Self-Archiving FAQ
An extensive self-archiving FAQ resource presented by E-Prints, a digital repository software.
SHERPA/RoMEO
An international database dedicated to providing publisher copyright and self-archiving policies.
OpenDOAR
The Directory of Open Access Repositories service provides a quality-assured listing of open access repositories around the world.
What is Self-Archiving?
Over 79% of scholarly publishers worldwide give permission for authors to self-archive a version of their articles in an accessible place. Self-archiving allows authors to make their scholarly works available on the Internet or through email. A scholarly work is self-archived if it is posted to a personal or professional web site, deposited in an institutional repository, or contributed by the author to a disciplinary archive (e.g. PubMed Central, SSRN). Depending on terms in the publishing contract, authors may permit a pre-peer reviewed copy to be made available, but prohibit distribution of the final, publishers PDF. Other publishers may impose an embargo period, that is: the work can be archived by the author in an open access system, but only after a period of time has elapsed. You may self-archive your work by using the following methods:
Uploading to a Personal Website
Many Rider faculty have web pages that describe their research interests and recent publications. You may wish to make electronic copies of your publications available for direct download from your Rider web page. By providing a link for direct download from your Rider faculty page, the general public may easily access and read your work.
Uploading to a Subject Repositories
Some authors deposit working or final versions of their papers in disciplinary or subject repositories. This allows researchers with similar interests to read, comment, and access a deposited work. For a list of disciplinary repositories, consult Open Access Directory wiki.
Uploading to Rider's Institutional Repositories (RiderU Zenodo)
Rider University uses the platform Zenodo as an institutional repository for Rider scholarly work. Zenodo allows Rider to follow a Green OA model, which is a repository-based open access. To self-archive your work, please enter your DOI below or send works without an assigned DOI to swhitfield@rider.edu.
Share your paper with help from the library in RiderU Zenodo. Legally, for free, in minutes. Join millions of researchers sharing their papers freely with colleagues and the public.
We’ll gather information about your paper and find the easiest way to share it.
Great news, you’re already getting the benefits of sharing your work! Your publisher or co-author have already shared it.
Unlike most, the journal requires that you ask them before you share your paper freely. Asking only takes a moment as we find out who to contact and have drafted an email for you.
Great news, you’re already getting the benefits of sharing your work! Your publisher or co-author have already shared a freely available copy (opens in a new tab).
The library has checked and the journal encourages you to freely share your paper so colleagues and the public can freely read and cite it.
This is the only version you’re able to share under copyright. The accepted manuscript is the word file or Latex export you sent the publisher after peer-review and before formatting (publisher proofs).
It’s normal to share accepted manuscripts as the research is the same. It’s fine to save your file as a pdf, make small edits to formatting, fix typos, remove comments, and arrange figures.
We checked and unfortunately the journal won’t let you share your paper freely with everyone.
The good news is the library can still legally make your paper much easier to find and access. We’ll put the publisher PDF in RiderU Zenodo and then share it on your behalf whenever it is requested.
We’ll use this to send you a link. By depositing, you’re agreeing to our .
We’ll only use this if something goes wrong.
We’ll only use this to send you a link to your paper when it is in RiderU Zenodo. By depositing, you’re agreeing to the .
By depositing, you’re agreeing to the . You must also license your work CC-BY.
It looks like what you uploaded is a publisher’s PDF which your journal prohibits legally sharing.
You’re nearly done. We need the accepted version, not the PDF from the journal site.
You’ve done your part for now. Hopefully, we’ll send you a link soon. First, we’ll check to make sure it’s legal to share.
Check back soon to see your paper live, or we’ll email you with issues.
You can now put the link on your website, CV, any profiles, and ResearchGate.
Check back soon to see your paper live, or we’ll email you with issues.
We’ll email you a link to your paper in RiderU Zenodo soon. Next time, before you publish check to see if your journal allows you to have the most impact by making your research available to everyone, for free.
All that’s left to do is wait. Once the journal gives you permission to share, come back and we’ll help you finish the job.
**NOTE: If you paper doesn't have a DOI, you may also send an email to swhitfield@rider.edu (Sharon Whitfield) for assistance depositing your work in RiderU Zenodo.**