The majority of journals now support archival of working papers (preprints) on a public server in advance of peer-review and formal publication. Authors can visit the Sherpa database before uploading to Preprints.org and check the policy of the journal they intend to publish in.
- Navigate to the Sherpa database
Search by journal: see this page.
Search by publishers: see this page. - Sherpa uses a color code to indicate if a journal allows for preprints (pre-prints):
“Green” or “Yellow” journals/publishers allow authors to archive preprints in advance of publication in a peer-reviewed journal;
“White” or “Blue” journals/publishers do not allow for posting of preprints in advance of publication in a peer-reviewed journal. - All major open access publishers on the OASPA list support pre-prints.
Platforms such as arXiv, bioRxiv and SSRN are well established. Preprints.org is a new, not-for-profit platform supported by the open access publisher MDPI and allows for free archiving of scholarly works in advance of publication.
Preprints.org allows authors make their findings available immediately, receive open comments from other scholars and establish precedence for their work.
