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Journal Specific Embargo Periods 2019 Journal Specific Embargo Periods 2019 The following journal-specific embargo periods are set to ensure the sustainability of individual journals, and reflect their individual dynamics. See our sharing guidelines for details about when embargos apply See our agreements page for details about complying with funding body OA policies Please note: Elsevier embargo periods are under regular revision and so are subject to change. ISSN Journal Name Embargo Period (months) 1876-2859 Academic Pediatrics 12 1076-6332 Academic Radiology 12 0001-4575 Accident Analysis & Prevention 36 0155-9982 Accounting Forum 24 0361-3682 Accounting, Organizations and Society 24 0094-5765 Acta Astronautica 24 1874-1029 Acta Automatica Sinica 24 1742-7061 Acta Biomaterialia 24 0122-7262 Acta Colombiana de Cuidado Intensivo 12 1872-2032 Acta Ecologica Sinica 24 0001-5814 Acta Haematologica Polonica 12 0065-1281 Acta Histochemica 12 1359-6454 Acta Materialia 24 0252-9602 Acta Mathematica Scientia 24 0894-9166 Acta Mechanica Solida Sinica 24 1146-609X Acta Oecologica 24 2173-5735 Acta Otorrinolaringologica (English Edition) 12 0001-6519 Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola 12 0001-6918 Acta Psychologica 24 0001-706X Acta Tropica 12 0001-7310 Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas 12 1578-2190 Actas Dermo-Sifiliograficas (English Edition) 12 0210-4806 Actas Urologicas Espanolas 12 2173-5786 Actas Urologicas Espanolas (English Edition) 12 0515-3700 Actualites Pharmaceutiques 12 2211-7660 Acupuncture and Related Therapies 12 1570-8705 Ad Hoc Networks 24 0306-4603 Addictive Behaviors 24 2214-8604 Additive Manufacturing 24 0306-3747 Additives for Polymers 24 0169-409X Advanced Drug Delivery Reviews 12 1474-0346 Advanced Engineering Informatics 24 0921-8831 Advanced Powder Technology 24 0882-6110 Advances in Accounting 24 0737-6146 Advances in Anesthesia 12 0196-8858 Advances in Applied Mathematics 24 2212-4926 Advances in Biological Regulation 12 1548-5595 Advances in Chronic Kidney Disease 12 0001-8686 Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 24 2542-4327 Advances in Cosmetic Surgery 12 0965-9978 Advances in Engineering Software 24 2212-9588 Advances in Integrative Medicine 24 1040-2608 Advances in Life Course Research 24 0001-8708 Advances in Mathematics 24 1896-1126 Advances in Medical Sciences 12 0065-3101 Advances in Pediatrics 12 1041-7826 Advances in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery 12 0273-1177 Advances in Space Research 24 0065-3411 Advances in Surgery 12 0309-1708 Advances in Water Resources 24 1875-9637 Aeolian Research 24 1270-9638 Aerospace Science and Technology 24 1434-8411 AEU - International Journal of Electronics and Communications 24 1568-1637 Ageing Research Reviews 12 1359-1789 Aggression and Violent Behavior 36 0168-1923 Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 24 0308-521X Agricultural Systems 24 0378-3774 Agricultural Water Management 24 0167-8809 Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 24 1067-991X Air Medical Journal 12 0741-8329 Alcohol 12 2353-3854 Alergologia Polska - Polish Journal of Allergology 12 2211-9264 Algal Research 24 0301-0546 Allergologia et Immunopathologia 12 1875-0672 ALTER - European Journal of Disability Research / Revue Europeenne de 12 Recherche sur le Handicap 1552-5260 Alzheimer's & Dementia 12 0002-8703 American Heart Journal 12 0196-6553 American Journal of Infection Control 12 0272-6386 American Journal of Kidney Diseases 12 0002-9378 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 12 2589-9333 American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology MFM 12 0002-9394 American Journal of Ophthalmology 12 0889-5406 American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics 12 0196-0709 American Journal of Otolaryngology 12 0749-3797 American Journal of Preventive Medicine 12 1075-9964 Anaerobe 12 1472-0299 Anaesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine 12 2352-5568 Anaesthesia Critical Care & Pain Medicine 12 1130-2542 Anales de Cirugia Vascular 12 1695-4033 Anales de Pediatria 12 2341-2879 Anales de Pediatria (English Edition) 12 1696-2818 Anales de Pediatria Continuada 12 2213-6657 Analytic Methods in Accident Research 24 0003-2670 Analytica Chimica Acta 12 0003-2697 Analytical Biochemistry 24 2352-5800 Anesthesie & Reanimation 12 1932-2275 Anesthesiology Clinics 12 0003-3170 Angiologia 12 0003-3472 Animal Behaviour 24 0377-8401 Animal Feed Science and Technology 12 0378-4320 Animal Reproduction Science 12 0003-4266 Annales d'Endocrinologie 12 0003-3928 Annales de Cardiologie et d'Angeiologie 12 0294-1260 Annales de Chirurgie Plastique Esthetique 12 0299-2213 Annales de Chirurgie Vasculaire 12 0151-9638 Annales de Dermatologie et de Venereologie 12 0294-1449 Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincare (C) Non Linear Analysis 24 0753-3969 Annales de Paleontologie 12 0242-6498 Annales de Pathologie 12 1879-7261 Annales Francaises d'Oto-rhino-laryngologie et de Pathologie Cervico- 12 faciale 0003-4487 Annales Medico-psychologiques, revue psychiatrique 12 0003-4509 Annales Pharmaceutiques Francaises 12 1081-1206 Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology 12 0940-9602 Annals of Anatomy - Anatomischer Anzeiger 12 1092-9134 Annals of Diagnostic Pathology 12 0196-0644 Annals of Emergency Medicine 12 1047-2797 Annals of Epidemiology 12 2214-9996 Annals of Global Health 12 0306-4549 Annals of Nuclear Energy 24 1877-0657 Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 12 0003-4916 Annals of Physics 24 0168-0072 Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 24 0160-7383 Annals of Tourism Research 36 0890-5096 Annals of Vascular Surgery 12 1367-5788 Annual Reviews in Control 24 2213-3054 Anthropocene 24 0166-3542 Antiviral Research 12 0001-2092 AORN Journal 12 0976-0016 Apollo Medicine 12 0195-6663 Appetite 24 0003-682X Applied Acoustics 24 1063-5203 Applied and Computational Harmonic Analysis 24 0168-1591 Applied Animal Behaviour Science 12 0926-860X Applied Catalysis A: General 24 0926-3373 Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 24 0169-1317 Applied Clay Science 24 0306-2619 Applied Energy 24 0003-6870 Applied Ergonomics 24 0883-2927 Applied Geochemistry 24 0143-6228 Applied Geography 24 2352-9407 Applied Materials Today 24 0307-904X Applied Mathematical Modelling 24 0096-3003 Applied Mathematics and Computation 24 0893-9659 Applied Mathematics Letters 24 0168-9274 Applied Numerical Mathematics 24 0897-1897 Applied Nursing Research 12 0141-1187 Applied Ocean Research 24 0969-8043 Applied Radiation and Isotopes 24 1568-4946 Applied Soft Computing 24 0929-1393 Applied Soil Ecology 24 0169-4332 Applied Surface Science 24 1359-4311 Applied Thermal Engineering 24 1886-6581 Apunts.
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