Start on ORBi (UMONS)

As a UMONS member

Identify yourself with institutional identification.

PLEASE NOTE: if you are a student (bachelor's or master's degree), you will be able to identify yourself but you will not be able to submit a document or generate a publication list. If you absolutely need to obtain access to ORBi to generate a list of publications for PhD funding, please contact avre@umons.ac.be with "ORBi - Student Access" in the subject line:

ORBi - Student Access

ORBi Menu

Once logged in, you can access all ORBi features by clicking on your name in the top right:

MyORBi: MyORBi home page
My Current Deposits: your references to finalize (in the process of being filed, to be validated, to be signed, etc.)
My Publications: your list of publications as a search result
My Reports: the possibilities of exporting a list of publications
My Insights: Your personal stats about your posts only
My Widgets : share and embed your publication list on your webiste, blog, etc.
My Profile: managing your profile page, adding ORCID, selecting a representative
My Reprints: management and history of your requests

Search for publications

The search bar on the homepage allows you to search for:

In all fields
In the title, abstract and keywords
Among the authors and contributors

You can then filter the results using the facets that appear on the left. Simply check the data you want to show/not show, and then click "Limit" or "Exclude", respectively:

Predefined searches allow you to access:

The complete list of references on ORBi
The list of references with a full text in Open Access
The list of authors and their associated publications
The list of document types and associated publications
The list of disciplines and their associated publications
The list of recently added references

No matter what type of search you use, you can always narrow down your results via facets.

Further research can also be carried out. Click to LEARN +.

Read publications

The ORBi user may read, download, copy, distribute and print the work as long as he undertakes to:

Indicate, in any quotation, the source of the work and the name(s) of the author(s)
Not to modify, transform or adapt the work without the explicit permission of the author
Not to use the work for commercial purposes
Not to use the work in such a way as to interfere with its exploitation in other forms

What about copyright?

Contrary to popular belief, open access to documents does not change the rights that an author has over his or her publication. It is therefore not possible to do what you want with open access documents.

If the file is under a Creative Commons license

The ORBi user must comply with the conditions prescribed by the CC license under which the document is published.

How do I choose a license?

If the reference is not open access

Restricted access documents are only accessible to identified members of the Institution's staff. Documents with private access are only visible and accessible to the authors and co-authors of the reference and therefore cannot be used by third parties.

Add publications

The UMONS members must at least add their scientific articles on ORBi. Visit our tutorial on how to add a new publication.

View the stats

It is possible to view and download (CSV, JPEG, PDF, etc.) various statistics on ORBi.

On the one hand, global statistics...

Use of ORBi (Number of downloads, number of views, origin of ORBi visitors, etc.
ORBi content (Evolution of the repository by year, percentage of Open Access and full texts, types of documents, disciplines, etc.
The top 20 on ORBi (References and authors most viewed/downloaded, journals with the most deposits, etc.)

… But also statistics by reference:

Downloads/views by country
Number of downloads and views
Visitor Origin
Number of citations from different sources (Scopus, Dimensions, Crossref, etc.)

View Researcher Profiles

The UMONS author profile on ORBi is accessible to everyone via the detailed reference display, by clicking on the UMONS icon next to the author's name:

It includes the following information:

The author's ORCiD (if associated)
Author's affiliation(s)
The main co-authors referenced
The main keywords referenced
The main research centres and units referenced
The main disciplines referenced
The most downloaded and cited publication
The most significant publications
The complete list of publications

My reprints

If you have restricted access documents, i.e. only authenticated UMONS members can access, you may have external people interested in your documents.

In this case, they must make a request for a reprint from the document.

In this case, you will receive an email with the request for a reprint and you will be able to access all your requests from the "My reprints" menu.

You can then accept or decline the request.