AUL's institutional repository provides free, unrestricted access to our academic research output. Powered by DSpace and open since 2023, it ensures AUL scholarship is available to researchers everywhere.
Anchor University Lagos is committed to the principles of open access as a means of maximising the societal impact of publicly-funded and institutionally-supported research. All academic staff, research fellows and postgraduate researchers are required to deposit a copy of any peer-reviewed publication in the AUL Institutional Repository within three months of acceptance, subject to embargo periods imposed by journal publishers. Where publisher self-archiving restrictions apply, the author-accepted manuscript (post-print) must be deposited in lieu of the version of record.
The AUL Open Access Policy is consistent with Nigeria's National Research Foundation guidelines and aligns with the Budapest Open Access Initiative principles. AUL strongly encourages researchers to publish in fully open access journals (Gold OA) where feasible, and to negotiate the retention of intellectual property rights in their publishing agreements. The Library and Research Office can provide guidance on open access publishing fees (APCs), supported by AUL's Open Access Fund subject to annual allocation.
Open access deposition directly contributes to AUL's performance on the Webometrics Ranking of World Universities, which measures the volume of openly accessible web content attributed to the institution. Every paper deposited, every dataset shared, and every thesis uploaded improves the discoverability and global standing of AUL research. Staff are encouraged to update their Google Scholar profiles, ORCID records, and ResearchGate profiles to link to their repository depositions, amplifying the visibility of their work and the university.
All open access items in the repository can be searched, browsed, and downloaded by anyone worldwide, with no registration needed.
Use the repository's search bar, browse by subject, department, year. Filters for open access, document type, and author name are available.
Full-text PDFs are available for all open access deposits. Click the download button on any item page to save a copy.
Each item has a permanent URL and recommended citation. DOI links resolve directly to the record for stable, citable references.
Okonkwo, A., Bello, T.
Journal of Medical InformaticsThis paper reviews state-of-the-art machine learning methods applied to malaria diagnosis in resource-constrained clinical settings across sub-Saharan Africa, identifying a path toward deployment-ready diagnostic AI tools.
Nwosu, B.
African Journal of Comparative Constitutional LawAn analysis of institutional resilience under Nigeria's 1999 Constitution, examining democratic backsliding, court independence, and reform pathways compared to Kenya and South Africa.
Eze, E., Nwosu, C., Adeyinka, F.
Journal of Infection in Developing CountriesA prospective observational study of antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among E. coli and Klebsiella isolates from three Lagos tertiary hospitals, with implications for empirical treatment guidelines.
