From Handwiki This is a list of publishers of academic journals by their submission policies regarding the use of preprints prior to publication (example list). Publishers' policies on self-archiving (including of preprint versions) can also be found at SHERPA/RoMEO.
Submission of preprints is accepted by all open access journals. Over the last decade, they have been joined by most subscription journals, however publisher policies are often vague or ill-defined.[1]
In general, most publishers that permit preprints require that:
Publishers may place additional restrictions (e.g. specifying non-commercial servers or preferred licenses). Most publishers have a unified policy across all of their journals, however some journals list exceptions in their own policies.
| Publisher | Restrictions | Source | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Version | License | ||
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [2] |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Unrestricted | Must not post revised manuscript (after peer review or editorial comment) | Unrestricted | [3] |
| American Association for Physics in Medicine | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [4] |
| American Chemical Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [5] |
| Association for Computing Machinery | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [6] |
| American Geophysical Union | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [7] |
| American Heart Association | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | [8] |
| American Institute of Physics (AIP Publishing) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [9] |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [10] |
| American Physical Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [11] |
| American Physiological Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [12] |
| American Phytopathological Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [13] |
| American Psychiatric Association Publishing | Unrestricted | Submitted manuscript must add meaningful new information above that already in the preprint | Unrestricted | [14] |
| American Society of Agronomy | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | Must assign publisher copyright or pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | [15][16] |
| American Society for Cell Biology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [17] |
| American Society for Clinical Investigation | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [18] |
| American Society of Clinical Oncology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [19] |
| American Society for Microbiology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Must assign publisher copyright or pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | [20] |
| American Society of Plant Biologists | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [21] |
| American Statistical Association | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Thoracic Society | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | [22] |
| Beilstein-Institut | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo) or the author's university repository | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [23] |
| British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | [24] |
| British Medical Journal Company | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Canadian Science Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [25] |
| Cambridge University Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [26] |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [27] |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Publishing | Unrestricted | Pre-publication version only | Unrestricted | [28] |
| The Company of Biologists | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | [29][30][31][32][33] |
| Crop Science Society of America | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| eLife Sciences Publications Ltd | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [34][35] |
| Elsevier | Unrestricted, except:
Biophysical Journal also includes that: preprint posting is only permitted to a private website, arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, or GitHub.[36] |
Unrestricted, except:
Cell Press journals also include: Versions of a manuscript that have altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited.[37] |
Unrestricted | [38] |
| Emerald Group Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [39] |
| European Molecular Biology Organization Press | Unrestricted | No updated versions may be posted to preprint servers after initial submission to the journal. | Unrestricted | [40] |
| European Respiratory Society | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | [41] |
| Faculty of 1000 | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [42] |
| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | If posted under any open access license, must pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | [43] |
| Frontiers Media | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [44] |
| Genetics Society of America | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [45][46] |
| Institute of Physics Publishing Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [47] |
| IOS Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [48] |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [49] |
| IUCr Journals | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [50] |
| Japan Society for Cell Biology | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | [51] |
| The JAMA Network | Unrestricted | Submitted manuscript must add meaningful new information above that already in the preprint | Unrestricted | [52] |
| JMIR Publications | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [53] |
| The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Inc. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | [54] |
| Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [55] |
| Massachusetts Medical Society | nonprofit preprint server | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [56][57] |
| Microbiology Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [58] |
| MyJove Corp. | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | When posting the preprint, authors should choose a CC BY-NC-ND license | [59] |
| National Academy of Sciences | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [60][61][62] |
| Oxford University Press | Unrestricted, except:
Nucleic Acids Research specifically prohibits Nature Precedings or PLOS Currents[63] (though both are no longer operative since 2018). |
Unrestricted | Unrestricted, except:
American Society for Nutrition journals require that if posted under any open access license, author must pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication.[64] |
[65] |
| PeerJ | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [66] |
| Public Library of Science | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [67] |
| Rockefeller University Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [68] |
| Royal Society Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [69] |
| SAGE Publishing | Unrestricted, except:
The following journals opt out of SAGE's publication policies: Acta Radiologica does not accept preprint submissions.[70] Political Insight 'may accept' preprint submissions.[71] California Management Review,[72] Index on Censorship,[73] Recherche et Applications en Marketing[74] and Pain News,[75] do not include a statement on either prior publication or preprints. |
Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [76] |
| Society for Judgment and Decision Making | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [77] |
| Society for Neuroscience | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [78] |
| Soil Science Society of America | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Springer Nature | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [79][80][81][82][83][84] |
| Taylor & Francis | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [85] |
| University of Chicago Press | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo)
Except: The American Naturalist also prohibits repositories with publications attached (e.g. PeerJ)[86] |
Unrestricted | License must be CC BY-NC. If CC BY, must pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | [87] |
| WikiJournal User Group | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [88] |
| Wiley | Unrestricted, except:
Journal of Orthopaedic Research does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints.[89][90] |
Unrestricted, except:
Journal of Orthopaedic Research does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints.[91][92] |
Unrestricted, except:
Journal of Orthopaedic Research does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints.[93][94] |
[95][96] |
| Wolters Kluwer | Unrestricted, except:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. |
Unrestricted, except:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. |
Unrestricted, except:
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. |
[97] |
| World Scientific | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | [98] |
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