1. Versions of a Paper
and
Selecting an Open Access Publication Route
2. Versions of a paper and
who is interested in this particular version
• Submitted (pre-print)
3. 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
4. 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)
5. Versions of a paper and
who is interested in this particular version
• Accepted (post-print)
6. 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
7. 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)
8. Versions of a paper and
who is interested in this particular version
• Published (version of record)
9. 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
10. 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)
11. Selecting an Open Access
publication route 1
• Compliant publications: what to look for?
12. Selecting an Open Access
publication route 1
• Compliant publications: what to look for?
– Publishing via the Gold (paid route)?
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. Selecting an Open Access
publication route 2
• Compliant publications: what to look for?
19. Selecting an Open Access
publication route 2
• Compliant publications: what to look for?
– Publishing via the Green (non-paid self-archiving)
route?
20. 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)
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
