For doctoral authors

Your thesis deserves a permanent, public home.

Publish your doctoral thesis on its own page, with the full text for anyone to read and the citation details scholars look for. One fee of $500. You keep your copyright.

Upload your thesis (PDF) Browse published theses

Pick your PDF here, then add the details below. Nothing is public until we have checked it and you have paid.

What you get

A page of its own

A stable web address for your thesis, with title, abstract, keywords and a one-click full-text PDF. Share it in a CV, a grant application or an email.

Citation details built in

Every page carries the scholarly metadata search engines read for dissertations, plus a ready-made citation and BibTeX entry.

You keep your rights

Copyright stays with you. You give us a non-exclusive licence to host and show the thesis, and you can ask us to take it down at any time.

How it works

Upload and describeChoose your PDF and fill in the details: title, institution, degree, abstract.
Pay onceOne fee of $500, taken securely by card. No subscription, no royalties.
We check the fileWe confirm the PDF opens, is the full text and matches your details. This is not peer review.
It goes liveYour thesis page and PDF are published, and added to the library and sitemap.

Pricing

$500

one-time publication fee, in US dollars.

No yearly charges for keeping your thesis online.

Marketing, only if you want it

If you would like help getting your thesis seen (announcements, targeted outreach, listings), we send you a written quote first. Marketing is charged at what it costs us, and nothing is spent unless you approve the quote in writing.

Included in the fee: your page, the PDF, citation metadata, the library listing.
Optional, at cost, by your approval: marketing.
Never charged: anything you have not agreed to in writing.

Not included: a DOI or ISBN, peer review, or a degree. See the terms.

Upload your thesis

Your name, title, institution, year and abstract will be public once published. Your email address never is.

1. The file

No file chosen yet

Choose PDF

PDF only, up to 95 MB.

2. About you

Given name(s) Family name

Email address (private; for receipts and questions)

3. About the thesis Title

Institution that awarded the degree Degree

Year of the degree Discipline (optional)

Supervisor (optional) Abstract (at least 50 characters, plain text) Keywords (optional, separated by commas)

4. Marketing Publication only. No marketing. Also send me a marketing quote. I will decide whether to approve it; nothing is charged unless I do, in writing.

5. Agreement I am the author of this thesis and I have the right to publish it. It contains no third-party material I lack permission to publish, and no confidential or personal data about other people. I keep my copyright and give Doctoral a non-exclusive licence to host and show the thesis, as set out in the terms. I understand this is publication, not peer review, and does not replace my institution’s own deposit. I understand the one-time fee is $500, and that marketing is only charged if I approve a quote.

Questions

Is this peer reviewed?

No. Doctoral is a publication and hosting service, not a journal. We check that the file is complete and matches your details, and that is all. Your thesis has already been examined by your institution.

Does this replace my university’s repository or ProQuest?

No. Check your institution’s rules first; most require their own deposit, and many allow publishing elsewhere as well. This is an additional, public home for your work.

Will Google Scholar index it?

Each page carries the metadata Google Scholar’s inclusion guidelines ask for, so it can. Indexing is up to the search engines and we cannot promise it or its timing.

Can I remove my thesis later?

Yes. Write to us and we take the page and the PDF down. The fee is not refunded once a thesis has been published.

What if you decide not to publish my thesis?

You get a full refund of the fee.

How is marketing priced?

At cost, quoted to you in writing before any money is spent, and never without your written approval.

Is my card data safe?

Payment is taken by Stripe on its own page. We never see or store your card details.

Questions that are not here?

Write to us using the email address in your payment receipt.