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Licensing & Copyright

License types

In EJP, authors select their license type when completing their license to publish agreement. Authors have the option to choose immediate open access for their article (Gold copyright). Here’s what you need to know:

Only the corresponding author signs the agreement form and chooses licensing.

Papers will not be transferred to JPS until the copyright form has been completed.

Metadata will be passed from EJP to JPS (Gold, Green, or Free; Author, GOV, Crown, or WFH).

* It is the corresponding author’s responsibility to choose the correct license and copyright type. You’re double checking that the copyright type seems correct, but don’t spend time investigating whether affiliations are government institutions.

* If you change the license type, copyright type, or year in JPS after sending the article to TNQ, you must edit the article's XML. The various license types and their XML tagging can be found here.

GREEN copyright (free after 12 months). Look at the second page of the copyright form to determine the type of Green copyright. "None of these apply" = Author copyright.

JPS record:

1a. Green OA Author copyright
©2025 Zhou

1b. Green OA US Government copyright – All authors must be government employees
©2025 This is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Foreign copyrights may apply.

1c. Green OA Crown copyright – One author is a government employee

1d. Green OA Work-for-hire copyright

GOLD copyright (free immediately). Gold forms will have a section 7d that says “Open Access.” Look at section 7e to determine the type of Gold copyright.

In JPS:

2a. Gold OA CC-BY Author copyright
©2025 Zhou

2b. Gold OA CC-BY US Government copyright – All authors must be government employees
©2025 This is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Foreign copyrights may apply.

2c. Gold OA CC-BY Crown copyright – One author is a government employee

2d. Gold OA CC-BY Work-for-hire copyright

FREE copyright – Green copyright form. Article types that are free to the public:

JCB JEM JGP

Editorial Editorial Editorial
People & Ideas People & Ideas In Memoriam
In Memoriam In Memoriam Meeting Summary
Spotlight Insights Research News
Viewpoint Found in Translation Essay
Inside Look Viewpoint Commentary
Perspective Review Perspective
Review Perspective Milestone in Physiology
Addendum Addendum Tutorial
Correction Correction Review
Expression of Concern Expression of Concern Viewpoint
Letter Letter Letter to Editor
Reply Reply Reply
Retraction Retraction Addendum
Correction
Expression of Concern
Retraction
Meeting Abstracts

In JPS:

3b. Free access US Government copyright – All authors must be government employees
©2025 This is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Foreign copyrights may apply.

3c. Free access Crown copyright – One author is a government employee