Cumulative doctoral theses

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.

Publisher	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)	Reuse of the own Postprint (without publisher's templates) in author's thesis No embargo	n. a.		https://www.science.org/pb-assets/migrated/sites/default/files/Lic_Info_2021_final-1628462649.pdf	2023-01-16 A.D.
ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)	All or part of the own article (Journal Article, Conference Papers) Preprint, Postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo		permitted	https://authors.acm.org/author-resources/author-rights	2023-01-16 A.D.
ACS (American Chemical Society)	All or part of the own Journal Article Preprint, Postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	"Reprinted with permission from [COMPLETE REFERENCE CITATION], Copyright [YEAR] American Chemical Society." Insert the appropriate wording in place of the capitalized words.	Journals have different policies on prior publication, cf. http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/prior/index.html → check policy for each journal	https://pubs.acs.org/pb-assets/acspubs/Migrated/dissertation-1632927826810.pdf	2023-01-16 A.D.
AGU (American Geophysical Union)	All or part of the own Article Preprint = No embargo Postprint (without publisher's templates) = 6 months after official publication by the AGU	submitted articles: include fixed statements "Submitted for publication in (journal title)." accepted articles: 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 Policy	2023-01-19 A.D.
AIP (American Institute of Physics)	All or part of the own Journal Article Preprint, Postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	submitted and accepted articles: include fixed statement "The following article has been submitted to/accepted by [Name of Journal]. After it is published, it will be found at (URL/link to the entry page of the journal)" published articles: include fixed statement "This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and AIP Publishing. The following article appeared in (citation of published article) and may be found at (URL/link for published article abstract)."	permitted	Web posting guidelines Author licenses License to publish agreement for journals	2023-01-19 A.D.
AMS (American Mathematical Society)	All or part of the own Article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	include fixed statement "First published in [Publication] in [volume/issue number and year], published by the American Mathematical Society" include applicable copyright notice ("© 202x American Mathematical Society." or "© 202x by [author(s) name(s)]")	permitted	AMS Copyright Policy Consent to Publish and Copyright Agreement Form	2023-01-19 A.D.
APA (American Psychological Association)	All or part of the own Article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	submitted articles: reference to publisher and journal, giving the date of submission is recommended (e.g. "Draft version 1.3, 1/5/16. This paper has not been peer reviewed. published articles: include fixed statement "©American Psychological Association, [Year]. This paper is not the copy of record and may not exactly replicate the authoritative document published in the APA journal. The final article is available, upon publication, at: [ARTICLE DOI]"	permitted for preprint	APA Journals® Internet Posting Guidelines APA Publications Rights Form	2023-01-20 A.D.
APS (American Physical Society)	All or part of the own Journal Article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Include APS copyright credit line ("© [YEAR] American Physical Society") and bibliographic citation		APS Copyright Policies and Frequently Asked Questions	2023-01-20 A.D.
ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology)	All or part of the own Journal Article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	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."		https://www.asbmb.org/journals-news/editorial-policies#copyright	2023-01-20 A.D.
ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers)	ASCE grants permission Postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Citation and link must be included		Publishing in ASCE Journals	2023-01-27 A.D.
ASM (American Society for Microbiology)	Right to reuse the own full article in his/her dissertation or thesis. postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	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.	Permitted (s. Duplicate Publications)	Statement of Author Rights	2023-01-27 A.D.
ASME (American Society of mechanical engineers)	author must obtain publisher's permission fee might be charged for online reuse	author must obtain publisher's permission	author must obtain publisher's permission	ASME Copyright Guidelines ASME Publication Permissions ASME OA Policies	2023-01-27 A.D.
Böhlau	author must obtain publisher's permission Postprint (without publisher's templates)				2023-01-27 A.D.
Brill	Article, Book chapter permission is required Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)	n.a.		Self-Archiving Rights Rights & Permissions	2023-02-02 A.D.
Cambridge (Books)	Author and Co-Author 1 Book chapter (not exceeding 20 per cent of the whole book) Preprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	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.	https://www.cambridge.org/about-us/rights-permissions/faqs	2023-02-20 A.D.
Cambridge (Journals)	Author or Co-Author Journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) individual journals may have different policies	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	2023-02-20 A.D.
Copernicus	Open access publisher! All or part of the Journal Article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	n.a.	permitted	Licence and copyright agreement	2023-01-20 A.D.
De Gruyter	Author own Journal article, Book chapter preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) 12 months embargo	n.a.		Rights and Permissions \| De Gruyter	2023-02-20 A.D.
Edward Elgar	Max. 2 Book chapters or aticles preprint, postprint version (without publisher's templates)	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 The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only.		Edward Elgar Publishing - Reuse of your work (e-elgar.com)	2023-02-20 A.D.
ECS (Electrochemical Society)	Author own article Preprint or Postprint (without publisher's templates) 12 months Embargo			Author Rights Policy (subscription articles) - IOPscience - Publishing Support	2023-02-21 A.D.
Elsevier	All or part of the own journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	n.a.	generally permitted, some journals have deviating rules: check policy for each journal e.g. Cell Press and Lancet:	Article Sharing Permissions Author rights Policy confirmed by publisher (e-mail, October 2019)	2023-01-30 A.D.
Emerald	Author own journal article or book chapter Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	n.a.		Emerald author rights	2023-02-21 A.D.
Frontiers	Open access publisher! All or part of the Journal Article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	n.a.	permitted for online theses some journals have different policies for print-only theses: check policy for each journal	Author Guidelines	2023-01-20 A.D.
GSA (Geological Society of America)	All or part of the own journal article Preprint or postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Please provide the bibliographic citation and the GSA copyright credit line on an appropriate page.		https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Publications/Info_Services/Copyright/GSA/Pubs/guide/copyright.aspx	2023-02-21 A.D.
IAEE (International Association for Energy Economics)	All or part of the own journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Please cite and indicate the source.		Publishing Agreement, Green Open Access, EJ Publishing Agreement	2023-02-21 A.D.
IEEE	All or part of the own article Journal article, Book chapter Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	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	2023-02-24 A.D.
IGI Global	author must obtain publisher's permission	author must obtain publisher's permission	author must obtain publisher's permission	Fair Use Policy \| IGI Global (igi-global.com)	2023-02-24 A.D.
IOP (Institute of Physics)	All or part of the own journal article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) 12 months embargo for postprint	n.a.		Author Rights Policy (subscription articles) - IOPscience - Publishing Support	2023-02-24 A.D.
IWA Publishing	All or part of the own journal article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Unpublished articles: note on publisher and journal has to be included, recommended to include date of submission Published articles: reference published material, preferably with fixed statement "©IWA Publishing [year of publication]. The definitive peer-reviewed and edited version of this article is published in [name of journal] [volume] [issue] [pages] [year] [DOI] and is available at www.iwapublishing.com."		Rights and Permissions \| IWA Publishing (iwaponline.com)	2023-02-24 A.D.
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins	Own article Preprint permitted Postprint (without publisher's templates): written permission required Embargo applies, please refer to Copyright Transfer Agreement of the journal for details	n.a.	n.a. please contact the responsible editor before submission	https://shop.lww.com/journal-permission	2023-02-24 A.D.
Mary Ann Liebert	Preprint or Postprint (without publisher's templates) of own article No embargo	Please add the following statement: “Final publication is available from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers http://dx.doi.org/[insert DOI]”	n.a.	Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers \| Authors (liebertpub.com)	2023-02-24 A.D.
MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)	Open access publisher! All or part of Journal Article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	n.a.	permitted	MDPI Open Access Information and Policy	2023-01-20 A.D.
Nature portfolio	All or part of the own journal article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)	n.a.	permitted	Nature author licence policy Nature Permissions requests Nature journals' policy on duplicate publication	2023-02-20 A.D.
Optical Society of America (OSA)	Author own article Postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Please add the following statement: "© XXXX [year] Optical Society of America]. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic reproduction and distribution, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or for commercial purposes, or modifications of the content of this paper are prohibited."	n.a.	Author Resources: Copyright Transfer and Licensing Information (optica.org)	2023-02-24 A.D.
Oxford University Press (Books)	Author own Book chapter (max. 1 chapter per book/anthology) Preprint, Postprint (without publisher's templates) Embargo: postprint 12–24 months → varies per discipline, cf. Author Reuse	submitted, unpublished books: include fixed statement: "This is a draft of a chapter/article that has been accepted for publication by Oxford University Press in the forthcoming book [title] by/edited by (Author/editor) due for publication in [year]." published books: include fixed statement "[Title] by/edited by [Author/editor], [year of publication], reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press [link to OUP catalogue if available, or OUP website]"	Permitted	Author self-archiving policy	2023-02-24 A.D.
Oxford University Press (Journals)	All or part of the journal article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) Embargo: postprint 12–24 months, check per journal: journal list	submitted, unpublished articles, include fixed statement: "This article has been accepted for publication in [Journal Title] Published by Oxford University Press." published articles, include fixed statement: "This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in [insert journal title] following peer review. The version of record [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: xxxxxxx [insert URL and DOI of the article on the OUP website]."	generally permitted, managing editor should be informed	Author self-archiving policy, Embargo periods per journal, Publication Rights Policies,	2023-02-27 ms
PLOS (Public Library of Science)	Open access publisher! All or part of the Journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	n.a.	permitted	Open Access, e.g. PLOS One Criteria for Publication and Ethical Publishing Practice https://journals.plos.org/plosone/s/licenses-and-copyright	2023-01-20 A.D.
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the U.S.A.)	Preprint or Postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Provide a link to the work on PNAS.org and include a copyright statement	n.a. please contact the responsible editor	PNAS Author Center PNAS Rights and Permissions	2023-02-27 ms
Routledge	Book chapter (max. 1 chapter per book) Postprint (without publisher's templates) 12 months embargo for STM; 18 months embargo for humanities and social sciences In some cases, exceptions can be made to our embargo periods to meet funder mandates	include fixed statement: "This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in [BOOK TITLE] on [date of publication]" Postprints can even be included with CC-BY license, if applicable	Policy unknown → managing editor should be contacted	Policies for Open Access Book Chapters, Publishing Open Access Books: Chapters	2023-02-27 ms
RS (Royal Society)	All or part of the journal article Preprint or Postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Citation and link must be included; Postprints (AAM) can even be included with CC-BY license, if applicable	Permitted	https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/media-embargo/ https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/misconduct/ Licence to publish	2023-02-27 ms
RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry)	All or part of the journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Acknowledgement must be included: "Reproduced from Ref. XX with permission from the Royal Society of Chemistry"	Permitted	Licences, copyright & permissions, Our processes & policies,	2023-02-27 ms
SAGE	All or part of the journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo Some journlas have exceptions, please check SAGE Website	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 Permissions	2023-02-01 ms
SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)	All or part of the journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo not before original article has been published	include fixed statement "First Published in [Publication] in [volume and number, or year], published by the Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)" include copyright notice as stated in article (e.g., "Copyright © by SIAM. Unauthorized reproduction of this article is prohibited.")	n.a.	Consent to Publish (PDF)	2023-02-01 ms
SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists)	All or part of the journal article Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo	n.a.	Permitted	SEG Policy on Open-access Publishing P ermissions	2023-02-01 ms
SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers)	Postprint (without publisher's templates) No embargo but after release of the original article	Must include the following information: Copyright XXXX (year) Society of Photo‑Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Citation: Author(s), “Paper, Poster, or Presentation Title,” Proc. SPIE Volume Number, Volume Title, Paper Number (Publication Date). http://dx.doi.org/DOI	n.a.	https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/article-sharing-policies	2023-02-01 ms
Springer	Postprint, (without publisher's templates) No embargo but after release of the original article Permission for re-use of book chapters has to be obtained directly	Copyright Statement (journal article): Accepted version → Include fixed statement: "This version of the article has been accepted for publication, after peer review (when applicable) and is subject to Springer Nature’s AM terms of use, but is not the Version of Record and does not reflect post-acceptance improvements, or any corrections. The Version of Record is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/[insert DOI]"	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 ms
Taylor & Francis	All or part of the journal article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) Embargo: journals have varying embargoes → check per journal, cf. Open Acces journal finder	Copyright statements: unpublished articles: preprint may be used only, recommended to include note on journal and submission date (e.g. "This is the original manuscript of an article submitted to Taylor & Francis in [JOURNAL TITLE]") published articles: include fixed statement "This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in [JOURNAL TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/[ArticleDOI]."	Permitted for preprint	Sharing your work, Open Acces journal finder	2023-02-01 ms
Thieme	Article Postprint (without publisher's templates) 12 months embargo	The archived version must contain a reference to the copyright of the publisher and a link to the Published Journal Article in the e-journals system of Thieme if the article has been published online.	not permitted: Thieme Publishing Group will not accept material for publication in a journal that has previously been published elsewhere.	Archiving Policy	2023-02-01 ms
Wiley	All or part of the journal article Preprint and Postpring (without publisher's templates) No embargo	Copyright statements Preprint: "This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." Postprint: "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited."	generally permitted, some journals have deviating rules → check policy for each journal	Wiley FAQ licensing and copyright, Wiley Self-archving policy, CTA Sample, ELA Sample	2023-02-01 ms
Wiley-VCH	All or part of the journal article Preprint (without publisher's templates); No embargo Postprint (without publisher's templates) Embargo: 12-24 months. 12 months for (STM) and 24 months for (SSH) journals after publication of the final article. Use Author Compliance Tool to check the embargo period for individual journals.	Copyright statements Preprint: "This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions." Postprint: "This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: [FULL CITE], which has been published in final form at [Link to final article using the DOI]. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.	Policy ambiguous → recommended to contact managing editor	Copyright Transfer Agreement Author Compliance Tool	2023-02-01 ms
World Scientific	All or part of the journal article Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) Embargo: 12 months for postprint	Copyright statements unpublished articles under review (preprint): include fixed statement "Preprint of an article submitted for consideration in [Journal] © [Year] [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] [Journal URL]" published articles (preprint): include fixed statement "Preprint of an article published in [Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages] [Article DOI] © [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] [Journal URL]" published articles (postprint): include fixed statement "Electronic version of an article published as [Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, Pages] [Article DOI] © [copyright World Scientific Publishing Company] [Journal URL]"	permitted (include statement)	Author Rights	2023-02-01 ms

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Publishers' policies on cumulative doctoral theses

Provision of ETH Zurich

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