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Information for Authors - Policy on Self Archiving/Archiving in Institutional Repositories

Palgrave Macmillan has carefully considered its position on permitting authors to archive their contributions to Palgrave Macmillan products either via their own website or via their institution's or funding body's on-line repository/archive. We have taken the view that the impact of such activity will vary between types of publication and have therefore set different terms and conditions for each of the following types of publication:

Journals
Monographs
Textbooks
Reference Works

Journals

Most of our journals permit authors to archive the final draft of their manuscript, as (i.e. the version accepted for publication, following peer review and including any resultant revision, but prior to copy-editing by the publisher) on their own website or their institution’s or funding body’s online repository/archive.

All journals participating in this policy require that public availability of the author’s archived version of the manuscript must be delayed until 24 months after first online publication in the relevant journal.

The archived version must be clearly identified as the author’s post-peer-review, pre-copy-edit version and a link must be provided to the definitive, published version on the Palgrave Macmillan Journals web site.

An acknowledgement in the following form should be included:

“This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in [insert journal title XXX here]. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: [insert URL here]”

Please contact the relevant journal Publishing Manager if you require assistance with the correct online citation details. Contact details are available here [link to http://www.palgrave-journals.com/pal/information/contact_us.html].

The following journals are not covered by this policy, and applications to post material from these journals should be sought from the Rights Manager at rights@palgrave.com:

Comparative Economic Studies
European Management Review
Development
Journal of Information Technology
Journal of International Business Studies

There is no requirement for authors to seek permission to post material (other than for the excluded journals) provided usage is as per the above conditions.

Please ensure that the conditions of any grant funding you may have received to produce your article do not conflict with our policies.

Monographs

Authors may post their version of their pre-copyedited contribution or an extract from their pre-copyedited contribution. However no more than 25% of the total work will be permitted to be posted to publicly accessible websites or institutional repositories/archives.

It WILL be necessary for authors to seek permission to post material from a monograph. Such permission will be granted subject to the above conditions and a form of acknowledgement which will be provided. Applications should be made to The Rights Manager at rights@palgrave.com giving at least 4 weeks notice.

Textbooks

Authors may post their version of their pre-copyedited contribution or an extract from their pre-copyedited contribution. However no more than 5% of the total work will be permitted to be posted to publicly accessible websites or institutional repositories/archives.

It WILL be necessary for authors to seek permission to post material from a textbook. Such permission will be granted subject to the above conditions and a form of acknowledgement which will be provided. Applications should be made to The Rights Manager at rights@palgrave.com giving at least 4 weeks notice.

Reference Works

No contributions to reference works may be posted to publicly accessible websites or institutional repositories/archives.

In the event that Palgrave Macmillan determines that any item posted according to these terms, represents a threat to the Publisher's business, they shall be entitled to request that it is immediately removed.

Any questions regarding the above policy should be directed to the Rights Manager at rights@palgrave.com