What can I deposit?

Subject to copyright permission, roar can accept text files or PDFs of post-print published papers and unpublished pre-prints of:

(a) Journal articles
(b) Conference and workshop papers
(c) Theses and dissertations
(d) Books, chapters and sections

Items must have one or more University of East London authors but may have been produced whilst working elsewhere. Please view our content policy for more information.

What is meant by “post-print”?

A post-print is the accepted author's manuscript. This is the version after peer review but before copy editing by the journal and is in the composition and editing format which you normally use (such as Microsoft Word). Post-prints do not contain the publisher's typesetting, copy-editing or logos. Most publishers are happy for us to make a post-print available online. As they are closest to the final published version we prefer authors to send post-prints to roar.

What is meant by “pre-print”?

The pre-print is the version that authors first submit to the publisher. This is the version before peer review. Most publishers are happy for us to make pre-prints available but not before publication. Although we will make pre-prints available when appropriate we do not advise pre-print deposit until after an item has been published.

Can I deposit the publisher’s PDF in roar?

Not usually. Some publishers, particularly of Open Access titles are happy for us to make their PDFs available but most will not permit it. Wherever publisher agreements allow however we will deposit the final published PDF version in roar in preference to your early version.

Can I deposit “proof copies”?

Proof copies of your article, as supplied by your publisher are not the same as post-print. Most copyright agreements will not permit roar to make proof copies available because they contain the publisher's typography, logos and layout.

 

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