Repository policy

Investigación en Discapacidad adheres to Sherpa/RoMEO standards to facilitate transparency and alignment with international open-access repository guidelines. The journal supports self-archiving practices to maximize the visibility, accessibility, and impact of published research.

Self-Archiving Permissions

  1. Preprints (Submitted Manuscript)

    • Authors are permitted to deposit their preprint (original version submitted to the journal) in any institutional, disciplinary, or preprint repository.
    • Conditions:
      • Authors should include a statement that the manuscript has not yet been peer-reviewed and may differ from the final published version.
      • Example disclaimer: "This is a preprint version of the manuscript submitted to Investigación en Discapacidad and has not yet undergone peer review."

  2. Postprints (Accepted Manuscript)

    • Authors may archive the accepted manuscript (peer-reviewed version before typesetting) in repositories, including institutional, subject-specific, or public repositories, immediately upon acceptance.
    • Conditions:
      • Proper acknowledgment of the original publication is required, including citation details and a link to the DOI or official journal website.
      • Example citation: "This is the peer-reviewed version of the article published in Investigación en Discapacidad [DOI/URL]."

  3. Published Version (Version of Record)

    • Authors are allowed to deposit the final published version in institutional or public repositories immediately upon publication.
    • Conditions:
      • The deposited version must include attribution to the journal and a link to the DOI or the journal's official website.
      • Example citation: "This article is published in its final form in Investigación en Discapacidad [DOI/URL] and is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License."

Licensing and Rights

  • Articles are distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license, as classified under the Sherpa/RoMEO green category.
  • This license allows the free sharing, adaptation, and redistribution of the work with proper attribution, ensuring compliance with open-access repository requirements.

General Guidelines

  • Authors are encouraged to deposit their articles in recognized repositories such as:
    • Institutional repositories (e.g., university archives).
    • Disciplinary repositories (e.g., PubMed Central, RePEc).
    • General repositories (e.g., Zenodo, Figshare).
  • When depositing any version of the work, authors must provide a complete citation and, where applicable, the DOI or URL to the official publication.

Investigación en Discapacidad ensures its content is widely accessible while maintaining compliance with international standards. This policy reflects the journal's dedication to advancing open science and the global dissemination of disability research