From: Ari Belenkiy <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 20:28:48 -0700 Yes, there is a so-called "Early View". See for example, http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-985X/earlyview This version does not have pages, but it is considered a publication. Ari Belenkiy On Sun, Jun 17, 2012 at 4:27 PM, LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Anthony Watkinson <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 09:14:00 +0100 > > People on this list may have forgotten this rather important question from > Robert Kiley. At least I thought it was important especially because in my > experience many publishers are very poor at making clear on their sites > their policies regarding their VOR. I consulted with Ed Pentz of CrossRef. > Here is his reply: > > "Robert's question is whether AOP and VOR are "identical" but the more > fundamental issue is whether the AOP is the VOR. I'm sure in some cases the > AOP and VOR are identical and in others they aren't - some publishers > probably consider the AOP the VOR while others don't. The key issue with > something having a CrossMark is that whatever the version the publisher is > committed to maintain it and use CrossMark to provide alerts of any MAJOR > changes that would effect the crediting or interpretation of the work. > > CrossMark actually focuses on the "publisher-maintained version" which is > often the Version of Record but can be an AOP version. In the current > version of CrossMark there is no version statement or mention of "version of > record" since users didn't know what that meant and publishers had varying > meanings of it as well." > > Ed has agreed for this reply to be made public and he is also on the list > and can answer follow up questions. > > Anthony > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Kiley, Robert" <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wed, 30 May 2012 13:35:31 +0100 > > Dear List members > > Does anyone know whether there is any difference between an "ahead of > print" (AOP) publication and a "version of record" (VOR) publication? > Typically an AOP article may not include metadata like issue and page > numbers - but other than this, can the AOP always be considered as > identical to the VoR? > > I looked at the NISO Journal Article Versions document ( > http://www.niso.org/publications/rp/RP-8-2008.pdf) but couldn't see > any reference to the AOP version. > > Many thanks > Robert > > Robert Kiley > Head of Digital Services > Wellcome Library > mailto:[log in to unmask] > Library Web site: http://library.wellcome.ac.uk