Open Access for Journals

Viruses: RoMEO green journal

  • On open access repositories
  • Publisher's version/PDF may be used
  • Published source must be acknowledged
  • Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0
  • Authors retain copyright
  • Authors are encouraged to submit their published articles to institutional repositories


Virology: RoMEO green journal

  • Authors pre-print on any website, including arXiv and RePEC
  • Author's post-print on author's personal website immediately
  • Author's post-print on open access repository after an embargo period of between 12 months and 48 months
  • Permitted deposit due to Funding Body, Institutional and Governmental policy or mandate, may be required to comply with embargo periods of 12 months to 48 months
  • Author's post-print may be used to update arXiv and RepEC
  • Publisher's version/PDF cannot be used
  • Must link to publisher version with DOI
  • Author's post-print must be released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License

Cell: RoMEO yellow

  • Author's pre-prints on ArXiv, bioRxiv or BioRN
  • On non-commercial hosting platforms including institutional repository
  • Published source must be acknowledged
  • Must link to journal homepage with DOI
  • Publisher's version/PDF cannot be used
  • Author's post-print must be released with a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives License

» Glossary: Open Science in the Life Sciences