Hardships of self-archiving

It was not easy to supplement my publication list with PDFs. Not every version can be self-archived and shared through a personal site — one should observe publishers’ rules. Most publishers allow to share only versions prior to copy-editing and type-setting. As I am not an organised person, I rarely kept versions of papers, corrected after peer-review. That’s why I will have to thoroughly search for proper versions later.

I had to collect the information about the journals where I’ve published to clear up the confusion. All information bellow is effective at the publication date of the post, consider re-chesking.

Terms

Terminology is messy. Sometimes the version prior to peer-review is meant by pre-print, and sometimes post-peer-review version, but I think this may more accurate:

• Рre-print — a version of the manuscript that was sent to the publisher. Prior peer-review. Without journal formatting.
• Post-print — a version after peer-review, ready for publication. Most likely without final formatting and copy-editing.
• Рublishers version — a version, published on a journal’s site. With journal formatting. Has bibliographic information (page-numbers, etc.).

The main resource

It is possible to check up journals’ self-archiving policies at a singe resource Sherpa/RoMEO. But anyway one should revise the rules on a publisher’s or journal’s site.

Selected journals

Inter-Research

pdf of the paper may be freely accessed from the publisher’s web site, and can be linked directly. However, the publisher’s version itself cannot be used earlier than 5 years after publication.

Diseases of Aquatic Organisms

DAO on Sherpa/RoMEO: post-print can be published on personal site immediately, in a repository - after 12 months, publishers version — in 5 years. A link to the published version and publisher’s copyright is required.

Marine Ecology Progress Series

MEPS on Sherpa/RoMEO: post-print can be published on personal site immediately, in a repository - after 12 months, publishers version — in 5 years. A link to the published version and publisher’s copyright is required.

[St. Petersburg University Press](St. Petersburg University Press)

I could not find a common self-archiving policy on a publisher’s site.

Biological Communications

Open-access journal. pdf is freely available on journal’s site and can be linked directly.

Springer Verlag

Clear and concise self-archiving policy can be found on a publisher’s web site. There is also a section on author’s rights.

Post-print is called an Author’s Accepted Manuscript (AAM): “…the version accepted for publication in a journal following peer review but prior to copyediting and typesetting”.

Pre- and post-prints should be shared with a special phrase which contains a link to the publisher and DOI:

“This is a [pre-print / post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version] of an article published in [insert journal title]. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://doi.org/[insert DOI]”

Hydrobiologia

Hydrobiologia on Sherpa/RoMEO: post-print can be published on personal site immediately, in a repository - after 12 months. Publishers version cannot be used. Needs a link to the publisher and special phrase with DOI.

Oecologia

Oecologia on Sherpa/RoMEO: post-print can be published on personal site immediately, in a repository - after 12 months. Publishers version cannot be used. Needs a link to the publisher and special phrase with DOI.

Cambridge University Press

I did not succeed in finding a self-archiving policy on the publisher’s site. May be it is called somehow differently.

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

JMBA on Sherpa/RoMEO: post-print can be published on personal site immediately, in a repository - after 6 months. Publishers version cannot be used. Abstract can be used. Needs a link to the publisher.

Elsevier

Sharing policy is hard to find.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

JEMBE on Sherpa/RoMEO: post-print can be published on personal site immediately, in a repository - after 24 months. Publishers version cannot be used. Needs a link to the publisher with DOI. Post print should be licenced by CC BY-NC-ND. Post-print should not look similar to published version.