Psychonomic Society Publications Open/Public Access Policies

The Psychonomic Society publishes journals in order to disseminate scientific knowledge created by authors as widely as possible. The following access policies have been adopted by the Psychonomic Society Publications Committee.

  1. The PSP copyright agreement allows articles to be submitted to PubMed Central (PMC) and UK PubMed Central (UKPMC) in accordance with the policies of the NIH, the HHMI, the Wellcome Trust, and any other granting agencies that require archiving manuscripts as soon as they are accepted for publication. (PubMed Central is the U.S. National Institutes of Health [NIH] free digital archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature, and UK PubMed Central is its European counterpart.)
  2. It is the author’s responsibility to (1) inform the Publications Office that the article is subject to the Public Access Policy when it is accepted for publication; (2) upload the manuscript to PMC or UKPMC as required, using the information on the following Web pages:

    NIH/PMC submission process
    UKPMC submission process

  3. Authors are permitted to post manuscripts on their own Web sites (1) before they are submitted; (2) during the review/revision process; and (3) after they have been accepted for publication. In the case of manuscripts accepted for publication (in press), the posted manuscript must include the following statement at the top of the title page:

    This manuscript was accepted for publication in [name of journal] on [date]. The copyright is held by Psychonomic Society Publications. This document may not exactly correspond to the final published version. Psychonomic Society Publications disclaims any responsibility or liability for errors in this manuscript.

    Authors are encouraged to provide the URL of such self-archived in-press manuscripts to the Publications Office (by e-mail to journals@psychonomic.org) so that a link may be placed in the list of manuscripts accepted for publication on the PSP Web site. Once the article has been published, authors have permission to post the PDF of their paper (exact replica as published) on their own Web site provided that the paper is not used in a way that implies Psychonomic Society endorsement of any product or service.