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Q. If I don’t publish in an open access journal, but still want to make my work available to the public, how can I do that legally?

The majority of publishers give authors the right to self-archive their article in an open access repository, provided that:

the open repository as an institutional repository (not something like ResearchGate, but instead something like UT’s TRACE),
the version in the repository is the post-print (see this graphic for a definition of the post-print), and
the repository version is under an embargo for 6-12 months (you can add your work to TRACE now and set the embargo to be lifted on a date you specify).

Email TRACE@utk.edu for help with submitting your work to TRACE!

Answered By: Olivia Chin

Last Updated: Aug 22, 2025 Views: 167