Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
The publisher's typeset PDF of a Nature article carrying volume, issue, and page numbers
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
An author-accepted manuscript posted to a repository is not the VoR (it is the postprint)
Editorial commentary
The VoR is what a paper’s DOI most commonly resolves to. Corrections, retractions, and updates apply to the VoR via linked notices. NISO’s Journal Article Versions (JAV) recommendation distinguishes VoR from earlier versions (submitted, accepted) and from corrected/enhanced post-publication versions.
References
- NISO Journal Article Versions Recommended Practice (NISO RP-8-2008)
- Crossref VoR identification
Also known as
VoR · Published version · Final published article
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
xml
<role vocab="credit"
vocab-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/"
vocab-term="Version of record (VoR)"
vocab-term-identifier="https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/version-of-record" />json
{
"@context": "https://schema.org",
"@type": "DefinedTerm",
"@id": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/version-of-record",
"name": "Version of record (VoR)",
"identifier": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/version-of-record",
"description": "The final, formally published version of a scholarly work as issued by the publisher — including typesetting, pagination, copy-editing, and an assigned bibliographic citation — which is the canonical citable form of the work absent subsequent corrections.",
"inDefinedTermSet": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/domain/research-outputs#set",
"url": "https://casrai.org/dictionary/term/version-of-record",
"sameAs": [
"VoR",
"Published version",
"Final published article"
],
"license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
"publisher": {
"@id": "https://casrai.org/#organization"
},
"dateModified": "2026-05-21T02:04:04",
"inLanguage": "en"
}
