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Entries Tagged as 'Author Rights'

Open Access Journals: Impact and Quality

August 7th, 2012 by Cathy · No Comments

Bjork and Solomon. Open access versus subscription journals: a comparison of scientific impact. BMC Medicine 2012, 10:73 doi:10.1186/1741-7015-10-73. “Our results indicate that OA journals indexed in Web of Science and/or Scopus are approaching the same scientific impact and quality as subscription journals, particularly in biomedicine and for journals funded by article processing charges.” Bjork and Solomon [...]

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“Clinicians and researchers can no longer live in blissful ignorance of copyright. . . “

December 29th, 2011 by Cathy · No Comments

Interesting commentary in NEJM: Copyright and Open Access at the Bedside. John C. Newman and Robin Feldman. N Engl J Med 2011; 365:2447-2449. December 29, 2011.  

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Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier: A Practical Guide

December 7th, 2011 by Cathy · No Comments

Elsevier issued a guidance document, Ways to Use Journal Articles Published by Elsevier: A Practical Guide, that outlines the rights of authors who publish in journals published by Elsevier.  

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Washington University Copyright Addendum Form Revised

July 12th, 2011 by Cathy · No Comments

The Washington University Copyright Addendum form has been revised to allow for a completed addendum in PDF to be sent via email to the author. The WU Addendum allows authors to select from various rights such as: Comply with the NIH Public Access Policy Comply with funding agency policies for public access Post the work [...]

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Copyright Law and Your Rights as an Author

September 14th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

The Washington University Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and General Counsel along with the Danforth Campus Libraries and the Becker Medical Library are pleased to present, Copyright Law and Your Rights as an Author. Do you have a manuscript or other work that you are preparing for publication? Do you know what rights you [...]

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An Introduction to Publication Agreements for Authors by Timothy Armstrong

March 25th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

Interesting reading on author rights by Timothy Armstrong. An excerpt follows: There are good reasons to retain your copyright rather than assigning it to the publisher. Why might you prefer this? • They don’t need it. Publishers can do all the things they might legitimately want to do with your work (publish it, put it [...]

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What Rights Should Authors Retain?

March 8th, 2010 by Cathy · No Comments

Authors are encouraged to anticipate their future use of the work and retain any or all of the rights they may need to achieve their academic and professional goals. Authors may want to retain rights to do the following: Make copies of the work for educational use, including class notes, study guides or electronic reserves [...]

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Measuring Impact Where it Matters: New PLoS Metrics

August 6th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments

PloS recently initiated a program to provide metrics for individual articles published in all PLoS journals. This program focuses on the impact of the article itself instead of the journal and includes metrics for assessing the impact of the article by using indicators such as cited-by citations, social bookmarks, blog coverage, to name a few. “. [...]

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Tags:Author Rights, Impact Factors, Research Impact

Authors and Publication Agreements

May 19th, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments

Are you an author? Do you know what you are agreeing to when you sign a publication agreement form? To learn more about your rights as a an author,  read:  An Introduction to Publication Agreements for Authors by Timothy K. Armstrong.  Many publishers allow authors to retain a number of rights to their work. Some [...]

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Enhancing Your Impact

April 3rd, 2009 by Cathy · No Comments

How can authors enhance the impact and visibility of their work? One way is to use the same variation of your name consistently throughout your academic career. If your name is a common name, add a middle name to distinguish yourself from other authors. Standardize your output to maximize your impact. Retain rights to your [...]

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