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

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

12 months
  1. Botanical Society of America
  2. Cambridge University Press
  3. Edinburgh University Press
  4. Finnish Zoological and Botanical Publishing Board
  5. Schattauer
  6. Schweizerische Chemische Gesellschaft
  7. Society of Systematic Biologists
  8. 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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