How To Determine Journal Policies
Are you wondering if you can share your published work on your homepage? Or if your institution can archive your published work in a institutional or subject repository? There are several ways to determine a journal or publisher's copyright and open access policies:
Publishers' policies may change or be unclear; if you're uncertain, check the policies for the publisher/journal you're working with directly.
Sherpa Romeo is a tool that can be used when researching journals to publish in or when determining how works published in certain journals can be shared. Sherpa Romeo aggregates, summarizes, and includes direct links to journal policies, making it easier to research and compare open access policies and requirements.
Article Versions
When using Sherpa Romeo it is important to know the differences between Published, Accepted, and Submitted versions of scholarly articles:
Locations for Sharing
It is also important to know the differences between institutional repositories, non-profit and preprint repositories, commercial scholarly commons, and other websites:
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For more information about copyright and for copyright questions, visit the research guide below and/or book a consultation with Dr. Paige Morgan, our Digital Publishing and Copyright Librarian. None of the information in this guide, the Copyright guide, or in discussions with the Digital Publishing and Copyright Librarian, constitutes as legal advice.