Self-archiving Policy

Self-Archiving Policy

Spectrum of Operational Research (SOR) permits authors to deposit and publicly share all versions of their manuscripts, including the submitted manuscript, the accepted manuscript, and the final published Version of Record.

Permitted Versions

Authors may self-archive:

  • the Submitted Manuscript – the version originally submitted to the journal before peer review;
  • the Accepted Manuscript – the author-created version incorporating revisions made during peer review and accepted for publication, before final journal production; and
  • the Version of Record – the final version formally published by SOR.

SOR does not impose an embargo period on the self-archiving of these versions.

Permitted Locations

Authors may deposit or share permitted manuscript versions in appropriate scholarly locations, including:

  • institutional repositories;
  • subject-based or disciplinary repositories;
  • authors' personal or professional websites;
  • departmental or institutional websites;
  • academic networking and scholarly sharing platforms; and
  • other appropriate non-exclusive repositories or scholarly dissemination services.

Version of Record and Attribution

When depositing or sharing the published Version of Record, authors should provide complete bibliographic information for the original publication, including the author(s), article title, journal title, volume, issue, page range or article number where applicable, publication year, and DOI.

Authors are encouraged to use the DOI of the final published article as the canonical link when sharing any version of the manuscript after publication.

Copyright and License

Articles published in SOR are made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0) .

Sharing and reuse of the published Version of Record must comply with the applicable license terms, including appropriate attribution to the original author(s) and source, provision of a link to the license, and indication of changes where applicable.

Detailed information concerning copyright ownership, licensing, reuse, attribution, permissions, and third-party material is provided in the journal's Copyright and Licensing policy.

Relationship to the Open Access Policy

The journal's broader principles concerning immediate and unrestricted access to published articles are described in its Open Access Policy .