Self-archiving (green open access) is one way to publish open access. It means depositing a manuscript version of a publication or part of a publication in a subject-specific or institutional repository, where it is openly available to everyone either immediately or after an embargo.
Self-archiving in an open access repository increases the visibility and impact of your publication. A self-archived publication receives a permanent identifier (e.g. URN) in a repository, which is easy to share through various social media networking services and enables the long-term preservation of the publication. Self-archiving is also a way to fulfil research funders' requirements on open access publications. In accordance with Tampere University Open Science Policy (2024) and the Open science policy and principles of the Tampere higher education community (2018, applied by TAMK), all publications are self-archived whenever the publisher allows it.
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The library always checks the publisher's self-archiving policy and the correctness of the uploaded PDF version before making the file openly available in the repository.
| Manuscript submitted to a journal | Author's final version of an article | Article published in a journal | |
| Terms | Pre-print, submitted version, author-submitted article. | Post-print, final draft, accepted author manuscript, accepted article, author's accepted manuscript. | Final published article, final published version, version of record, definitive version, publisher PDF, publisher's version, ahead of print, in press, corrected proof, online first, offprint, Epub, forthcoming article. |
| Definition | Not peer reviewed, author's first article manuscript version sent to a journal. | A peer-reviewed version edited by the author based on comments received from peer reviewers and submitted to the journal for publication. No publisher’s logo, page numbers, or final layout. | Final version of the article that has the layout, pagination, logo etc. finalized by the publisher. |
| Version to self-archive in TUNICRIS and Justus | Normally not self-archived. | Most common version of an article to be self-archived. | Primarily self-archived if the publisher allows it, or the article is licensed under a Creative Commons licence. |
Always cite the original publication instead of the self-archived version. If you also want to link to a self-archived version, use the permanent web address (URN) provided for the self-archived version.
