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In the course of performing research and development (R&D) and other scientific and technological work, researchers funded by DOE produce scientific and technical information (STI) in many different forms, including technical reports, conference presentations, books, and more. Beginning October 1, 2014, DOE began requiring public access to any scholarly publication published on or after that date, with public access enabled within 12 months from the publication date. When a publisher provides a publicly accessible article about DOE R&D results, DOE PAGESBeta, the DOE public access portal, will link to that article; if the article is not available, DOE PAGESBeta will provide access to the corresponding accepted manuscript.
What is an accepted manuscript? This is the version of a journal article that has been peer-reviewed and accepted for publication, and includes changes made by the author during the peer-review process. The content is the same as the published article, but it does not have the final formatting and copy-editing done by the publisher in the final published version, and it is not a reproduction copy of what appears or will appear in the journal; it is not a reprint of the published article.
Recently, DOE also began accepting articles or links to articles published as open access, freely available to the public without embargo or subscription restrictions, in lieu of accepted manuscripts; however, the vast majority of DOE-funded articles are not freely available upon publication.
Submission of accepted manuscripts is done through the DOE E-Link system per instructions provided in the award package and the federal reporting requirements checklist. Once a manuscript is accepted for publication, submission is required, effective for any award made or renewed after October 1, 2014. Through E-Link, the metadata/citation information for the journal article is submitted as well as either an upload of the accepted manuscript in PDF format or a link to the manuscript located in the author's institutional repository. Submission of open access articles in lieu of accepted manuscripts is accomplished via the same path, with the author uploading the article in PDF format or submitting a link to the article at the publisher's site.
Any questions about accepted manuscripts, open access articles, and other submission requirements related to public access can be directed to stip@osti.gov.