Submit a new record to Sherpa Romeo

Please complete this form to submit a new policy record to Sherpa Romeo.

Multiple journals which share the same policy may be submitted together using this form. A new form must be completed if you wish to submit a journal with a different policy.

Before proceeding, please ensure the journal meets the criteria for inclusion in Sherpa Romeo.

Please note that the below form will not submit if required fields are blank. If you require assistance, please email help@jisc.ac.uk

Your details
Please let us know the country in which you are based.
Journal identifiers
Please supply at least one valid ISSN or eISSN (electronic format) for the journal.
The editorial board must be clearly stated on the journal's website - please provide a URL for this information.
Publisher details
Please supply the country in which the main office is based.
The governing body must be clearly stated on the publishers’ website – please provide the URL for this information.
The publication ethics policy must be clearly stated on the publishers’ website – please provide the URL for this information.
Open Access policy details
General Open Access policy
As your journal does not share the same policy details as an existing journal listed in Sherpa Romeo, please share these details.
Pre-requisites are any conditions which must be met in order for the Open Access policy to apply. Please select one or more options.
Open Access policy by version
Please complete the policy details for each of the version types below: Published, Accepted and Submitted. This form will not submit if you do not complete all three sections. Select 'No' to these questions if open access is not allowed.
Published version
We define the published version as the publisher-created published version, that has been peer-reviewed and copy edited. Also known as: Final Published Version, Version of Record.
An embargo period is the length of time (after publication) before the article is permitted to be made Open Access.
Accepted version - post-print
We define the accepted version as the final author-created version that incorporates referee comments and is the accepted for publication version. Also known as: Authors Accepted Manuscript (AAM), Authors accepted version, Final Author version, Post-print.
An embargo period is the length of time (after publication) before the article is permitted to be made Open Access.
Submitted version - pre-print
We define the submitted version as the version that has been submitted to a journal for peer review. Also known as: Author's Original Manuscript (AOM), Original manuscript, Pre-print.
An embargo period is the length of time (after publication) before the article is permitted to be made Open Access.
If you have more than one journal...
If you have more than one journal, please download and complete this spreadheet (.xlsx). We will ask you to send us the completed spreadsheet when we respond to your request.
Unfortunately, we will be unable to accept your submission.
Submissions must be received from the publisher or a person with a position of authority for the journal (for example, an editor). If you have noticed a journal which is not in our database, which you think should be, please contact the journal directly to suggest they submit their policy to Sherpa Romeo. Thank you.
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