Q. I prefer that only the final published version of an article be made available, why does the policy ask for the accepted manuscript, which may have errors in it that were later corrected?

Publisher policies vary in the permissions they grant for redistribution of publications in repositories. Some only allow redistribution of the final version of record, while others specifically state that only the accepted manuscript version may be deposited. Some options you may want to consider:

• Include publisher policies among the factors you consider when selecting a journal to submit your research to, and submit more to journals that allow reuse of the publisher version.

• If it is not possible to use the final publisher version and corrections were made to the content during the final proofing step, you can apply these same edits to your accepted manuscript before sending it to us. In this way the content is accurate. The primary distinction between the accepted manuscript and the final publisher version should be of formatting, not content.