Green Open Access Pledge
peter.suber's bookmarks 2019-09-16
Summary:
"Preprints are a fast and cost-effective way to make findings openly available ('Green Open Access'). Some publishers discourage preprints by delaying their sharing ('embargoes') or forbidding their updating after peer-review ('post-print' or 'author accepted manuscript'). If a critical mass of researchers were to unanimously declare their intention to share pre- and post-prints, however, publishers would be compelled to endorse these practices or lose the value donated to them by the research community.
Criteria
- Every time you publish, deposit the final peer-reviewed preprint (i.e., 'post-print') in an indexed repository without embargo
- Every time you review, only review for journals that allow post-prints to be shared without embargo (i.e., 'Green' journals on Sherpa/Romeo)..."