What is Self Archiving Authors make their articles freely available on the internet. It makes your research widely “visible, accessible, harvestable, searchable and usable” Versions : 1. Preprint (before peer review) 2. Post print (peer reviewed and accepted) i ) Author and ii) Publisher
Preprint
Post print - Author
Post print - publisher
Why is self archiving Articles made available openly are read and cited more. Several funding agencies required that the publications financed by them should be available for free for everyone.
How is Self archiving Self archiving by: i ) Authors website : Researchgate , Academia ii) subject archives : PubMed, arXiv iii) institutional archives.
Researchgate & Google scholar
Web of science & Cabi library
Academia & Orcid
Benefits Increases the reach of science and makes it available to the world. Cost free method to increase the number of views, downloads and citations. It can increase a researchers recognition in the field, which can subsequently improve their prospects for grant acquisition and tenure decisions. It helps researchers store their entire body of work in one place, easy access to their publication record when creating CV. Useful High impact finding that need to be disseminated quickly. It can help attract external funding, faculty and students.
Conclusion Self archiving is free, easy and immensely beneficial. Moreover, it is in line with noble evolving trend of free widespread dissemination of research findings for rapid global advancement of science. So go ahead and consider self archiving a viable option to contribute to the progress of science and to increase your own research impact by making your work more accessible.