About
Green open access is a type of open access that allows authors to self-archive their accepted manuscripts in an institutional repository or subject repository, either upon acceptance or after an embargo period.
Benefits
Green open access does not require any article processing charges or open access fees. Researchers can avoid expensive fees, while still making their research freely available to anyone by sharing their work through green open access. Making research openly available through green open access can help increase the visibility and impact of research, regardless of a researcher's ability to pay an article processing charge or open access fee.
Publisher Policies
Not all publishers offer green open access options. When choosing a journal to submit your research to, it's important to consider the open access options offered by the publisher. Be sure to check the journal or publisher's policies regarding self-archiving, sharing your work, or green open access. Carefully read author and copyright transfer agreements to ensure you choose a publisher that allows you to openly share certain versions of your work.
If you have already submitted your article to a journal or if it has already been published and you want to share it openly in UDSpace, our team will research the journal or publisher's policies. We will inform you of which versions that can be shared, as well as any conditions that need to be followed, such as embargo periods.
Learn More:
University of California Libraries. (2018). Pathways to Open Access. UC Office of the President: University of California Systemwide Libraries. https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5gc4r5mg
Sharing your work openly through green open access is easy at the University of Delaware. The library provides a mediated process, so researchers can effortlessly deposit their publications in UDSpace. Here is how the deposit process works:
Step 1: Let us know about your research
Step 2: We will gather information about your research
Step 3: Your research is shared openly in UDSpace
Publishing agreements usually explain the different versions of your work and how and where you are allowed to use and share these versions. Many publisher policies only allow the Accepted Manuscript to be deposited in institutional repositories like UDSpace.
Common Characteristics
Here are some common characteristics for the different versions of research as it moves through the publishing process:
Versions of work during the publishing process:
"Green Open Access" from USU Open Access Support Research Guide is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0
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