postprint

Both the preprint and postprint may differ from the final published version of an article.

For the refereed postprint, the issue becomes more complex.

Authors can also deposit the postprint inside the archive with restricted access.

In academic publishing, a postprint is a digital draft of a research journal article after it has been peer reviewed.

The right to self-archive the refereed postprint is a legal matter because the copyright transfer agreement applies to the text.

What is deposited is the peer-reviewed postprint - either the author's refereed, revised final draft or the publisher's version of record.

While a preprint is an article that has not yet undergone peer review, a postprint is an article which has been peer reviewed in preparation for publication in a journal.

In addition, one survey reports as many as 92 percent of journals allow authors to self-archive either a postprint (79 percent) or preprint (13 percent) of the article on personal websites or on their institution's website11.

Expressed in the CrossRef terminology, any draft starting from the author's original version but prior to the accepted version is a preprint, whereas any draft from the accepted version onward, including the version of record or definitive work, is a postprint.