WHY SUBMIT TO THE SIGMA REPOSITORY?

Reach a global audience and increase your impact on nursing by disseminating or publishing your work in the Sigma Repository.

DYNAMIC DISSEMINATION Author materials are available to anyone with internet access and are indexed in all major search engines. Plus, it’s full-text searchable. When someone enters a word or phrase into a search engine, every word of every item in the repository is examined for a possible match. All materials are assigned permanent URLs for easy citation and identification.

It’s also easy for authors to view and track statistics for their work, allowing them to see record views and file downloads from around the globe. This quantifiable data may be added to a tenure dossier or annual review and presented to administrators and funders as proof of impact and as evidence of a need for future funding.

The Sigma Repository also offers authors free Altmetric © tracking, which captures and collates digital mentions surrounding scholarly content from a range of online sources. Authors can know what people are saying about their work, see if it is influencing policy or making news outlets, and address any misinterpretations about their work as it appears.

AUTHORS RETAIN COPYRIGHT One of the major benefits of the Sigma Repository is that the authors retain copyright rather than the Sigma Repository, allowing authors control over their work.

Submitters are required to agree to a non-exclusive distribution license, which allows Sigma to permanently post submissions. The submitting author also guarantees they have received all necessary rights and permissions to any material(s) contained in their submission that has/have been created by others.

OPEN, PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATION What is open peer review? In one word, transparency. Qualified submissions are reviewed by an editor, and comments made by the reviewers as well as any author rebuttals will be visible to everyone. This allows authors to receive constructive criticism and advice; reviewers to receive public recognition for their guidance; and visitors to have access to critical, behind-the-scenes discussions. To see reviewer comments, look for the open review designation in the item record and locate the attached comments file.

FREE TO SUBMIT, FREE TO ACCESS Sigma supports all nurses and is committed to having material easily accessed by nurses across the globe. There is absolutely no cost to submit or view materials on the Sigma Repository.