| 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 postprint (without publisher's templates) in author's thesis
- No embargo
| n. a.
| 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.science.org/pb-assets/migrated/sites/default/files/Lic_Info_2021_final-1628462649.pdf | 2022-01-14 A.D. |
|---|
| ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) | - All or part of the article
- Journal article, Book chapter
- Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| 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) | 2022-01-13 fk |
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| ACS (American Chemical Society) | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| - Non-authors of articles: Obtain permission by ACS journal editor (e-mail sufficient)
- "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
| 2022-01-12 A.D. |
|---|
| AGU (American Geophysical Union) | - All or part of the article
- preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| - 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 | 2022-01-13 fk |
|---|
| AIP (American Institute of Physics) | - All or part of the 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 | 2022-01-13 fk |
|---|
| AMS (American Mathematical Society) | - All or part of the 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 ("© 2021 American Mathematical Society."
or "© 2021 by [author(s) name(s)]")
| permitted | AMS Copyright Policy
Consent to Publish and Copyright Agreement Form | 2022-01-13 fk |
|---|
| APA (American Psychological Association) | - All or part of the 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. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission.")
- 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. Please do not copy or cite without author's permission. The final article is available, upon publication,
at: [ARTICLE DOI]"
| permitted for preprint | APA Journals® Internet Posting Guidelines
APA Publications Rights Form | 2022-01-13 fk |
|---|
| APS (American Physical Society) | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| ASBMB (American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology) | - All or part of the 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." | no information | cf. journal policies, e.g. https://www.asbmb.org/journals-news/editorial-policies#copyright | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) | - ASCE grants permission
- Postprint (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| Citation and link must be included | - ASCE does not consider online publication of theses as prior publication, if the degree-granting institution requires the publication of the theses
- Information on prior use must be disclosed during submission process, please provide a link
| Publishing in ASCE Journals | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| ASM (American Society for Microbiology) | - Right to reuse the 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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 Policy confirmed by publisher (e-mail, Dec. 2019) | 2022-01-12 fk
|
|---|
| BMC (BioMed Central) | - Open access publisher
- All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| n.a. | permitted | Editorial Policies Copyright and license | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Böhlau | - Article, Book chapter
- Postprint (without publisher's templates)
- 12 months embargo
| n.a. | Policy unknown → managing editor should be contacted | Rechtseinräumung
granting of rights (in German only) | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Brill | - Article, Book chapter
- Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)
- Postprint:
12 months embargo - Without obtaining further permission, parts of the article may only be used under copyright exemption rules (right of quotation)
| n.a. | permitted | Self-Archiving Rights
Rights & Permissions | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Cambridge (Books) | - Author and Co-Authors: 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 https://www.cambridge.org/about-us/rights-permissions | 2022-01-14 A.D. |
|---|
| Cambridge (Journals) | General journal policy (cf. list for journals with different policy):- Article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- 6 months for STM, no embargo for SSH
| 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." | permitted | Green open access policy for journals | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| De Gruyter | - Journal article, Book chapter
- preprint (without publisher's templates)
- 12 months embargo
| n.a. | usually permitted, but author must obtain publisher‘s permission directly | Repository Policy (in English) Repository Policy (in German) | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| EDP Science | - Articles in postprint version (without publisher's templates)
- no embargo period
| - Individual journals may have special permissions, please check on the respective journal's webpage
| n.a. | EDP Publishing Policies & Ethics EDP Sciences Self-Archiving Policy | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Edward Elgar | - Book chapter (max. 2 chapters per book)
- Article
- Submitted version (without publisher's templates)
| 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
The material cannot be used for any other purpose without further permission of the publisher, and is for private use only. |
| Reuse of Your Work | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| ECS (Electrochemical Society) | - Postprint (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| - Full credit to the original source should be given
- Shall include a link to the online abstract in the ECS publication of origin or to the entry page of that publication
|
| ECS transfer of copyright agreement ECS Open Access
| 2022-01-12 f |
|---|
| Elsevier | - All or part of the 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:
prior publication prohibited
| Article Sharing
Permissions
Author rights Policy confirmed by publisher (e-mail, October 2019)
| 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Emerald | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates) in electronic version of thesis
- No embargo
| n.a. | generally permitted, managing editor should be informed | Emerald author rights | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| GSA (Geological Society of America) | - All or part of the 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. | 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Hanser | - author must obtain publisher's permission
| author must obtain publisher's permission | author must obtain publisher's permission | n.a. | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| IAEE (International Association for Energy Economics) | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| IEEE | - All or part of the 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." | permitted for postprint | Frequently Asked Questions Regarding IEEE Permissions,
8.1.9 Electronic Information Dissemination | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| IGI Global | - author must obtain publisher's permission
| - author must obtain publisher's permission
| - author must obtain publisher's permission
| IGI Global's Fair Use Policy https://www.igi-global.com/about/rights-permissions/content-reuse/ | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| IOP (Institute of Physics) | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)
- 12 months embargo for postprint
| n.a. | permitted | Author Rights,
IOP Publishing open access information,
FAQ | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| IWA Publishing | - All or part of the 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."
| generally permitted, publisher should be contacted in advance | Rights and Permissions
| 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Lippincott Williams & Wilkins | - Written permission required
- Postprint (without publisher's templates)
- 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Mary Ann Liebert | - Preprint or Postprint (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo according for ETH PhD theses
| - Please add the following statement: “Final publication is available from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers http://dx.doi.org/[insert DOI]”
| n.a. | Publishing in Subscription Journals | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| MDPI (Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute) | - Open access publisher!
- All or part of the article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| n.a. | permitted | MDPI Open Access Information and Policy | 2022-01-12 fk
|
|---|
| NPG (Nature Publishing Group) | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)
- Embargo: postprint 6 months
| n.a. | permitted | NPG author licence policy,
Nature journals' policy on duplicate publication | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Optical Society of America (OSA) | - 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. | Copyright Transfer and Licensing Information | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| Oxford University Press (Books) | - 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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,
cf. Embargo periods
| - 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, | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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 | https://www.pnas.org/page/authors/licenses | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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
| 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 | 2022-01-2 fk |
|---|
| 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 | Permitted | https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/media-embargo/ https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/misconduct/ Licence to publish | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| n.a. | Permitted | Licences, copyright & permissions,
Our processes & policies, | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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 | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics) | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| - 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.")
| permitted | Consent to Publish (PDF) | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| 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 Permissions | 2022-01-12 fk |
|---|
| SPIE | - 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 | 2022-01-12 fk
|
|---|
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
| 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.Recommendation: preprint on preprint server, link to preprint in thesis | https://www.springer.com/gp/open-access/publication-policies https://www.springer.com/gp/rights-permissions/obtaining-permissions/882 | 2022-01-12
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| 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
| - 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
| 2022-01-07 fk |
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| Thieme | - Article
- Postprint (without publisher's templates)
- 12 months embargo
| n.a. | policy unknown | Archiving Policy | 2022-01-07 fk |
|---|
| Wiley | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint, (without publisher's templates)
- No embargo
| 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 | 2022-01-07 fk |
|---|
| 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.
| 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
| 2022-01-07 fk |
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| World Scientific | - All or part of the journal article
- Preprint, postprint (without publisher's templates)
- Embargo:
12 months for postprint
| - 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 | 2022-01-07
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