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SPARK Digital Commons Repository

SPARK is the Institutional Repository (IR) for Bethel University's digital resources and digital commons for advancing the strategic objective of supporting open access to Bethel's scholarship.

Journal and Publisher Copyright Policies

Publisher copyright policies & self-archiving

Publishers policy statements indicate what level of open access they allow under their standard agreement. 

SPARK is Bethel University's Institutional Repository. We advocate for all faculty to self-archive their works in SPARK. spark@bethel.edu

An  open access policy should specify what level of archiving is acceptable. 

Journal Color 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

 

What is a pre-print?

It is the author's initial version of an article submitted to a publication before it has been reviewed.

Public Library of Science PLOS explains how they handle pre-prints.

There are two types of Open Access journals; Green and Gold.  

Green journals give authors permission to self-archive their work on a personal website or institutional repository.

List of journals that allow author archiving

Gold journals provide access to peer-reviewed articles without charging the reader and make up approximately 30% of the scholarly literature. The business model varies, but the majority do not charge publication fees

Gold Journal Examples

SHERPA / ROMEO is a resource listing open access policies of publishers and copyright transfer agreements. 

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