I want to know, Is it author's universal right to publish an pre-print of a paper in open-access repositories or it depends on various publishers policies.
I am asking in the context of publishing a book chapter in IGI publishing. I tried to look for their policies but I'm unable to clearly understand this perticular aspect.
Please provide your insights, if you know anything about this matter in the context of all publishers.
Thanks
No, there is no universal to publish a preprint. This depends on the conditions of the publisher in whose journal you publish, or specifically on the conditions of the particular journal. When you submit a publication, you enter into a contract with the publisher, the terms of which are dictated by the publisher. If you do not wish to accept the terms, you must publish elsewhere.
One method of looking up Author Rights by publisher and journal is the Sherpa Romeo database, https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/
Hello Sahil Sharma
I agree with Dr Wolfgang R. Dick that the difficulties begin more after your paper (or book) is published. I suggest be careful because different publishers have very different requirements so I would definitely look at the contract/agreement very carefully to not get into more trouble.
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