If in doubt about whether you may publish your scholarship online, go to SHERPA/RoMEO, an international listing of publisher copyright policies, http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/.Each entry provides a summary of the publisher's policy, including what version of an article can be published or archived, where it can be deposited, and any conditions that are attached to that deposit.
Using Sherpa/RoMEO
RoMEO color |
Archiving policy |
can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF |
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can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF |
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can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing) |
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archiving not formally supported |
There are currently several initiatives that help authors to license and use content