SHERPA/RoMEO - Search - Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving

One publisher found when searched for: Publisher: Optical Society of America

Special Policy:	Optical Society of America: No Paid Open Access, United States
Journals:	7 journals - involving 7 other organisations
RoMEO:	This is a RoMEO green publisher
Copyright:	Posting Policy - Copyright Transfer Agreement (pdf)
Updated:	11-Jun-2015

Although this publisher has default policies, individual journals may have special permissions, especially if they involve other organisations or have paid open access options. Always run a journal title or ISSN search to check.

Author's Pre-print:	author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)
Author's Post-print:	author can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing)
Publisher's Version/PDF:	author cannot archive publisher's version/PDF
General Conditions:	On author's personal website, institutional website or e-print servers, including in arXiv Non-Commercial Publisher copyright and source must be acknowledged with set statement (see policy) Publisher automatically deposits in PubMed Central Must link to publisher version Authors may comply with government funding agency requirements, after 12 months embargo
Mandated OA:	Compliance data is available for 4 funders
Notes:	This policy is an exception to the default policies of Optical Society of America
RoMEO Publisher ID:	2306 - Suggest an update for this record
Link to this page:	http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/pub/2306/

This summary is for the publisher's default policies and changes or exceptions can often be negotiated by authors.
All information is correct to the best of our knowledge but should not be relied upon for legal advice.

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RoMEO Colour	Archiving policy
Green	Can archive pre-print and post-print or publisher's version/PDF
Blue	Can archive post-print (ie final draft post-refereeing) or publisher's version/PDF
Yellow	Can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)
White	Archiving not formally supported
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