The Green Route – Open Access Archiving Policy

Authors can make their articles Open Access by archiving their article at no charge via the Green route.Authors who have published in a subscription journal can do this by depositing the version of the article accepted for publication (version 2) in their own institution’s repository.

• You retain copyright in your work.
• You may do whatever you wish with the version of the article you submitted to the journal – version 1.
• Once the article has been accepted for publication, you may post the accepted version (version 2) of the article on your own personal website, your department’s website or the repository of your institution without any restrictions.
• You may not post the accepted version (version 2) of the article in any repository other than those listed above (i.e. you may not deposit in the repository of another institution or a subject repository) until 12 months after first publication of the article in the journal.
• You may use the published article (version 3) for your own teaching needs or to supply on an individual basis to research colleagues, provided that such supply is not for commercial purposes.
• You may use the article (version 3) in a book you write or edit any time after publication in the journal.
• You may not post the published article (version 3) on any website or in any repository without permission from KKG Publications.
• When posting or re-using the article please provide a link to the appropriate DOI for the published version of the article on KKG Publications Journals (https://kkgpublications.com).