The Author's Accepted Manuscript (AAM) is the final version of the article immediately preceding typesetting and layout. It has undergone review and contains all of the author's final edits.
Most funders allow the AAM to be deposited in an appropriate repository to meet policy requirements; this can save researchers thousands of dollars in article publishing charges!
If you are publishing in a subscription journal, you may be given the option to pay an Article Processing Charge (APC) to make your article open access. But in most cases, you will be able to share the AAM as a free alternative.
