General terms
- Listed here are details extracted from standardized policies and copyright agreements that are freely available online. However, we do not assume any liability for this information and generally recommend checking the publishing contracts again with regard to copyrights.
- In case you have agreed to deviating terms with the publisher please check your copyright agreement and follow the respective terms. To obtain permission to use a different version, shorten the embargo period, or the like, contact the publisher. Most publishers handle permissions with help of the RightsLink service by the Copyright Clearance Center.
- You always have to give a proper, full citation and use the DOI to link to the published version.
- Some (not all) publishers have different policies for self-archiving and re-use depending on the publication type: journal article or book chapter. While this list focuses on policies that cover journal articles some policies for book chapters are also included. Please check carefully whether the described policy applies to your type of contribution.
- You might be able find information about self-archiving guidelines of publishers not included in the list in the Sherpa Romeo database.
- If your article was published open access under a Creative Commons Licence, there are a wider re-use options.
- For an explanation of the terms preprint, postprint etc. go to the page Self-archiving.
- Prior publication regulation: Many academic publishers nowadays accept articles for publication, even if they have already been published online as part of an open access dissertation. Similar to how preprints are treated, online disssertations often also do not count as "prior publication" according to many publihers's policies. see also: Discussion document on best practice for issues around theses publishing (by the Commitee on Publication Ethics)
Publishers' policies on cumulative doctoral theses
The following table gives an overview of the most important publisher's policies on integrating content into doctoral theses.
Provision of ETH Zurich
According to the valid Doctoral Regulations and the Implementation Regulations of ETH Zurich, the use of the published article version (publisher's version pdf) is not allowed.
Licence & Acknowledgement
The following list is distributed under a Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication (CC0). It was originally retrieved from the Publisher thesis policies list provided by TU Berlin. n. a. https://www.science.org/pb-assets/migrated/sites/default/files/Lic_Info_2021_final-1628462649.pdf 2023-01-16 A.D. 2023-01-16 A.D. Journals have different policies on prior publication, cf. https://pubs.acs.org/pb-assets/acspubs/Migrated/dissertation-1632927826810.pdf 2023-01-16 A.D. 2023-01-19 A.D. 2023-01-19 A.D. 2023-01-19 A.D. 2023-01-20 A.D. 2023-01-20 A.D. https://www.asbmb.org/journals-news/editorial-policies#copyright 2023-01-20 A.D. 2023-01-27 A.D. Permitted 2023-01-27 A.D. 2023-01-27 A.D. 2023-01-27 A.D. 2023-02-02 A.D. https://www.cambridge.org/about-us/rights-permissions/faqs 2023-02-20 A.D. 2023-02-20 A.D. 2023-01-20 A.D. Rights and Permissions | De Gruyter 2023-02-20 A.D. Citation: The final version is available in [insert book title] edited by [insert editor(s) or author(s)], published in 20xx by Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/978XXXXXXXXXX.000XX 2023-02-20 A.D. Author Rights Policy (subscription articles) - IOPscience - Publishing Support 2023-02-21 A.D. Article Sharing Policy confirmed by publisher (e-mail, October 2019) 2023-01-30 A.D. 2023-02-21 A.D. 2023-01-20 A.D. https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Publications/Info_Services/Copyright/GSA/Pubs/guide/copyright.aspx 2023-02-21 A.D. 2023-02-21 A.D. 2023-02-24 A.D. Fair Use Policy | IGI Global (igi-global.com) 2023-02-24 A.D. 2023-02-24 A.D. 2023-02-24 A.D. 2023-02-24 A.D. 2023-02-24 A.D. 2023-01-20 A.D. Nature author licence policy 2023-02-20 A.D. 2023-02-24 A.D. 2023-02-24 A.D. 2023-02-27 ms 2023-01-20 A.D. 2023-02-27 ms 2023-02-27 ms https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/media-embargo/ https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/misconduct/ 2023-02-27 ms Acknowledgement must be included: "Reproduced from Ref. XX with permission from the Royal Society of Chemistry" 2023-02-27 ms 2023-02-01 ms 2023-02-01 ms 2023-02-01 ms Must include the following information: 2023-02-01 ms Copyright Statement (journal article): Please check the Copyright Transfer Statement (CTS) or Licence to Publish (LTP) that you have signed with Springer Nature to find further information about the reuse of your content. Inclusion of unpublished articles in thesis not permitted. https://www.springer.com/gp/open-access/publication-policies https://www.springer.com/gp/rights-permissions/obtaining-permissions/882 2023-02-01 Copyright statements: 2023-02-01 ms 2023-02-01 ms Copyright statements 2023-02-01 ms Copyright statements 2023-02-01 ms Copyright statements 2023-02-01Publisher Reuse permitted in doctoral theses for... Special requirements Prior publication regulation (e.g. will the publisher accept your article even if you have already posted it online as part of your open access theses?) Source Last checked AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science) ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) permitted https://authors.acm.org/author-resources/author-rights ACS (American Chemical Society)
Chemical Society." Insert the appropriate wording in place of the capitalized words.
http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/prior/index.html
→ check policy for each journalAGU (American Geophysical Union)
include fixed statements "Submitted for publication in (journal title)."
include fixed statements "Accepted for publication in (journal title). Copyright (year) American Geophysical Union.
Further reproduction or electronic distribution is not permitted."permitted Usage Permissions,
Dual Publication PolicyAIP (American Institute of Physics) permitted AMS (American Mathematical Society)
or "© 202x by [author(s) name(s)]")permitted AMS Copyright Policy
Consent to Publish and Copyright Agreement FormAPA (American Psychological Association)
at: [ARTICLE DOI]"permitted for preprint APA Journals® Internet Posting Guidelines
APA Publications Rights FormAPS (American Physical Society) Include APS copyright credit line ("© [YEAR] American Physical Society") and bibliographic citation APS Copyright Policies and Frequently Asked Questions ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) Include fixed statement "This research was originally published in Journal Name. Author(s). Title. Journal Name. Year, vol. pp-pp. © the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology." ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) Citation and link must be included Publishing in ASCE Journals ASM (American Society for Microbiology) Please give proper credit: “Proper credit” means either the copyright lines shown on the top of the first page of the PDF version, or “Copyright © American Society for Microbiology, [insert journal name, volume number, year, page numbers and DOI]” of the HTML version. Statement of Author Rights ASME (American Society of mechanical engineers) author must obtain publisher's permission author must obtain publisher's permission Böhlau Brill n.a. Self-Archiving Rights
Rights & PermissionsCambridge (Books) Include fixed statement:
"Reprinted with permission. This material has been published in [Title] by / edited by [Author / Editor]. This version is free to view and download for personal use only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works.
© insert copyright holder."n. a. Cambridge (Journals) include fixed statement:
"Reprinted with permission. This article has been published in a revised form in [Journal] [http://doi.org/XXX]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © copyright holder."Permissions FAQs | Cambridge University Press Copernicus n.a. permitted Licence and copyright agreement De Gruyter n.a. Edward Elgar
The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.ECS (Electrochemical Society) Elsevier n.a.
Permissions
Author rightsEmerald n.a. Emerald author rights Frontiers n.a. Author Guidelines GSA (Geological Society of America) Please provide the bibliographic citation and the GSA copyright credit line on an appropriate page. IAEE (International Association for Energy Economics) Please cite and indicate the source. Publishing Agreement,
Green Open Access,
EJ Publishing AgreementIEEE include fixed statement: "© 20xx IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works." IEEE - Authors Rights and Responsibilities IGI Global IOP (Institute of Physics) n.a. Author Rights Policy (subscription articles) - IOPscience - Publishing Support IWA Publishing Rights and Permissions | IWA Publishing (iwaponline.com) Lippincott Williams & Wilkins n.a. n.a. please contact the responsible editor before submission Mary Ann Liebert n.a. Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers | Authors (liebertpub.com) MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) n.a. permitted MDPI Open Access Information and Policy Nature portfolio n.a. permitted
Nature Permissions requests
Nature journals' policy on duplicate publicationOptical Society of America (OSA) n.a. Author Resources: Copyright Transfer and Licensing Information (optica.org) Oxford University Press (Books)
(max. 1 chapter per book/anthology)
→ varies per discipline, cf. Author ReusePermitted Author self-archiving policy Oxford University Press (Journals) generally permitted, managing editor should be informed Author self-archiving policy,
Embargo periods per journal,
Publication Rights Policies, PLOS (Public Library of Science) n.a. permitted Open Access,
e.g. PLOS One Criteria for Publication and Ethical Publishing Practice https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/licenses-and-copyrightPNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.) Provide a link to the work on PNAS.org and include a copyright statement n.a. please contact the responsible editor Routledge Policy unknown → managing editor should be contacted Policies for Open Access Book Chapters,
Publishing Open Access Books: ChaptersRS (Royal Society) Citation and link must be included; Postprints (AAM) can even be included with CC-BY license, if applicable Permitted RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) Permitted Licences, copyright & permissions,
Our processes & policies, SAGE DOI and fixed statement must be included: "Author(s), Article Title, Journal Title (Journal Volume Number and Issue Number) pp. xx-xx. Copyright © [year] (Copyright Holder). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications." generally permitted, except for some journals (cf. journal exceptions), follow directions for Prior Publication Journal Author Archiving Policies and Re-Use,
Copyright and PermissionsSIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)
(e.g., "Copyright © by SIAM. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.")n.a. Consent to Publish (PDF) SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) n.a. Permitted SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers) n.a. https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/article-sharing-policies Springer
msTaylor & Francis Permitted for preprint Sharing your work,
Open Acces journal finder Thieme
online. not permitted: Thieme Publishing Group will not accept material for publication in a journal that has previously been published elsewhere. Archiving Policy Wiley generally permitted, some journals have deviating rules → check policy for each journal Wiley FAQ licensing and copyright,
Wiley Self-archving policy,
CTA Sample,
ELA SampleWiley-VCH Policy ambiguous
→ recommended to contact managing editorCopyright Transfer Agreement
Author Compliance ToolWorld Scientific
12 months for postprintpermitted (include statement) Author Rights
ms