Typical publishing workflow for an academic journal article (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/preprint" class="extiw" title="w:preprint">preprint</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/postprint" class="extiw" title="w:postprint">postprint</a>, and published) with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/open_access" class="extiw" title="w:open access">open access</a> sharing rights per <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=SHERPA/RoMEO&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="SHERPA/RoMEO (page does not exist)">SHERPA/RoMEO</a>.
<a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Evolution_and_evolvability" title="User:Evolution and evolvability">Thomas Shafee</a>
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<span class="int-own-work" lang="en">Own work</span>; adapted from diagram by <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Vboa_oz&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="User:Vboa oz (page does not exist)">Ginny Barbour</a>