Authors: Gadd, Elizabeth; Oppenheim, Charles; Probets, Steve

Source: Learned Publishing, Volume 16, Number 4, 1 October 2003 , pp. 293-308(16)

Publisher: Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers

Abstract:

This article is the fourth in a series of six emanating from the UK JISC-funded RoMEO Project (Rights Metadata for Open archiving). It describes an analysis of 80 scholarly journal publishers' copyright agreements with a particular view to their effect on author self-archiving: 90% of agreements asked for copyright transfer and 69% asked for it prior to refereeing the paper; 75% asked authors to warrant that their work had not been previously published although only two explicitly stated that they viewed self-archiving as prior publication; 28.5% of agreements provided authors with no usage rights over their own paper. Although 42.5% allowed self-archiving in some format, there was no consensus on the conditions under which self-archiving could take place. The article concludes that author-publisher copyright agreements should be reconsidered by a working party representing the needs of both parties.

References: 7 references open in new window

Articles that cite this article?

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1087/095315103322422053

Publication date: 2003-10-01

More about this publication?

• Editor in Chief: Alan Singleton
  North American Editor: Diane Scott-Lichter
  Reviews Editor: Pippa Smart
  
  Learned Publishing is the journal of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, published in collaboration with the Society for Scholarly Publishing. The journal is published quarterly in January/April/July/October.
  
  Learned Publishing articles are available free online to members of ALPSP and SSP.
  ALPSP members: log in to www.alpsp.org. If you do not have a password contact info@alpsp.org
  SSP members: log in to the Member Center using your membership username and password. Further information info@sspnet.org

Related content

• In this: publication
• By this: publisher
• In this Subject: Business
• By this author: Gadd, Elizabeth ;  Oppenheim, Charles ;  Probets, Steve

Website © Publishing Technology. Article copyright remains with the publisher, society or author(s) as specified within the article.

• Terms and conditions
• Privacy policy
• Information for advertisers