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IGI Global Scientific Publishing Fair Use Policy


For Subscription-Based (Standard Access) Publications

Although all authors and editors of IGI Global Scientific Publishing sign an Author's Warranty and Transfer of Copyright Agreement, IGI Global Scientific Publishing supports a Fair Use Policy allowing authors and editors to:


IGI GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING AUTHORS, UNDER FAIR USE CAN:

IGI GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHING AUTHORS, AS PER THE AUTHOR’S WARRANTY AND TRANSFER OF COPYRIGHT CANNOT:

For those authors and editors wishing to republish their chapter or article in a future book or journal publication they are authoring or editing, they will need to seek written permission from IGI Global Scientific Publishing.


IGI Global Scientific Publishing abides by international copyright law, and as such all contributors are asked to sign an IGI Global Scientific Publishing Author's Warranty and Transfer of Copyright agreement prior to publication. The warranty portion ensures that materials submitted to IGI Global Scientific Publishing for consideration are original and have not been published elsewhere previously. The copyright portion clearly states: Author(s) cannot post the contents of the article/chapter on any website (with the exception of the author's secure personal website and/or their university repository site) or distribute the work to others in either electronic or print forms without the written permission of IGI Global Scientific Publishing. This includes any article or chapter currently under consideration by IGI Global Scientific Publishing and the final published work.


Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we understand that certain exceptions may need to be made in order to make IGI Global Scientific Publishing published content more easily accessible for teaching and learning purposes. Please contact our Intellectual Property and Contracts Department if there are any special requirements you must fulfill with your published content.


To inquire about permissions and rights of IGI Global Scientific Publishing publications, please contact Ms. Jan Travers using the contact information found at the bottom of this page.

For Open Access Publications

Authors and editors of IGI Global Scientific Publishing open access publications sign an Author Warranty. The warranty portion ensures that materials submitted to IGI Global Scientific Publishing for consideration are original and have not been published elsewhere previously. Moreover, it ensures that any necessary permissions for the use of copyrighted materials (figures, photographs, etc.) are secured by the author(s) before publication. Open Access publications carry the CC BY 4.0 licensing arrangement. Under this licensing, authors and editors are allowed the freedoms below, so long as they give credit to the original author(s).


Once the work has been formally accepted and planned for publication under open access by IGI Global Scientific Publishing or when it is formally published under open access by IGI Global Scientific Publishing, then authors will be welcome and encouraged to post the work wherever they wish (pre-publication or post-publication posting).


FOR POST-ACCEPTED AND POST-PUBLICATION ARTICLES/CHAPTERS, AUTHORS CAN:


When sharing the article or chapter, please be sure to link back to the published version on our website. Please note that the final published version of the chapter or article should overwrite any pre-publication posting.


Retrospective Open Access Publishing

Authors can unlock their previously published work to Open Access (OA) and have the ability to share their work freely. Authors who previously published their work under the traditional publishing model (standard access) would have signed an Author’s Warranty and Transfer of Copyright Agreement that transferred the copyright of their work to the publisher. When a journal article, book chapter, or full book publication is converted to open access, the copyright returns to the authors of the manuscript under the CC BY 4.0 license, allowing the copyright of the work to remain solely with the authors and opens greater sharing capabilities for authors who wish to maximize the visibility of their published work. Any author interested in increasing the sharing power for their work through retrospective OA can contact openaccessadmin@igi-global.com for more information.


Digital Preservation

IGI Global Scientific Publishing is committed to ensuring that our published content remains accessible and usable to our customers, regardless of any technological or other disruption. As such, IGI Global Scientific Publishing partners with CLOCKSS & LOCKSS for content archiving.

Contact:

For further information, please consult the Editorial Policy.

For any extenuating circumstances, authors can contact the Intellectual Property & Contracts Department using the contact information listed below.
IGI Global Scientific Publishing
Intellectual Property & Contracts Department
701 E Chocolate Avenue
Hershey PA 17033-1240, USA
contracts@igi-global.com
717-533-8845 (tel); 717-533-7115 (fax)