication
What can go up?
Published Version American Institute of Physics
• AIP Conference Proceedings • Applied Physics Letters • Journal of the Acoustical Society
of America American Physical Society
• Physical Review B SPIE
• Proceedings of SPIE
Author’s Manuscript AIAA*
• Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics
Cambridge University Press* • Journal of Fluid Mechanics
Elsevier • Ultrasonics
Springer • Strength of Materials
Benefits • Scholarship available in one
location;
• Download statistics • Monthly download reports via
e-mail • Detailed metrics via Author
Dashboard
• Stable URLs for articles
• Indexed by Google, Google Scholar
• Included in university library catalogs worldwide
SelectedWorks Researcher Profiles • Provide context for your
scholarship
• Highly ranked in search engine results
• Mailing lists and social media buttons enable following and sharing
• Complement personal and departmental websites
http://works.bepress.com/stephen_holland
Journals and Conference Proceedings • Supports full peer-review
workflow
• Custom branding and design
Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/qnde.
Impact
Rank University
1 University of Illinois
2 Purdue University
3 University of Nebraska–Lincoln
4 Ohio State University
5 Texas A&M University
6 Wageningen University
7 University of Wisconsin–Madison
8 Michigan State University
9 Cornell University
10 Pennsylvania State University
• 2,139,790 downloads since April 2012
• 26,772 items; ~80 downloads/item
• Visitors from 208 countries and territories
• 22.5% of visitors are from university campuses (see right)
• Cited in peer-reviewed journals, extension publications and other resources
Top AERE theses and dissertations
Author Title Major Professor Downloads
Nathaniel Knop Thermal analysis of a fireplace using ANSYS Vinay Dayal 3144
Wei Du Dynamic modeling and ascent flight control of Ares-I Crew Launch Vehicle
Bong Wie 1,974
William Lai Characteristics of dielectric elastomers and fabrication of dielectric elastomer actuators for artificial muscle applications
Ashraf F. Bastawrows, Wei Hong 1,669
Elbert Jeyapaul Turbulent flow separation in three-dimensional asymmetric diffusers
Paul A. Durbin 1,666
Travis Grager Experimental study of low Reynolds number flow control devices: dynamic burst control plate and dynamic roughness
Hui Hu, Alric Rothmayer 1,452
The Process 1. E-mail your vita to
2. Repository Staff will 1. Check the copyright of your
publications and, when possible, secure permission from your publishers to upload
2. Collect PDFs of your publications and upload, when allowed
3. Contact you for manuscripts of your articles and upload, when allowed
4. Create a SelectedWorks researcher profile for you
Thank you! Harrison W. Inefuku
Digital Repository Coordinator
Hope Mitchell
Library Associate
Susan Knippel
Systems Support Specialist