Authors

Authors may upload their accepted manuscript PDF ("a post-print*") to institutional and/
or centrally organized repositories, but must stipulate that public availability be delayed
until 6 months after first online publication in the journal.
When uploading an accepted manuscript to a repository, authors should include a credit
line (see below) and a link to the final published version of the article. This will guarantee
that the definitive version is readily available to those accessing your article from public
repositories, and means that your article is more likely to be cited correctly.
A PDF of the final published version of the article as it appears in the journal following
copyediting and proof correction may not be deposited by authors in institutional
repositories.
Authors should include the following credit line when depositing their accepted
manuscripts.
This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication
in [insert journal title] following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated
version [insert complete citation information here] is available online
at: xxxxxxx [insert URL that the author will receive upon publication here].
* Definition of a post-print: A post-print is the final draft author manuscript,
as accepted for publication, including modifications based on referees suggestions
but before it has undergone copyediting and proof correction.
Preprint use of ICSRS Journals content
Prior to acceptance for publication, authors retain the right to make a pre-print
[A preprint is defined here as un-refereed author version of the article] version of the
article available on your own personal website and/or that of your employer and/or in
free public servers of preprints and/or articles in your subject area, provided that
where possible.
You acknowledge that the article has been accepted for publication in
[Journal Title] ©: [year] Published by ICSRS. All rights reserved.
Once the article has been published, we do not require that preprint versions are
removed from where they are available. However, we do ask that these are not
updated or replaced with the finally published version. Once an article is published,
a link could be provided to the final authoritative version on the ICSRS Journals Web site.
Where possible, the preprint notice should be amended to:
This is an electronic version of an article published in [include the complete
citation information for the final version of the Article as published in the
print edition of the Journal.]
Once an article is accepted for publication, an author may not make a pre-print available
as above or replace an existing pre-print with the final published version.