Repository Policy

GreenTech is committed to open-access publishing, knowledge dissemination, and long-term digital preservation. In accordance with Sherpa Romeo's repository guidelines, the journal fully supports self-archiving and allows authors to deposit all versions of their manuscript—preprint, postprint (accepted version), and the final published version—without restriction in any repository or preprint server.

Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are encouraged to deposit and share their work in institutional repositories, subject-based repositories, preprint servers, and other academic archiving platforms, ensuring maximum visibility, accessibility, and impact.

1. Preprint (Author’s Original Manuscript – AOM)

  • Definition: The version of the manuscript before peer review.

  • Where to Deposit:
    ✅ Preprint servers (e.g., AgriXiv, arXiv, OSF Preprints, SSRN)
    ✅ Institutional repositories
    ✅ Author’s personal website or academic profile (e.g., ResearchGate, Academia.edu)

  • Embargo Policy: No embargo—immediate deposit is allowed.

  • License Recommendation: Authors are encouraged to assign a Creative Commons license to their preprint.

  • Statement Requirement: If the preprint is later accepted in GreenTech, authors must include the following notice:

    "This is a preprint of an article accepted in GreenTech. The final version is available at [DOI/link]."

2. Postprint (Accepted Manuscript – AM)

  • Definition: The peer-reviewed and accepted version of the manuscript before final formatting and typesetting by the journal.

  • Where to Deposit:
    ✅ Institutional and subject-specific repositories
    ✅ Personal or academic websites
    ✅ Research-sharing platforms (e.g., Zenodo, Figshare, ResearchGate)

  • Embargo Policy: No embargo—immediate sharing is allowed.

  • License Requirement: The postprint must be shared under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

  • Statement Requirement: The following statement must be included:

    "This is the peer-reviewed, accepted version of an article published in GreenTech. The final published version is available at [DOI/link]."

3. Published Version (Version of Record – VoR)

  • Definition: The final, formatted, and officially published version in GreenTech.

  • Where to Deposit:
    ✅ Institutional repositories
    ✅ Public repositories and indexing platforms
    ✅ Author’s website and academic networking sites

  • Embargo Policy: No embargo—immediate open access.

  • License Requirement: The final published version is distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), allowing unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction with proper citation.

  • Statement Requirement: The following notice must be added:

    "This is the published version of an article in GreenTech, available under CC BY 4.0 at [DOI/link]."