Versions of a Paper and

Selecting an Open Access Publication Route

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Submitted (pre-print)

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Submitted (pre-print)

– This is the manuscript that a researcher submits to a publisher, which may or may not be accepted

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Submitted (pre-print)

– This is the manuscript that a researcher submits to a publisher, which may or may not be accepted

• This version prior to peer-review does not contain any value when funders’ Open Access publishing mandates are concerned, but they can be deposited in pre-print servers or repositories (e.g. arXiv)

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Accepted (post-print)

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Accepted (post-print)

– This is the peer-reviewed version accepted by the publisher

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Accepted (post-print)

– This is the peer-reviewed version accepted by the publisher

• This peer-reviewed version, minus publisher formatting, can be self-archived in institutional or subject repositories to comply with funders’ Open Access mandates (Green route)

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Published (version of record)

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Published (version of record)

– This is the version of the paper with publisher formatting and illustrations, tables, etc. added if applicable

Versions of a paper and who is interested in this particular version

• Published (version of record)

– This is the version of the paper with publisher formatting and illustrations, tables, etc. added if applicable

• This published version can be made open access to everyone immediately to comply with funders’ Open Access mandates if an Article Processing Charge has been paid (Gold route)

Selecting an Open Access publication route 1

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

Selecting an Open Access publication route 1

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

– Publishing via the Gold (paid route)?

Selecting an Open Access publication route 1

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

– Publishing via the Gold (paid route)?

• The published version of the paper must be made freely accessible to everyone immediately

Selecting an Open Access publication route 1

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

– Publishing via the Gold (paid route)?

• The published version of the paper must be made freely accessible to everyone immediately

• The author must retain copyright and there must be a CC BY Licence attached to the paper

Sample OA policy statement from a Gold (paid) compliant publisher

This is a section in the ‘Guide to Authors’ document from Molecular Psychiatry, which shows the journal as a Gold compliant publication

Sample OA policy statement from a Gold (paid) compliant publisher

This is a section in the ‘Guide to Authors’ document from Molecular Psychiatry, which shows the journal as a Gold compliant publication • Upon payment of an

Article Processing Charge (APC), the paper will be made freely accessible online after publication

Sample OA policy statement from a Gold (paid) compliant publisher

This is a section in the ‘Guide to Authors’ document from Molecular Psychiatry, which shows the journal as a Gold compliant publication • Upon payment of an

Article Processing Charge (APC), the paper will be made freely accessible online after publication

• A CC BY (Creative

Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence) will be attached to the article by charging premium rate APC

Selecting an Open Access publication route 2

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

Selecting an Open Access publication route 2

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

– Publishing via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) route?

Selecting an Open Access publication route 2

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

– Publishing via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) route?

• The peer-reviewed version of the paper must be freely accessible to everyone via an institutional or subject repository (there may be an embargo period)

Selecting an Open Access publication route 2

• Compliant publications: what to look for?

– Publishing via the Green (non-paid self-archiving) route?

• The peer-reviewed version of the paper must be freely accessible to everyone via an institutional or subject repository (there may be an embargo period)

• There must be no restrictions on the non-commercial re-use of the paper

Sample OA policy statement from a Green (non-paid) compliant publisher

This is a section in the ‘Author Self-archiving Policy’ document from Oxford Journals, which shows the publisher as a Green compliant one

Sample OA policy statement from a Green (non-paid) compliant publisher

This is a section in the ‘Author Self-archiving Policy’ document from Oxford Journals, which shows the publisher as a Green compliant one • The accepted (post-print)

version of the article can be self-archived in an institutional or subject repository following an embargo period

Sample OA policy statement from a Green (non-paid) compliant publisher

This is a section in the ‘Author Self-archiving Policy’ document from Oxford Journals, which shows the publisher as a Green compliant one • The accepted (post-print)

version of the article can be self-archived in an institutional or subject repository following an embargo period

• There are no restrictions

mentioned for the paper’s non-commercial re-use

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