Pelagic supports green Open Access publishing. This enables authors to share or archive the author’s version of their publication in various ways. If you wish to make the final published version of your book or chapter available under Open Access, please see our Open Access Policy.
Self-Archiving Policy Definitions
Accepted Manuscript (AM)
This is the version of the work accepted for publication. This version includes amendments from review, but is before editing and design/typesetting by Pelagic.
Version of Record (VOR)
The formally published version of the work, after copyediting, typesetting and formatting by Pelagic.
Monographs
After publication, authors may self-archive one chapter from the Accepted Manuscript to their personal website, a not-for-profit repository, or a university/institution (of which they are a member of faculty) repository.
Edited Volumes
After publication, each individual author or contributor may self-archive their chapter from the Accepted Manuscript to their personal website, a not-for-profit repository, or a university/institution (of which they are a member of faculty) repository.
Attribution
On the first page of the uploaded Accepted Manuscript, please include the following statement and citation:
This is an Accepted Manuscript (draft, pre-copyediting version) of a chapter published by Pelagic Publishing in [BOOK TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.pelagicpublishing.com/[COMPLETE URL TO YOUR BOOK]
Please include the link to the Version of Record on Pelagic’s website when entering any associated metadata.
The following conditions apply:
- The final published version of record may not be deposited or re-published anywhere without seeking the permission of the publisher, unless the book (or book chapter) was published as Gold Open Access.
- A full citation is given as above.
- In the case of joint-authored works, it is the responsibility of the authors to obtain permission from co-authors for the work to be reused/republished.