Submission of a publication
If your HU account is soon to expire, please use the "Without HU account" option. It is not possible to continue submissions created with a deactivated HU account.
Registration and login
With HU account
You can log in to the edoc-Server with your HU account. To do this, go to "Login with HU account" under "Log In" ➊. You will be redirected to the central HU login, where you can enter the login details of your HU account. You will then be redirected back to the edoc-Server.
Users with an HU account are automatically authorised to submit to the following collections: Dissertation, Habilitation, Abschlussarbeiten, Erstveröffentlichung und Zweitveröffentlichung.
Without HU account
If you do not have an HU account, you can register on the edoc server with any e-mail address and create an edoc account. To do this, go to "Login" and click on "New user?" ➌. You will receive an email asking you to set a password (at least 8 characters).
Once you have registered, please send an email to edoc@hu-berlin.de to let us know in which collection or which type of publication you would like to publish. We will activate your edoc account as soon as possible and inform you by email.
Log in to the edoc-Server under "Login" with your registered e-mail address and password ➋.
Manage your submissions
Once logged in, you can start, continue and correct a submission in the "Submissions" area. To do this, click on the User account icon ➊ and select "Submissions" ➋. You can start a new submission in the upper area ➌. Under "Your submission" you will find your submissions. ➍.
Start a new submission
To start a new submission, click in the upper area ➌ on the plus button shown on the right. In the following window, select the desired collection for your publication. You will then be redirected to the submission form.
Editing a saved submission/correct a rejected submission
Submissions that have not been completed or need to be corrected are marked with the "Workspace" status button. Click on "Edit" to return to the submission form. In the "Uploaded files" section, you can download the PDF file for review.
Notes on the submission form
➊ In this area you can drag and drop the PDF file or click on "browse" and select the file on your computer. This area remains visible at the top even when scrolling. Files already stored in the submission can be found at the end of the form in the "Uploaded files" section.
➋ This symbol shows you whether all the necessary information has been entered in the respective form area. The symbol is updated when the form is (temporarily) saved.
➌ Fields marked with an asterisk * are mandatory fields.
➍ By clicking on "+ Add", you can add further fields, e.g. to enter several keywords.
➎ In this area, you can
- Discard: The submission is deleted and the reserved DOI is discarded.
- Save: The details of your submission are saved and the form remains open.
- Save for later: The details of your submission are saved and you return to "Submissions".
- Deposit: The submission details are checked and the submission is sent to the edoc team.