Inacademic publishing,aneprintore-printis a digital version of a research document (usually a journal article, but could also be athesis,conference paper, book chapter, or a book) that is accessible online, usually asgreen open access,whether from a localinstitutionalor a centraldigital repository.[1][2][3][4]
When applied to journal articles, the term "eprints" covers bothpreprints(beforepeer review) andpostprints(after peer review).
Digital versions of materials other than research documents are not usually called e-prints, but some other name, such ase-books.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^Harnad, S., Carr, L., Brody, T. and Oppenheim, C. (2003). "Mandated online RAE CVs linked to university eprint archivesArchived2012-03-09 at theWayback Machine".Ariadne,35.
- ^Swan, A., Needham, P., Probets, S., Muir, A., Oppenheim, C., O’Brien, A., Hardy, R., Rowland, F. and Brown, S. (2005). "Developing a model for e-prints and open access journal content in UK further and higher educationArchived2012-02-04 at theWayback Machine".Learned Publishing,18 (1). pp. 25-40.
- ^Crow, Raym (2006).The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position PaperArchived2011-02-04 at theWayback Machine.Discussion Paper. Scholarly Publication and Academic Resources Coalition, Washington, D.C.
- ^Swan, A. and Carr, L. (2008). "Institutions, their repositories and the WebArchived2012-02-04 at theWayback Machine".Serials Review,34 (1).
External links
edit- What is an eprint?as defined in the FAQ section ofeprints.org
- Eprints as definedbyStevan Harnad