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Researching & Publishing

The University Library supports TUM researchers with a comprehensive range of services for their research and publication projects. We offer a wide range of solutions, infrastructure, tools, as well as consulting and training services, including on research methods, research data management, open access publishing, and research impact.

Research Data Management

As a co-founder of the TUM Research Data Hub, together with the Munich Data Science Institute (MDSI) we are the central point of contact for applied and sustainable research data management at TUM. We support you from the application for third-party funding through to data publication and archiving. Make use of our consulting and course offerings as well as our tools, such as TUM DataTagger and TUM eLabFTW.

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Publishing Services

We offer a wide range of infrastructure solutions – ideally suited to your publication project. Publish digitally on our publication server mediaTUM or (hybrid) book projects via TUM.University Press (TUM.UP).

Publication type Digital Print
Academic publication: Doctoral thesis  TUM.UP / mediaTUM TUM.UP
Academic publication: Habilitation thesis TUM.UP / mediaTUM TUM.UP
Academic publication: B.A. and M.A. thesis  mediaTUM  
Audio mediaTUM  
Books TUM.UP TUM.UP
Images mediaTUM  
Journal  TUM.UP  
Paper mediaTUM  
Proceedings TUM.UP / mediaTUM TUM.UP
Presentations  mediaTUM  
Research report mediaTUM  
Research data mediaTUM  
Tables mediaTUM  
Video mediaTUM  

Open Access

The TUM Open Access Policy recommends that all researchers publish their research results in the spirit of the open access movement. Benefit from publishing your papers through numerous open access agreements with major publishers as well as from the open access publication fund.

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Visibility & Research Impact

Visibility and research impact are central topics in science. High visibility increases the likelihood that research will be perceived, used, and cited – and thus realize its impact.

  • You receive guidance and valuable tips on measures to increase your visibility and thus activate an important lever for research impact: academic identity management, including the use of the TUM affiliation.
  • Research impact is assessed by, e.g., publishers, universities, and funding organizations based on publication indicators. We explain the functioning, advantages, and limitations of these bibliometric metrics.

TUM is committed to the responsible use of bibliometric metrics in line with the DORA principles.
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TUMFIS

The research information system TUMFIS is the central instrument for presenting research activities at TUM. It supports researchers in making their work visible and in recording relevant scholarly data – such as publications and research projects. As support for the use of TUMFIS, the University Library provides, among other resources, a help wiki.

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Finding, Managing & Citing Information

Systematic Review

A systematic review captures and analyzes the current state of research on a question to provide a reliable basis for evidence-based decision-making. We support you in systematic literature searching through individual consultation and practical tips on methodological approaches.

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Reference Management & Citing

Transparency and traceability are criteria of good scientific practice. We support you in complying with these principles through information, courses, and consultation on structured, digitally supported reference management as well as on essential, correct citing.

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