Creative Commons España. VERSIONS_Toolkit_v1_final.pdf. Crossref.org. RP-8-2008, Journal Article Versions (JAV): Recommendations - RP-8-2008.pdf. Microsoft Word - 060331 v1.0 RIVER Final Report.doc - RIVER Final Report.pdf. Author Rights: Using the SPARC Author Addendum to secure your rights as the author of a journal article. The text below is also available in PDF format, and the image is available as a poster. Click here to download the Addendum now. Your article has been accepted for publication in a journal and, like your colleagues, you want it to have the widest possible distribution and impact in the scholarly community.
In the past, this required print publication. Today you have other options, like online archiving, but the publication agreement you’ll likely encounter will actually prevent broad distribution of your work. You would never knowingly keep your research from a readership that could benefit from it, but signing a restrictive publication agreement limits your scholarly universe and lessens your impact as an author. Why? Yes. The author is the copyright holder. Read the publication agreement with great care. 1.
Be a responsible steward of your intellectual property. SPARC gratefully acknowledges: Michael W. Summer 2006. Copyright Toolbox. There are nearly as many publishing agreements as there are publishers. Practically every publisher has its own agreement containing the terms and conditions under which it wishes to publish an article. For an author it is sometimes difficult to distill from the agreement the provisions which provide the author the opportunity to have optimal access to the journal article. If the author wants to be sure that he/she retains all the rights needed for optimal access the author could use this Licence to publish. The translations of the Licence to publish are adjusted to the jurisdiction of the countries.
By signing the Licence to publish and sending it to his/her publisher the author grants the publisher a sole licence for certain copyright related acts which have an economic or commercial objective with respect to the article. At the same time the author retains certain rights for various, scholarly purposes. This licence can also be used in the case of multiple authors. Science Commons: Scholar's Copyright Agreement.