APC (article processing charge) is charged to authors to make a work available open access either in a gold open access or hybrid open access journal.
Author’s draft = Pre-print / pre-refereeing version Version of the manuscript sent to the publisher before the peer review. Can also be any other earlier version.
Author’s final / author accepted manuscript = Final draft versio = Post-print version Refers to the approved post-peer-review version of the article before the publisher has created the final layout for the work. This is generally the version that the publishers allow researchers to parallel publish.
BPC (book processing charge) Payments charged by the OA publisher from the author or their institution to cover various publishing costs.
Compliance data Information on the conditions for open access set by the funders.
Directory of Open Access Journals An online directory of open access journals that are peer-reviewed or use a quality control system to guarantee the content of publications. The Directory of Open Access Journals website
Embargo The time period set by the publisher from the publication of the original article during which parallel publishing of the article is not allowed. Breaking the embargo period means that you break your contract with the publisher, making the parallel published version illegal. The embargo time starts when the issue of the journal is published: either the electronic version or a printed journal, whichever takes place first. In other contexts embargo may refer, for example, to the time period during which the publisher refrains from publishing an electronic, licensed, non-open-access version of a journal that is also published in printed form. An embargo does not always exist and it may be different for journals published by different publishers and/or in different fields (SSH Journals/STM Journals).
Final draft version = Post-print / author’s final / author accepted manuscript version Refers to the post-peer-reviewed and accepted version of the article, before the publisher has created the final layout for the work. This is generally the version that the publishers allow researchers to parallel publish.
Final published version (or publisher PDF) Refers to the version of the article that the publisher distributes electronically. Final version laid out by the publisher.
General conditions The other preconditions for publishing the article set by the publisher. Determining, for example, in which venues parallel publishing is allowed and reminding the author how to cite original sources.
Gratis OA Opening the access to data and publications (free of charge), but not allowing reuse or further distribution.
Publication Forum Three-level classification system for publication channels (academic journals, series, conference publications, book publishers) from all disciplines. The evaluation is performed by 23 discipline-specific Expert Panels. The English website of Publication Forum
Libre OA Publication is licensed with CC BY license which enables the further use and reuse of the publication, and data mining its content.
Mandated OA Shows the research funders who require open access to research funded by them.
Non-profit server Non-profit server / publication repository.
Paid open access Journal / publisher offers the possibility to pay for open access to the article (hybrid journal).
Post-print / author’s final / author accepted manuscript = Final draft version Refers to the post-peer-review and accepted version of the article, before the publisher has created the final layout for the work. This is generally the version that the publishers allow researchers to parallel publish.
Pre-print-version = pre-refereeing / author’s draft Refers to the article as it was when it was initially submitted to the publisher for peer review, or any other earlier version.
Publisher’s version The final version laid out by the publisher = the article as it is in the final publication, the final layout. The final version laid out by the publisher. The publishers rarely allow researchers to parallel publish the publisher's version.
Restrictions Possible restrictions set by the publisher for parallel publishing. The restrictions can be searched from the publisher's web pages or from, for example, the SHERPA/RoMEO database
SHERPA / FACT Online tool for checking if the copyright policies of a journal/publisher comply with the research funder's requirements.
SHERPA / JULIET. Database of research funders' open access policies.
SHERPA / RoMEO. Database of publisher's policies on copyright and parallel publishing.
