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Types of STI

STI is produced and published through various media (e.g., textual, multimedia, audiovisual, and digital) and include scientific/technical reports; scientific/technical conference papers, presentations, posters, or proceedings; journal articles/accepted manuscripts; scientific data; scientific software; books/monographs; thesis/dissertations; and technical workshop reports.

Submit to OSTI

Metadata Record

Product

Conference Paper, Presentation, Poster or Proceeding (with access limitations)

Y

N

Conference paper, Presentation, Poster or Proceeding (without access limitations)

Y

Y

Journal Article/Accepted Manuscript

Y

Y

Scientific Data[1]

Y

N

Scientific Software[2]

Y

Y

Technical Report

Y

Y

Other

Books/Monograph (with access limitations)

Y

N

Books/Monograph (without access limitations)

Y

Y

Program Document

Y

Y

Thesis/Dissertation

Y

Y

Technical/Workshop Report

Y

Y

Key:

Y = Yes, N = No

[1] Only Unlimited dataset records are to be submitted. See https://www.osti.gov/stip/submit/submission-basics/datasets for additional information.

[2] See https://www.osti.gov/stip/submit/submission-basics/DOECODE for additional information. For Open Source software, the Repository URL is the Product. For Limited or Closed Source software, the Source Code is the Product.