Eprint

For other uses, see Eprint (disambiguation).

In academic publishing, an eprint or e-print is a digital version of a research document (usually a journal article, but could also be a thesis, conference paper, book chapter, or a book) that is accessible online, usually as green open access, whether from a local institutional or a central digital repository.<ref>Harnad, S., Carr, L., Brody, T. and Oppenheim, C. (2003). "Mandated online RAE CVs linked to university eprint archives Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine". Ariadne, 35.</ref><ref>Swan, A., Needham, P., Probets, S., Muir, A., Oppenheim, C., O’Brien, A., Hardy, R., Rowland, F. and Brown, S. (2005). "Developing a model for e-prints and open access journal content in UK further and higher education Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine". Learned Publishing, 18 (1). pp. 25-40.</ref><ref>Crow, Raym (2006). The Case for Institutional Repositories: A SPARC Position Paper Archived 2011-02-04 at the Wayback Machine. Discussion Paper. Scholarly Publication and Academic Resources Coalition, Washington, D.C.</ref><ref>Swan, A. and Carr, L. (2008). "Institutions, their repositories and the Web Archived 2012-02-04 at the Wayback Machine". Serials Review, 34 (1).</ref>

When applied to journal articles, the term "eprints" covers both preprints (before peer review) and postprints (after peer review).

Digital versions of materials other than research documents are not usually called e-prints, but some other name, such as e-books.

See also

• Electronic article
• Electronic journal
• Electronic publishing
• Open access

External links

• What is an eprint? as defined in the FAQ section of eprints.org
• Eprints as defined by Stevan Harnad