MEDICA@MUSC Submission Guide and Resources
Include your work in MEDICA
MEDICA@MUSC encourages Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) faculty, staff, and students to upload their articles, dissertations, and other scholarly works for inclusion in the institutional repository. Explore this page for more information concerning your rights and institutional repositories, and follow the steps in the guide below to upload your work.
Depositing Your Work in MEDICA@MUSC in Digital Commons
Depositing your work into MEDICA@MUSC in Digital Commons requires a few crucial steps to ensure that your work and any access stipulations you desire to set are properly represented. Follow the MEDICA@MUSC Submission Guide, which provides clear and concise instructions, to contribute your work.
To prepare, gather the items in the Submission Checklist in the next section and check the MEDICA@MUSC Submission Guide for checklist items based on your submission type (i.e., journal article, poster, etc.).
Step 1: Consult the Submission Checklist
Check the submission checklist before you start a new submission. For more information specific to your work, see pp. 14-15 of the MEDICA@MUSC Submission Guide.
Step 2: Complete Consent Form
Download and complete MEDICA@MUSC's author consent form to upload with your work in the Supplemental Data section of your submission. MUSC Net ID and password required for access.
Step 3: Create an Account
Create a Digital Commons account to register as an MUSC user and to upload your work to MEDICA@MUSC. Required for each submission.
Step 4: Upload Your Work
Submit your work to MEDICA@MUSC. If you'd like to upload a type of work that doesn't appear in the list, contact the site administrator at medica at musc dot edu.
Submission Checklist
Before you begin contributing your work to MEDICA@MUSC, please be sure you have the following pieces of information ready (where applicable):
- The names of all authors (required);
- The complete title of the work(required);
- Journal title, journal volume, issue page number, and publication date (for journal articles);
- Manuscript file(s): (Word (DOC/DOCX), PDF, or Rich Text files (RTF) formats). Authors are responsible for ensuring that their files are digitally accessible in accordance with Title of the Americans with Disabilities Act. For more information, contact medica@musc.edu.
- A list of up to 10 keywords (Recommended);
- Abstract (Recommended);
- Embargo end date: how long after publication before the journal article can be made available in MEDICA@MUSC (this may be specified in your agreement with the publisher) (Optional); and
- MUSC author consent form (MEDICA@MUSC IR Submission Request and Consent PDF)
For thesis and dissertation submissions, check with your college to make sure that you are adhering to formatting guidelines. Also, make sure that the copy of the dissertation or thesis that you submit contains the date of defense, degree, and the names of your committee members.
For additional assistance, email medica@musc.edu.