# List of academic publishers by preprint policy

This is a list of publishers of academic journals by their submission policies regarding the use of preprints prior to publication (example list).
Publishers' policies on self-archiving (including of preprint versions) can also be found at SHERPA/RoMEO.

## Policies by publisher

Submission of preprints is accepted by all open access journals. Over the last decade, they have been joined by most subscription journals, however publisher policies are often vague or ill-defined.
In general, most publishers that permit preprints require that:
* the authors disclose the existence of the preprint at submission (e.g. in the cover letter)
* once an article is published, the preprint should link to the published version (typically via DOI)
* the preprint should not have been formally peer reviewed
Publishers may place additional restrictions (e.g. specifying non-commercial servers or preferred licenses). Most publishers have a unified policy across all of their journals, however some journals list exceptions in their own policies.
| Publisher | Restrictions | Restrictions | Restrictions | Source |
| Publisher | Location | Version | License | Source |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Association for Cancer Research | Unrestricted | Must not post revised manuscript (after peer review or editorial comment) | Unrestricted | |
| American Association for Physics in Medicine | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Chemical Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Association for Computing Machinery | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Geophysical Union | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Heart Association | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | |
| American Institute of Physics (AIP Publishing) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Physical Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Physiological Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Phytopathological Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Psychiatric Association Publishing | Unrestricted | Submitted manuscript must add meaningful new information above that already in the preprint | Unrestricted | |
| American Society of Agronomy | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | Must assign publisher copyright or pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | |
| American Society for Cell Biology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Society for Clinical Investigation | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Society of Clinical Oncology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Society for Microbiology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Must assign publisher copyright or pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | |
| American Society of Plant Biologists | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Statistical Association | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| American Thoracic Society | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | |
| Beilstein-Institut | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo) or the author's university repository | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| British Editorial Society of Bone & Joint Surgery | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | |
| British Medical Journal Company | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Canadian Science Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Cambridge University Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Publishing | Unrestricted | Pre-publication version only | Unrestricted | |
| The Company of Biologists | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | |
| Crop Science Society of America | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| De Gruyter | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| eLife Sciences Publications Ltd | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Elsevier | Unrestricted, except: Biophysical Journal also includes that: preprint posting is only permitted to a private website, arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, or GitHub. | Unrestricted, except: Cell Press journals also include: Versions of a manuscript that have altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited. | Unrestricted | |
| Emerald Group Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| European Molecular Biology Organization Press | Unrestricted | No updated versions may be posted to preprint servers after initial submission to the journal. | Unrestricted | |
| European Respiratory Society | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | |
| Faculty of 1000 | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | If posted under any open access license, must pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | |
| Frontiers Media | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Genetics Society of America | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Institute of Physics Publishing Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| IOS Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| IUCr Journals | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Japan Society for Cell Biology | Unrestricted | Versions of a manuscript that have been altered as a result of the peer review process may not be deposited | Unrestricted | |
| The JAMA Network | Unrestricted | Submitted manuscript must add meaningful new information above that already in the preprint | Unrestricted | |
| JMIR Publications | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery Inc. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | |
| Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Massachusetts Medical Society | nonprofit preprint server | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Microbiology Society | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| MyJove Corp. | Not-for-profit servers (e.g. arXiv, bioRxiv, chemRxiv, medRxiv) | Unrestricted | When posting the preprint, authors should choose a CC BY-NC-ND license | |
| National Academy of Sciences | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Optica | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Oxford University Press | Unrestricted, except: Nucleic Acids Research specifically prohibits Nature Precedings or PLOS Currents (though both are no longer operative since 2018). | Unrestricted | Unrestricted, except: American Society for Nutrition journals require that if posted under any open access license, author must pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | |
| PeerJ | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Public Library of Science | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Rockefeller University Press | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Royal Society Publishing | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| SAGE Publishing | Unrestricted, except: The following journals opt out of SAGE's publication policies: Acta Radiologica does not accept preprint submissions. Political Insight 'may accept' preprint submissions. California Management Review, Index on Censorship, Recherche et Applications en Marketing and Pain News, do not include a statement on either prior publication or preprints. | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Society for Judgment and Decision Making | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Society for Neuroscience | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Soil Science Society of America | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| SPIE | Unrestricted | Pre-publication version only | Unrestricted | |
| Springer Nature | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Taylor & Francis | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| University of Chicago Press | Non-commercial servers (e.g. arXiv, Open Science Framework, Zenodo) Except: The American Naturalist also prohibits repositories with publications attached (e.g. PeerJ) | Unrestricted | License must be CC BY-NC. If CC BY, must pay Article Processing Charge for hybrid OA publication. | |
| WikiJournal User Group | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |
| Wiley | Unrestricted, except: Journal of Orthopaedic Research does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Unrestricted, except: Journal of Orthopaedic Research does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Unrestricted, except: Journal of Orthopaedic Research does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | |
| Wolters Kluwer | Unrestricted, except: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Unrestricted, except: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | Unrestricted, except: Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research Does not accept clinical research articles that have been shared as preprints. | |
| World Scientific | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | Unrestricted | |