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, or WFH)
GREEN copyright (free after 6 months). See the Green copyright form attached at the bottom. Green forms will have a section 7di that says “Initial Publication Period.” Look at section 7e to determine the type of Green copyright.
In JPS:
1a. Green OA CC-BY-NC-SA Author copyright
Copyright statement: @2017 Zhou et al.
Example:
1Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642
2Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
1b. Green OA CC-BY-NS-SA US Government copyright – All authors must be government employees
Copyright statement: @2017 This is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Foreign copyrights may apply.
Example:
1National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
2National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
1c. Green OA CC-BY-NC-SA Crown copyright – One author is a government employee
Copyright statement: @2017 Crown copyright. The government of Australia, Canada, or the UK (“the Crown”) owns the copyright interests of authors who are government employees. The Crown Copyright is not transferable.
Example:
1Immune Receptor Activation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, England, UK
2Division of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, England, UK
3National Institute for Medical Research, London NW1 2BE, England, UK
1d. Green OA CC-BY-NC-SA Work-for-hire copyright
Copyright statement: @2017 [text from work-for-hire checkbox] (e.g., @2016 Genentech, Inc.)
Example:
1Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
GOLD copyright (free immediately). See the Gold copyright form attached at the bottom. 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
Copyright statement: @2017 Zhou et al.
Example:
1Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642
2Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
2b. Gold OA CC-BY US Government copyright – All authors must be government employees
Copyright statement: @2017 This is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Foreign copyrights may apply.
Example:
1National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
2National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
2c. Gold OA CC-BY Crown copyright – One author is a government employee
Copyright statement: @2017 Crown copyright. The government of Australia, Canada, or the UK (“the Crown”) owns the copyright interests of authors who are government employees. The Crown Copyright is not transferable.
Example:
1Immune Receptor Activation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, England, UK
2Division of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, England, UK
3National Institute for Medical Research, London NW1 2BE, England, UK
2d. Gold OA CC-BY Work-for-hire copyright
Copyright statement: @2017 [text from work-for-hire checkbox] (e.g., @2016 Genentech, Inc.)
Example:
Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
FREE copyright – Green copyright form. Article types that are free to the public:
In JPS:
3a. Free access CC-BY-NC-SA Author copyright
Copyright statement: @2017 Zhou et al.
Example:
1Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14642
2Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus, Denmark
3b. Free access CC-BY-NC-SA US Government copyright – All authors must be government employees
Copyright statement: @2017 This is a work of the U.S. Government and is not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Foreign copyrights may apply.
Example:
1National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
2National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892
3c. Free access CC-BY-NC-SA Crown copyright – One author is a government employee
Copyright statement: @2017 Crown copyright. The government of Australia, Canada, or the UK (“the Crown”) owns the copyright interests of authors who are government employees. The Crown Copyright is not transferable.
Example:
1Immune Receptor Activation Laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London NW1 1AT, England, UK
2Division of Immunology and Inflammation, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, England, UK
3National Institute for Medical Research, London NW1 2BE, England, UK
3c. Free access CC-BY-NC-SA Work-for-hire copyright
Copyright statement: @2017 [text from work-for-hire checkbox] (e.g., @2016 Genentech, Inc.)
Example:
1Department of Neuroscience, Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA 94080
For RUP News articles written by in-house staff or a freelance writer, the copyright remains with RUP.
The element that needs to be updated in the XML is <copyright-statement> and it needs to say <copyright-statement>© 2016 Rockefeller University Press</copyright-statement>
· 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, you must edit the article's XML.