Published at October 26th, 2025 Last updated 8 days ago

How to determine OA status in Pure: a matrix view

This page contains a series of tables that give an at-a-glance overview of the Open Access status of a Research Output in Pure depending on information available in the system. 

Each table shows all possible options available in a given publication state. 

OPEN
EMBARGOED
CLOSED
INDETERMINATE
NONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

Publication state: Accepted / In press

Publication state Access to an electronic version Document version of file Public access to file

Embargo

state

Record

visibility

Open Access status

In preparation

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

Submitted

 

 

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted / In press Document

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open  

Public

OPEN

Restricted

CLOSED

Embargoed In force

Public

EMBARGOED

Restricted

CLOSED

Passed

Public

OPEN

Restricted

CLOSED

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Link

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open

 

 

OPEN

Embargoed

In force

 

EMBARGOED

Passed

 

OPEN

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

DOI

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open

 

 

OPEN

Embargoed

In force

 

EMBARGOED

Passed

 

OPEN

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

None

 

 

 

 

NONE

           

 

Publication state: Published online ahead of print

Publication state Access to an electronic version Document version of file Public access to file

Embargo

state

Record

visibility

Open Access status
Published online ahead of print Document

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open  

Public

OPEN

Restricted

CLOSED

Embargoed In force

Public

EMBARGOED

Restricted

CLOSED

Passed

Public

OPEN

Restricted

CLOSED

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Link

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open

 

 

OPEN

Embargoed

In force

 

EMBARGOED

Passed

 

OPEN

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

DOI

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open

 

 

OPEN

Embargoed

In force

 

EMBARGOED

Passed

 

OPEN

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

None

 

 

 

 

NONE

 

Publication state: Published

Publication state Access to an electronic version Document version of file Public access to file

Embargo

state

Record

visibility

Open Access status
Published Document

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open  

Public

OPEN

Restricted

CLOSED

Embargoed In force

Public

EMBARGOED

Restricted

CLOSED

Passed

Public

OPEN

Restricted

CLOSED

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Link

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open

 

 

OPEN

Embargoed

In force

 

EMBARGOED

Passed

 

OPEN

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

DOI

Submitted manuscript

 

 

 

NONE

Accepted author manuscript

 

OR

 

Proof

 

OR

 

Final published version

Open

 

 

OPEN

Embargoed

In force

 

EMBARGOED

Passed

 

OPEN

Unknown

 

 

INDETERMINATE

Restricted

 

 

CLOSED

Closed

 

 

CLOSED

Other version

 

 

 

NONE

No value

 

 

 

INDETERMINATE

None

 

 

 

 

NONE

Unpublished           NONE

 

Publication state: Unpublished

Publication state Access to an electronic version Document version of file Public access to file

Embargo

state

Record

visibility

Open Access status
Unpublished           NONE