During the publishing process of a scientific contribution the original manuscript, format and content may be modified consistently. Each step of such process is associated to a specific version and each version can be made open access according to the arrangements specified in the copyright transfer agreement or in the license to publish.
Author’s Original
It is the author’s original manuscript submitted to a journal for a possible publication.
Peer review: not yet submitted for peer review.
Publishing process: not yet submitted to the publisher for review, proofreading, copy-editing, or other technical enhancements.
ALTERNATIVE DEFINITIONS: SUBMITTED MANUSCRIPT, FIRST DRAFT, pre-print.
APPEARANCE: CONTENT AND LAYOUT ARE SET OUT BY THE AUTHOR (UNLESS THE PUBLISHER ALREADY PROVIDED SPECIFIC GUIDELINES FOR THIS EARLY PHASE).
COPYRIGHT: EXCLUSIVELY OWNED BY THE AUTHOR.
open acCess: THE author’s original version CAN USUALLY BE MADE OPEN ACCESS WITHOUT RESTRICTIONS (EVEN THROUGH iris unimore).
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Accepted Manuscript
It is the version of a paper accepted for formal publication after being peer-reviewed.
Publishing process: it does not include other publisher value-added contributions such as revision, proofreading, formatting and copy-editing.
ALTERNATIVE DEFINITIONS: AAM, AUTHOR’S ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT, ACCEPTED (PEER-REVIEWED) VERSION, post-print.
APPEARANCE: CONTENT AND LAYOUT ARE SET OUT FOLLOWING the PUBLISHER’S GUIDELINES, OFTEN INCLUDING DOUBLE SPACING AND LINE NUMBERS AND someTIMES Comments
COPYRIGHT: OWNED BY THE AUTHOR, WHO MAY TRANSFER IT TO THE PUBLISHER. THE PUBLISHER MAY TRANSFER IT BACK IN ORDER TO MAKE THE paper OPEN ACCESS (POSSIBLY AFTER AN EMBARGO PERIOD).
OPEN ACCESS: THE accepted version can USUALLY BE MADE OPEN ACCESS MAKING USE OF INSTITUTIONAL repositories (e.g. IRIS) mentionINg the relevant embargo period.
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Version of Record
It is the definitive paper published in a journal when the publishing process is completed.
Please note: VoR also means a published “early release”, but only when revision, proofreading, formatting and copy-editing processes have been completed.
ALTERNATIVE DEFINITIONS: publisher’s version, published journal article.
APPEARANCE: LAYOUT IS CONFORMING TO THE PUBLISHER’s GUIDELINES and INcludes publisher’s logo, copyright INFORMATION, PAGINATION, etc.
copyright:
» OWNED BY THE AUTHOR IF IT IS OPEN ACCESS
» OWNED BY THE PUBLISHER IF IT IS NOT OPEN ACCESS
open access: IN CASE THE ARTICLE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED AS OPEN ACCESS, THE PUBLISHED VERSION CAN BE MADE OPEN ACCESS EVERYWHERE (ALSO USING IRIS UNIMORE).
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