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CSIRO Publishing requires a completed and signed Licence to Publish form before we can publish the journal paper.
To help you understand the various forms, we have set out the different types of Licence to Publish forms below (together with a sample copy of the forms). If you have any questions, please contact us at publishing@csiro.au.
Under all Licence to Publish forms, the copyright owner(s) retain their copyright.
1. Open access journal papers
If you wish your paper to be published as open access, the copyright owner(s) will grant to CSIRO Publishing a non-exclusive copyright licence under the relevant Licence to Publish form.
We have two types of open access Licence to Publish forms:
a. Open Access Licence to Publish form (corresponding author signs on behalf of all authors)
This Licence to Publish form can only be used where:
- the corresponding author is the sole author and owns the copyright in the paper; or
- the corresponding author is one of two or more authors and they jointly own the copyright in the paper.
If one or more of the authors do not own the copyright in the paper e.g., if their employer owns the copyright in the paper, then please see our other form: Open Access Licence to Publish form (all copyright owners sign).
If the corresponding author does not wish, or does not have the authority, to sign on behalf of the other authors, then please see our other form: Open Access Licence to Publish form (all copyright owners sign).
As a general guidance, academics of universities usually own the copyright in their scholarly works. However, please check the relevant policy of your institution.
b. Open Access Licence to Publish form (all copyright owners sign)
This Licence to Publish form requires all copyright owners of the paper to sign the form. Please use this form where:
- the corresponding author does not wish, or does not have authority, to sign on behalf of the other authors; or
- one or more of the authors do not own the copyright in the paper. This is often the case where an author’s employer owns the copyright in the paper.
As a general guidance, an author’s employer usually owns any copyright in the paper if the author has written the paper within the scope of the author’s employment and the employer organisation is a commercial corporation or Government department or agency. This form may also be appropriate where you are an employee of the United States government and have written the paper within the scope of your employment.
2. Non-open access journal papers
If your paper will not be published as open access, the copyright owner(s) will grant to us an exclusive copyright licence under the relevant Licence to Publish form. The copyright owner(s) retain copyright of their work, but we do grant back to the copyright owner(s) a non-exclusive, non-transferable, royalty-free licence and such terms are set out in the relevant Licence to Publish form and also shown below:
- use the Work for research, and presentation at meetings and conferences;
- use the illustrations (line art, photographs, figures, plates) and research data in the Work in their own future works;
- share print or digital copies of the Work to its employees and subcontractors for their personal use or study;
- include the Work in part or in full in a thesis provided the thesis is not published for any commercial gain;
- place the Authors Accepted Manuscript of the Work on a preprint server;
- place the Authors Accepted Manuscript of the Work on a website administered by the Author, or on PubMed Central, on condition that there is a link to the VoR on the CSIRO Publishing website.
You will need to select one of the non-open access Licence to Publish forms.
a. Non-open access Licence To Publish (corresponding author signs on behalf of all authors)
This Licence to Publish form can only be used where the corresponding author is the sole author and owns the copyright in the paper, or the corresponding author is one of two or more authors and they jointly own the copyright in the paper.
If one or more of the authors do not own the copyright in the paper e.g., if their employer owns the copyright in the paper, then please see our other form: Non-open access Licence to Publish (all copyright owners sign).
If the corresponding author does not wish, or does not have the authority, to sign on behalf of the other authors, then please see our other form: Non-open access Licence to Publish (all copyright owners sign).
As a general guidance, academics of universities usually own the copyright in their scholarly works. However, please check the relevant policy of your institution.
b. Non-open access Licence to Publish (all copyright owners sign)
This Licence to Publish form requires all copyright owners of the paper to sign the form. This form should be used where:
- the corresponding author does not wish, or does not have authority, to sign on behalf of the other authors; or
- one or more of the authors do not own the copyright in the paper. This is often the case where an author’s employer owns the copyright in the paper.
As a general guidance, an author’s employer usually owns any copyright in the paper if the author has written the paper within the scope of the author’s employment and the employer organisation is a commercial corporation or Government department or agency. This form may also be used where you are an employee of the United States government and have written the paper within the scope of your employment.
CSIRO Publishing supports both ‘Green’ and ‘Gold’ Open Access to help authors reach the broadest audience for their work and to facilitate access to scholarly research. Our open access policies are compliant with major funders and the terms of use will vary depending on the Creative Commons Licence selected by the author for Gold Open Access and funder or institutional mandates for Gold or Green Open Access.
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