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SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository) at USI

This guide discusses SOAR (Scholarly Open Access Repository).

Which Version Can I Share in SOAR?

You can make your research freely accessible in SOAR. You can find out most sharing policies that are available in a handy tool called Sherpa Romeo. An online resource that provides publishers copyright and archiving policies. 

Still not sure then contact the Scholarly Communication Unit in Rice library for guidance.

Pre-Print

Also known as the Author's Original Manuscript (AOM). The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) definition: "Any version of a journal article that is considered by the author to be of sufficient quality to be submitted for formal peer review."

Can I share it: You can check the Open Policy Finder

Definition: It is the draft of the manuscript before formal peer-review, or the first version sent to the journal for consideration.

  • Where can you find it?
    • Search your email, computer hard drive and cloud storage
    • Contact your co-authors
    • Log into the journal's submission page and retrieve a copy of the submitted version
    • Contact the journal by email and ask for a copy of the submitted version of your article

Post-Print

Also known as the Accepted Manuscript (AM). The NISO definition: "The version of a journal article that has been accepted for publication in a journal."

Definition: It is the final version of the manuscript after formal peer-review that has no journal branding.

Can I share it: Check Sherpa Romeo

How to find it:

  • Search your email or computer hard drive or cloud storage
  • Contact your co-authors
  • The journal submission page will have a copy of the accepted version
  • Contact the publisher

Publisher's PDF

Known as the Version of Record (VOR). The NISO definition: "A fixed version of a journal article that has been made available by any organization that acts as a publisher by formally and exclusively declaring the article 'published.'

The publishers version is the version published in the journal. Most publishers don't allow the post-print in an institutional repository. You can find information about self-archiving in Sherpa Romeo.