Self-archiving

<p>Self-archiving is the act of (the author's) depositing a free copy of an <a href="/facts/Electronic_document/7ee80Ee4">electronic document</a> <a href="/facts/World_Wide_Web/wvnTrWFq">online</a> in order to provide <a href="/facts/Open_access_(publishing)/r7rLYN6C">open access</a> to it. The term usually refers to the self-archiving of <a href="/facts/Peer_review/ly6yEgcW">peer-reviewed</a> research journal and conference articles, as well as theses and book chapters, deposited in the author's own <a href="/facts/Institutional_repository/wnKIUJqk">institutional repository</a> or <a href="/facts/Open_archive/Uqv57rH5">open archive</a> for the purpose of maximizing its accessibility, usage and <a href="/facts/Citation_impact/ufhCyhnq">citation impact</a>. The term green open access has become common in recent years, distinguishing this approach from <a href="/facts/Gold_open_access/r7rLYN6C">gold open access</a>, where the journal itself makes the articles publicly available without charge to the reader.
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Self-archiving