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.
- If your article was published open access under a Creative Commons Licence, there are a wider re-use options than described in the table below.
- 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.
Licence & Acknowledgement
This 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) |
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| Submission of new article by author that first appeared as part of author’s thesis: Allowed. Statement by AAAS: "We do not regard dissertations/theses as prior publications." | https://www.sciencemag.org/site/feature/contribinfo/prep/lic_info.pdf https://www.sciencemag.org/authors/science-journals-editorial-policies | 2021-01-22 fk |
| ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) |
| Include fixed statement: "© {Owner/Author | ACM} {Year}. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in {Source Publication}, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/{number}." | permitted | ACM Copyright Policy (cf. § 2.5) | 2021-01-22 fk |
| ACS (American Chemical Society) |
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| Journals have different policies on prior publication, cf. | https://pubs.acs.org/userimages/ContentEditor/1218205107465/dissertation.pdf | 2021-03-03 A.D. |
| AGU (American Geophysical Union) |
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| permitted | Usage Permissions, Dual Publication Policy | 2021-01-22 fk |
| AIP (American Institute of Physics) |
|
| permitted | 2021-01-22 fk | |
| AMS (American Mathematical Society) |
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| permitted | AMS Copyright Policy Consent to Publish and Copyright Agreement Form | 2021-01-22 fk |
| APA (American Psychological Association) |
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| permitted for preprint | APA Journals® Internet Posting Guidelines APA Publications Rights Form | 2021-01-22 fk |
| APS (American Physical Society) |
| Include APS copyright credit line ("© [YEAR] American Physical Society") and bibliographic citation | generally permitted; obtain permission to use any APS prepared version | APS Copyright Policies and Frequently Asked Questions | 2021-01-22 fk |
| 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." | no information | cf. journal policies, e.g. https://www.asbmb.org/journals-news/editorial-policies#copyright | 2021-03-03 A.D. |
| ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) |
| Citation and link must be included |
| Publishing in ASCE Journals | 2021-05-06 fk |
| 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. | Permitted | Statement of Author Rights | 2021-06-22 rr |
| ASME (American Society of mechanical engineers) |
| author must obtain publisher's permission | author must obtain publisher's permission | Policy confirmed by publisher (e-mail, Dec. 2019) | 2021-06-22 rr |
| BMC (BioMed Central) |
| n.a. | permitted | 2021-01-18 fk | |
| Böhlau |
| n.a. | Policy unknown → managing editor should be contacted | Rechtseinräumung granting of rights (in German only) | 2021-01-18 fk |
| Brill |
| n.a. | permitted | Self-Archiving Rights Rights & Permissions | 2021-01-18 fk |
| Cambridge (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." | permitted | Green open access policy for books | 2021-01-18 fk |
| Cambridge (Journals) | General journal policy (cf. list for journals with different policy):
| include fixed statement: "Repprinted 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." | permitted | Green open access policy for journals | 2021-01-18 fk |
| Copernicus |
| n.a. | permitted | Licence and copyright agreement | 2021-01-18 fk |
| De Gruyter |
| n.a. | usually permitted, but author must obtain publisher‘s permission directly | Repository Policy (in English) Repository Policy (in German) | 2021-01-18 fk |
| EDP Science |
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| n.a. | 2021-01-18 fk | |
| Edward Elgar |
| The publication date of the thesis must be after the publication date of the Elgar chapter or article and must also fully cite the Elgar book or article. If the material is downloadable, you must ensure that the following text is prominently displayed: This is a draft chapter / article. 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 | 2021-01-18 fk | ||
| ECS (Electrochemical Society) |
|
| 2021-01-22 fk | ||
| Elsevier |
| n.a. |
| Article Sharing Policy confirmed by publisher (e-mail, October 2019) | 2021-06-15 hm |
| Emerald |
| n.a. | generally permitted, managing editor should be informed | Emerald author rights | 2021-05-06 fk |
| Frontiers |
| n.a. |
| Author Guidelines | 2021-05-06 fk |
| GSA (Geological Society of America) |
| Please provide the bibliographic citation and the GSA copyright credit line on an appropriate page. | n.a. please contact the managing editor | Author guidelines: copyright information: https://www.geosociety.org/GSA/Publications/Info_Services/Copyright/GSA/Pubs/guide/copyright.aspx | 2021-05-06 fk |
| Hanser |
| author must obtain publisher's permission | author must obtain publisher's permission | n.a. | 2021-05-06 fk |
| IAEE (International Association for Energy Economics) |
| include fixed statement: "This article first appeared in (journal name), Vol. XX, No. X, pages XXX-XXX, year, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5547/(insertremainder of DOI here) - Reproduced by permission of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)." | permitted | Publishing Agreement, Green Open Access, EEEP Publishing Agreement, EJ Publishing Agreement | 2021-05-06 fk |
| IEEE |
| 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." | permitted for postprint | Frequently Asked Questions Regarding IEEE Permissions, 8.1.9 Electronic Information Dissemination | 2021-05-06 fk |
| IGI Global |
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| IGI Global's Fair Use Policy https://www.igi-global.com/about/rights-permissions/content-reuse/ | 2021-05-06 fk |
| IOP (Institute of Physics) |
| n.a. | permitted | Author Rights, IOP Publishing open access information, FAQ | 2021-05-06 fk |
| IWA Publishing |
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| generally permitted, publisher should be contacted in advance | Rights and Permissions | 2021-05-06 fk |
| Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
| n.a. | n.a. please contact the responsible editor before submission | 2021-05-06 fk | |
| Mary Ann Liebert |
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| n.a. | Publishing in Subscription Journals | 2021-05-06 fk |
| MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) |
| n.a. | permitted | MDPI Open Access Information and Policy | 2021-05-06 fk |
| NPG (Nature Publishing Group) |
| n.a. | permitted | NPG author licence policy, Nature journals' policy on duplicate publication | 2021-05-06 fk |
| Optical Society of America (OSA) |
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| n.a. | Copyright Transfer and Licensing Information | 2021-05-06 fk |
| Oxford University Press (Books) |
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| zulässig | Author self-archiving policy | 2021-05-06 fk |
| Oxford University Press (Journals) |
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| generally permitted, managing editor should be informed | Author self-archiving policy, Embargo periods per journal, Publication Rights Policies, | 2021-05-06 fk |
| 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-copyright | 2021-05-04 fk |
| PNAS (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 | https://www.pnas.org/page/authors/licenses | 2021-05-04 fk |
| Routledge |
| include fixed statement: "This is an Accepted Manuscript of a book chapter published by Routledge/CRC Press in [BOOK TITLE] on [date of publication], available online: http://www.routledge.com/[BOOK ISBN URL] or http://www.crcpress.com/[BOOK ISBN URL]” | Policy unknown → managing editor should be contacted | Policies for Open Access Book Chapters, About Routledge Books Open Access | 2021-05-04 fk |
| RS (Royal Society) |
| Citation and link must be included | Permitted | https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/media-embargo/ https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/misconduct/ | 2021-05-04 fk |
| RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) |
| n.a. | Permitted | Licences, copyright & permissions, Our processes & policies, | 2021-05-04 fk |
| 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 Permissions | 2021-01-12 r.r. |
| SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) |
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| permitted | Consent to Publish (PDF) | 2021-05-04 fk |
| SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) |
| n.a. | Permitted | 2021-05-04 fk | |
| SPIE |
| Must include the following information:
| n.a. | https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/article-sharing-policies | 2021-03-02 hm |
| Springer |
| Authors must properly cite the published article in their thesis according to current citation standards. Material from: 'AUTHOR, TITLE, JOURNAL TITLE, published [YEAR], [publisher - as it appears on our copyright page]’ | 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 | 2021-03-19 b.h. |
| Taylor & Francis |
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| Permitted for preprint | Sharing your work, Open Acces journal finder | 2021-05-04 fk |
| Thieme |
| n.a. | policy unknown | Archiving Policy | 2021-05-04 fk |
| Wiley |
| n.a. | 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 | 2021-05-04 fk |
| Wiley-VCH |
| n.a. | Policy ambiguous → recommended to contact managing editor | Copyright Transfer Agreement | 2021-05-04 fk |
| World Scientific |
|
| permitted (include statement) | Author Rights | 2021-05-04 fk |
