Articles published under the Oxford Open model are made freely available online immediately upon publication, as part of a long-term archive, without subscription barriers to access. We have chosen to implement the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial license for articles published under the Oxford Open model. This means that users of articles published under the Oxford Open initiative are entitled to use, reproduce, disseminate, or display these articles provided that:

• The original authorship is properly and fully attributed;
• The journal and publisher are attributed as the original place of publication with correct citation details given;
• If an original work is subsequently reproduced or disseminated not in its entirety but only in part or as a derivative work this is clearly indicated;
• If an original work is subsequently reproduced or disseminated not in its entirety but only in part or as a derivative work this is clearly indicated;

This policy means that users have unrestricted rights to re-use Open Access content for educational and research purposes but not for commercial purposes. We believe that this provision will have several benefits: Oxford Journals can continue to act as a central point of contact for commercial re-use requests and will seek to protect the original author and the journal from misuse of published content; revenue resulting from such permission requests will be used by the participating journals to supplement publication charges for authors, thus helping to keep these charges as low as possible; and Oxford Journals will be able to monitor commercial re-use that could directly harm the business interests of the journal.

Oxford Journals automatically deposits open access articles in PubMed Central (PMC) for the majority of journals participating in Oxford Open. For a list of journals involved and for the latest information on the status of PMC deposits for individual journals please review journals which offer an open access model

Please note: authors not choosing the Oxford Open option should follow the standard post-print archiving policy of the relevant journal. This policy can be found in the journal's Author Instructions, or by contacting Permissions at Oxford Journals.

*A post-print is defined as the final draft author manuscript, as accepted for publication, including modifications based on referees' suggestions but before it has undergone copyediting and proof correction.

Please see here for more information regarding Oxford Journals' policy on depositing articles in repositories.