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Characteristics of Scholarly Publishing

Option	Access	Timing	Peer-Reviewed	Responsibility for perpetual access	Business Model	Examples
Traditional print journals	Restricted	Delayed – until issue is published	Yes	Libraries	Subscription (pay to read)	Most commercial and non-profit publishers
Traditional online journals	Restricted	Delayed (usually) – until issue is published online	Yes	Varies (ranges from publisher to online archives to Libraries’ web-server)	Subscription	Most commercial and non-profit publishers
Open Access online journals	Unrestricted	Immediate (usually) – when articles are accepted or editing is complete	Yes	Unknown	Author and/or author’s institution pays (membership or article processing fees)	BioMed Central, Public Library of Science, Oxford University Press, Springer (only by author’s choice). See the Directory of Open Access Journalsfor a complete list.
Institutional Repositories Accommodates various content	Unrestricted	Immediate	Possible – depends on content type and policy	Libraries (usually)	Institutional support	UM’s Digital Conservancy, MIT’s DSpace
Working papers / pre-prints	Unrestricted	Immediate	Possible	Libraries (usually)	Institutional support	UM’s Digital Conservancy, MIT’s DSpace
Re-prints / post-prints	Unrestricted	Immediate	Yes	Libraries (usually)	Institutional support	UM’s Digital Conservancy, MIT’s DSpace
Primary source data	Unrestricted	Immediate	Possible	Libraries (usually)	Institutional support	None yet
Other content (instructional materials, etc.)	Unrestricted	Immediate	Possible	Libraries (usually)	Institutional support	UM’s Digital Conservancy, MIT’s DSpace
Disciplinary repository	Unrestricted	Immediate – when item is deposited	Yes for included post-prints	Unknown	Institutional support	arXiv, PubMed Central, CogPrints
Departmental and personal web sites	Unrestricted	Immediate – when item is deposited	Can be quality filtered	Unknown	Institutional support (may be informal	Many UofM departments have separate web sites

Adapted with permission from Characteristics of Scholarly Publishing Options, University of California Office of Scholarly Communication.