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
- Go to http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
- Type in the publisher or journal and see what color is assigned to that publisher. The color-coding differentiates among four categories of publishing (or archiving) rights:
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RoMEO color
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Archiving policy
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green
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can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF
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blue
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can archive post-print (i.e. final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF
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yellow
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can archive pre-print (i.e. pre-refereeing)
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white
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archiving not formally supported
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