Does my publisher allow me to deposit my published articles in Manchester eScholar?
If you have assigned the copyright of your work to your publisher and the copyright statement indicated that you are not allowed to deposit those materials in an institutional repository (or in another electronic source, such as a personal website) then you shouldn’t submit those materials to the repository. An increasing number of publishers do now allow some form of self-archiving. Check any copyright agreements carefully before depositing work to Manchester eScholar to be sure of which version you are allowed to deposit. We would recommend that you retain the copyright of your work wherever possible. You can use the SHERPA/RoMEO service to check permissions that are normally given as part of each publisher’s copyright transfer agreement.
