Open Access publishing at no cost thanks to UNIGE agreements, in 15 minutes

20.10.2026 09:00 – 09:15

Objective: To discover the agreements allowing UNIGE authors to publish their research in Open Access at no or low cost, as well as their terms & conditions. Rendez-vous de l'info scientifique Registration required

3 things to know about Open Access before submitting your article

20.10.2026 14:00 – 14:15

Rendez-vous de l'info scientifique You are about to submit your article to a scientific journal or plan to do so soon. Are you aware of the requirements of your funder or institution? How can you meet them and still publish in the journal of your choice? And if additional costs or steps are necessary, how can you anticipate and cover them? This short presentation will take a closer look at these questions and will offer you concrete ways to publish without any hitch.

Facilitating your article searches with the Unpaywall plugin, in 15 minutes

21.10.2026 09:00 – 09:15

Rendez-vous de l'info scientifique Free, registration required Objective: Discover and learn to use the Unpaywall plugin to freely access scientific articles normally subject to a fee in 1 click.

Opening up your scientific contributions thanks to Creative Commons licenses, in 15 minutes

27.10.2026 09:00 – 09:15

Rendez-vous de l'info scientifique Registration required: https://dis.unige.ch/portail_dis/formulaire/partager-ses-contributions-scientifiques-librement-grace-aux-licences-creative-commons

Predatory publishing: identify (and avoid) predatory journals and conferences

28.10.2026 10:15 – 11:00

Rendez-vous de l'info scientifique Predatory Journals and Conferences, with their suspicious methods and venal motivations, represent a hazard to scientific literature, to science integrity itself, and to scientists’ reputation. This course will give an overview of these questions, as well as presenting some tools to help you identify predatory journals and conferences and protect yourself against them.

Archive ouverte UNIGE: the basics and beyond

30.10.2026 10:15 – 10:45

Rendez-vous de l'info scientifique Goal: To increase the access and visibility of your publications with the Archive Ouverte UNIGE Description: Archive ouverte UNIGE is an institutional repository on which all employees of the institution have been required to deposit a copy of their publications since 2008. You wish to promote your publications on the digital repository of the University of Geneva but you do not know how to achieve this goal? This session will teach you how to submit your documents step by step.