"Acceptedmanuscript"referstoascholarlypaperthathasbeenpeer-reviewedandofficiallyacceptedforpublicationinanacademicjournalorconferenceproceedings.Atthisstage,themanuscripthassuccessfullypassedtheevaluationprocess,addressingreviewers'commentsandmeetingthepublicationstandards,buthasnotyetundergonefinaltypesettingorformattingbythepublisher.Theacceptedversiontypicallyrepresentstheauthor'sfinalpre-publicationdraft,whichmaylaterundergominoreditorialchangesbeforeappearinginitsfinalpublishedform.Researchersoftenshareacceptedmanuscriptstodisseminatefindingsquickly,astheycontainthecompletescientificcontentwhileawaitingformalpublication.Thisversionissometimescalledthe"post-print"or"authoracceptedmanuscript"(AAM).
