How to Register Research Outputs in HUSCAP

How to Register Your Research Outputs in HUSCAP

Who Can Register and What Types of Research Outputs Are Accepted

For information on who is eligible to register and what types of materials can be submitted, please refer to the following document:
Detailed Rules for Submission and Publication of Materials to HUSCAP (Japanese)

Registration Procedure

Register via Web Form

  • Please send the materials you wish to make publicly available via email to: repo[at]lib.hokudai.ac.jp
  • The library will check the copyright status with the publisher and register the material in HUSCAP.
    • Many publishers allow authors to deposit their final accepted manuscripts (post-peer review versions) [see diagram A below] in institutional repositories like HUSCAP.

Register via Web Form

Registering Research Data Accompanying Academic Papers

  • You may also register research data that accompanies academic publications. Please follow the same procedure as above and send via email.
  • Files exceeding 4GB cannot be registered; in such cases, we may guide you to use an external data repository.
  • For important considerations when publishing research data, please see:
    "Research Data Publication and Management" (Japanese)

Registering University Bulletins

HUSCAP widely accepts and publishes university bulletins and research reports issued by Hokkaido University.
If you are considering making existing or upcoming bulletins available online, we encourage you to make use of HUSCAP.

Registering Theses and Dissertations

Doctoral Dissertations (Awarded in or after FY2013)

Doctoral dissertations awarded by Hokkaido University in or after FY2013 are required to be published via HUSCAP.
For details, please refer to the following page:
"Online Publication of Doctoral Dissertations"

Doctoral Dissertations (Before FY2012), Master's Theses, and Undergraduate Theses

Please send the electronic file of the thesis along with the thesis registration application form.
For undergraduate theses, the application form must include the approval of the primary supervisor of the degree examination.
Thesis Registration Application Form for Hokkaido University Collection of Scholarly and Academic Papers (Japanese)

[Contact] Open Science Section, Scholarly Communication Division, Hokkaido University Library (huscap [at] lib.hokudai.ac.jp)