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Postprint

The author-accepted version of a manuscript after peer review and editorial decision of acceptance but before publisher typesetting and final layout — synonymous with 'author-accepted manuscript' (AAM) in many usage contexts.

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· Last updated 21 May 2026

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Examples

Worked examples

Is an instance
A copy of an article deposited in an institutional repository in the form it had immediately after acceptance

Counter-examples

Looks similar, but isn't

Not an instance
The publisher's PDF with typeset pagination is the version of record, not a postprint

Editorial commentary

The postprint contains the same intellectual content as the version of record but lacks the publisher’s typesetting, pagination, and any post-acceptance copy-editing. It is the version most commonly deposited in green-OA institutional repositories. Distinct from the OA-glossary ‘Post-print’ entry’s exact scope by treating it as a research-output category.

References

Plan S Rights Retention Strategy (2020)
NIH Public Access Policy

Also known as

Author-accepted manuscript (AAM) · Accepted manuscript

Machine-readable encodings

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JATS XML <role> element

xml

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      vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
      vocab-term="Postprint"
      vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/postprint" />

Schema.org DefinedTerm (JSON-LD)

json

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  "url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/postprint",
  "sameAs": [
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  ],
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "publisher": {
    "@id": "https://casrai.org/#organization"
  },
  "dateModified": "2026-05-21T02:03:57",
  "inLanguage": "en"
}

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