Self-Archiving Policy (‘Green’ Open Access)

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.

Sharing and Reusing Your Work Summary

Can I? Accepted Manuscript Version of Record

Deposit a chapter of my book in an institutional repository

Yes, on publication

No - please add metadata and a link to the Version of Record

Share a chapter from my book on a personal website

Yes, on publication

No - please add metadata and a link to the Version of Record

Upload a chapter from my book to a scholarly collaboration network

Yes, on publication

No - please add metadata and a link to the Version of Record

Post a chapter from my book on social media

No, please post metadata linking to the Version of Record, or a link to the chapter of your Accepted Manuscript deposited in your institutional repository

No, please post metadata linking to the Version of Record, or a link to the chapter of your Accepted Manuscript deposited in your institutional repository

Include a chapter from my book in a thesis or dissertation

Yes

Yes

Use a chapter from my book in a grant application

Yes

Yes

Reuse figures or extracts from my book or book chapter in future work

Yes

Yes

 

Frequently asked questions about self-archiving

Who should I contact if I have questions about self-archiving?
Your commissioning editor.

Can I upload my Accepted Manuscript to Research Gate or Academia.edu?
We do not currently support uploading to commercial web platforms such as Research Gate or Academia.edu.