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Publishers allowing the deposition of their published version/PDF in Institutional Repositories

Last updated: 22-January 2010

No restrictions

The following publishers listed on RoMEO allow authors to deposit the publisher version or PDF of their article in an Institutional Repository, without fee or an embargo.

  1. Academic Journals
  2. Acta Clinica Belgica
  3. Aedificatio Publishers
  4. American Association of Australian Literary Studies
  5. American Fisheries Society
  6. American Institute of Physics
  7. American Mathematical Society
  8. American Podiatric Medical Association
  9. American Society for Cell Biology
  10. American Society for Clinical Investigation
  11. American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
  12. American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE)
  13. Association des Annales de l'Institut Fourier
  14. Association for Symbolic Logic
  15. Association Publications de l'Institute Henri Poincare
  16. Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education
  17. Australian Physiotherapy Association
  18. Berkeley Electronic Press
  19. Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics & Probability
  20. BioMed Central
  21. Biophysical Society
  22. BMJ Publishing Group
  23. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin-Dahlem
  24. Canadian Journal of Communication
  25. Carnets de Geologie
  26. Chemistry Central
  27. CILIP, Library & Information Research Group
  28. Co-Action
  29. Cornell University, The Johnson School
  30. Cybergeo : European Journal of Geography
  31. Dove Medical Press
  32. Duke University Press
  33. Early Modern Literary Studies
  34. - HTML
  35. e-Content Management (if the institution is a subscriber)
  36. EDP Sciences
  37. Ekonomiaz
  38. Engineering Integrity Society
  39. European Centre for Minority Issues
  40. European Microwave Association (EuMA)
  41. European Polymer Federation
  42. Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
  43. Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board
  44. Frontiers Research Foundation
  45. German Medical Science
  46. Global Science Books
  47. Graz University of Technology, Institut für Informationssysteme und Computer Medien (IICM)
  48. Health and Medical Publications Group
  49. Hindawi
  50. Human Kinetics
  51. Indo-Pacific Journal of Phenomenology
  52. Information Research
  53. INFORMS - Institutional Repository deposit allowed on request
  54. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
  55. Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers
  56. Institute of Mathematical Statistics
  57. International Computer Games Association
  58. International Pragmatics Association
  59. International Union of Crystallography (authorised electronic reprint only and not the PDF)
  60. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
  61. Journal of Insect Science
  62. Journal of Maps
  63. Journal of Social History
  64. Kassel University Press
  65. Libertas Academica
  66. Library Student Journal
  67. LumiText Publishing
  68. Maney Publishing
  69. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press
  70. Materials Research Society
  71. Medknow Publications
  72. Meteoritical Society
  73. Michigan Law Review
  74. Mycological Society of America
  75. New Zealand Medical Association
  76. New Zealand Nursing Organisation
  77. Opulus Press
  78. Polish Histochemical and Cytochemical Society
  79. Professional Engineering Publishing (Institution of Mechanical Engineers)
  80. Public Library of Science
  81. Radiation Research Society
  82. Rainer Hampp Verlag
  83. Rockefeller University Press
  84. Royal Meteorological Society
  85. School of Communication Studies, AUT
  86. Société Royale Belge des Electriciens
  87. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
  88. Society for Neuroscience
  89. Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)
  90. Socio-Legal Research Centre, Griffith Law School, Griffith University
  91. SRL Archive
  92. The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc.
  93. University of California Press
  94. Universitätsverlag Göttingen
  95. Universitätsverlag Karlsruhe
  96. Vathek Publishing

Embargos Required

The following publishers listed on RoMEO allow authors to deposit the publisher version or PDF of their article in an Institutional Repository after an embargo period.

3 months

1. Brookings Institutional Press

6 months
  1. American Heart Association
  2. Ecole Nationale Veterinaire de Toulouse
  3. Foundation for Rehabilitation Information
  4. HFSP Publishing
  5. International Glaciological Society
  6. National Research Council Canada
  7. Society for Publication of Acta Dermato-Venereologica

12 months
  1. Botanical Society of America
  2. Cambridge University Press
  3. Edinburgh University Press
  4. Schattauer
  5. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft
  6. Society of Systematic Biologists
  7. University of Pennsylvania Press (Penn Press)
18 months
  1. Industrial & Labor Relations Review
  2. Symposium Journals
24 months
  1. Chemical Engineering Education
  2. Division of Chemical Education, American Chemical Society
  3. Modern Humanities Research Association
  4. School of Slavonic and East European Studies - Publisher PDF available on request
  5. Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (Austrian Academy of Sciences Press)
4 years
  1. Inter Research
5 years
  1. Ulmer
Various embargo lengths
  1. University of Chicago Press - see individual journal policies for embargo length

Permision required

The following publishers listed on RoMEO allow authors to deposit the publisher version or PDF of their article in an Institutional Repository after permission has been obtained from the publisher.

  1. American Counseling Association
  2. American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies
  3. International Association of Music Libraries, Archives and Documentation Centres (UK & Irl)
  4. International Atomic Energy Agency
  5. International Forum of Educational Technology and Society
  6. IP Publishing
  7. Journal of Information Systems Education
  8. Lawrence and Wishart
  9. New Century Health Publishers
  10. New Left Review
  11. Oceanography Society
  12. Old City Publishing
  13. Thomas Land Publishers (PDF on request)
  14. Turner White Communications

Fee for the use of publisher version and an embargo period required

The following publishers listed on RoMEO allow authors to deposit the publisher version or PDF of their article in an Institutional Repository after payment of a fee and an embargo period.

  1. Clay Minerals Society - 24 months
  2. Entomological Society of America - 24 months
  3. IM Publications - no embargo
  4. Society for General Microbiology - 12 months

See also...

Publishers with Paid Options for Open Access - Note: These policies may not necessarily allow deposit in Institutional Repositories.

 

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