Self-archiving means that as an author, you can deposit or upload a version of your publication to your personal webpage, or to an open institutional/non-commercial repository. This is a common alternative to ‘Gold’ Open Access Publishing when no funding is available, and the published online version of a text therefore stays behind a paywall. An embargo period is often applied, during which time your contribution cannot be shared openly, and in most cases, restrictions apply as to which version of a text you can archive. This way of sharing your research results online is commonly called ‘Green’ Open Access.

At Brepols, our self-archiving policy concerns the manuscript at different stages of writing:

• AOM: Author Original Manuscript (or pre-print). This is the original draft of the manuscript that is submitted to a journal, edited volume, or Editorial Board before peer-review or any value has been added by the Publisher.
• AAM: Author Accepted Manuscript (or post-print). This is the version of the manuscript version as accepted for publication after peer-review, but prior to any additional value added by the Publisher (for example, copy-editing, typesetting, etc.)
• VoR: Version of Record. This is the final, copyedited and typeset, published version of the manuscript as it has been made available by the publisher.

We offer self-archiving policies for both journals and books.

We offer the following self-archiving possibilities for all articles in journals published by Brepols:

	Closed repository (non-commercial, institutional)	Personal webpage	Open repository (institutional or funding)	Commercial repository (such as Academia.edu, Researchgate)
AOM (pre-print)	anytime	anytime	anytime	never
AAM (post-print)	anytime	From day of publication onwards (0-month embargo	12-month embargo	never
VoR	anytime	never	never	never

We aim to be compliant with any funder or institutional requirement, or national legislation. If those requirements deviate from the above-mentioned policy, please contact your Publishing Manager or email to see how we can accommodate your needs.

We offer the following self-archiving possibilities for all books or edited collections published by Brepols:

	Closed repository (non-commercial, institutional)	Personal webpage	Open repository (institutional or funding)	Commercial repository (such as Academia.edu, Researchgate)
AOM	anytime	anytime	anytime	never
AAM	anytime	day of publication (0-month embargo); max 10% of the full manuscript	24-month embargo; max 10% of the full manuscript	never
VoR	anytime	day of publication (0-month embargo); max 10 % of the full typeset copy	never	never

Chapters in an edited volume

For edited volumes, we allow the author(s) of each individual chapter to self-archive the AAM of their own chapter on their personal webpage on the day of its publication (0-month embargo) or on an open, non-commercial repository 24 months after the publication date.

Compliancy

We aim to be compliant with any funder or institutional requirement, or national legislation. If those requirements deviate from the abovementioned policy, please contact your publishing manager or to see how we can accommodate your needs.