Documentation
Legacy documentation for OA.Works tools and community resources, including Direct2AAM.
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Direct2AAM: Helping Authors Find Author Accepted Manuscripts
To make it easier for authors to self-archive simply, quickly, and correctly, we’ve created Direct2AAM, a set of guides to turn the often unsuccessful hunt for author accepted manuscripts (AAM) into a simple set of instructions that’ll always bring results. The guides, available for most major journals, provide easy to follow instructions for authors to obtain an Author Accepted Manuscript from their journal submission system, where the AAM is stored during the publishing process.
June 2025: this resource is no longer actively maintained, but remains available for those who find it useful.
Guides
Direct2AAM: Pre-prints, post-prints, and publisher’s PDF explained
Archiving your research article can make your work freely accessible, for free, stops your research from being taken down, and gets you a wider audience to increase your research impact. But, it can be a bit tricky to know your rights and choose the right version of your work to share. Here we outline the various versions of your article, how to find them, and when you can share them.
June 2025: this resource is no longer actively maintained, but remains available for those who find it useful.
