Publishing PhD papers ‘improves a university’s profile’ | Times Higher Education

"Publishing PhD dissertations on a university’s website can help to improve its global reputation for research excellence, an international conference has heard. About half of the 1.36 million downloads of research papers from Dublin City University’s (DCU) open-access research portal so far are doctoral theses, explained Lisa Looney, its dean of graduate studies. Speaking at a European University Association event at Imperial College London to mark the launch of FRINDOC, a European Commission-backed project to internationalise doctoral education, Professor Looney said that eight of the 10 most downloaded items were doctoral theses ..."