Pediatrics Open Access
What is Open Access?
Open Access (OA) is a scholarly communication publishing model by which research information is made free online for anyone, with no access fees. Open Access papers are processed through the same traditional publishing models and follow a rigorous and timely peer-review process for all manuscripts.
All Pediatrics content publishes under one of the OA licenses described below: Hybrid (standard), Gold (the Creative Commons Attribution CC BY-NC-ND or CC BY licenses), or Zero Embargo Green Open Access.
Hybrid Open Access
Pediatrics and Hospital Pediatrics primarily publish under the traditional subscription hybrid model (Optional Open Access) with a 12-month embargo. If open access is pursued, an article processing charge (APC) is required. Note: A published, embargoed article cannot be shared publicly, for example on ResearchGate.
Authors who want their article to be immediately and permanently freed and/or posted on PubMed Central, will need to pay an author fee for Gold Open Access or Zero Embargo Green Open Access and sign a Pediatrics License to Publish agreement granting the journal a license to publish the article and identify the journal as the original publisher. All open access articles are subject to peer review.
NIH-funded authors and NIH employees are required to deposit their Accepted Manuscript to PubMed Central (PMC), to appear no later than 12 months after final publication. See NIH Frequently Asked Questions for full details.
Gold Open Access
There are two different Gold OA options with different costs and requirements.
Gold Option 1: NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
This Creative Commons license allows others to copy and redistribute your published article in any medium or format; authors must properly attribute the original article to the American Academy of Pediatrics as the publisher of the paper and provide a link to it. Authors cannot use the article for commercial purposes, and cannot distribute or remix, transform, or build upon it. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 for further information.
This license is preferred by such organizations as: National Institutes of Health, Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
| Article Pay Charge (APC) |
Yes ($3100) |
| Discounted AAP Member APC |
Yes ($2240; must request at time of billing) |
| Immediate Open Access |
Yes |
| Deposit to PubMed Central |
Yes |
| Copyright | CC BY-NC-ND license |
| Sign AAP License to Publish Agreement |
Yes |
| Share Manuscript Upon Publication |
Yes (Copy/Redistribute Only) |
| Commercial Reuse |
Yes |
| Self-Archived in Non-Commercial/Institutional Repository |
Yes (Final Version of Record; article published on AAP website) |
| Attribution (to the AAP as the publisher of the paper) |
Yes |
These guidelines are subject to change.
Gold Option 2: CC BY 4.0
This Creative Commons license lets others copy, redistribute, remix, transform, and build upon the published article, even commercially; authors must properly attribute the original article to the American Academy of Pediatrics as the publisher of the paper, provide a link to it, and indicate if changes were made. See https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 for further information.
This license is preferred by such organizations as: Wellcome Trust, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and Medical Research Council UK.
| Article Pay Charge (APC) |
Yes ($4500) |
| Discounted AAP Member APC |
Yes ($4150; must request at time of billing) |
| Immediate Open Access |
Yes |
| Deposit to PubMed Central |
Yes |
| Copyright | CC BY license |
| Sign AAP License to Publish Agreement |
Yes |
| Share Manuscript Upon Publication |
Yes (per CC BY 4.0 terms) |
| Commercial Reuse |
Yes |
| Self-Archived in Non-Commercial/Institutional Repository |
Yes (Final Version of Record; article published on AAP website) |
| Attribution (to the AAP as the publisher of the paper) |
Yes |
These guidelines are subject to change.
Zero Embargo Green Open Access (No 12-Month Embargo)
| Article Pay Charge (APC) |
$2,500 Author Pay Charge (APC) will be applied if the zero-embargo green OA route is requested at submission, and if the manuscript is accepted for publication. Final paper is open access upon publication, without a 12-month embargo If no zero-embargo (12-month embargo) is requested at submission, the $2,500 APC is waived, and the article publishes under the hybrid "no open access" 12-month embargo model |
| Copyright | American Academy of Pediatrics |
| Commercial Reuse |
No |
| Submission Cover Letter | The manuscript must include funder- or institution-recommended language regarding zero-embargo green open access |
| Self-Archiving (Non-Commercial or Institutional Repository) |
Authors are permitted to deposit a copy of their post peer-reviewed, accepted manuscript in an institutional repository or, if required, through the National
Institutes of Health Manuscript Submission (NIHMS) System upon acceptance for
publication. Self-archiving can occur after the official early release date of publication. |
| Article Version | Only the accepted manuscript version (post-peer review) may be self-archived, not the final published version |
| Citation |
The archived version must cite the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) as the publisher of the paper, and link to the final published online article upon publication |
| Restrictions | Authors are not allowed to deposit any version of the manuscript in commercial repositories, databases or websites, including ResearchGate |
These guidelines are subject to change.
