Dear All,
ACS now allows posting to the arxiv! Exciting. One needs to add some text
and contact editors, but it seems very nice.
Best,
Alan
Alán Aspuru-Guzik | Associate Professor
Harvard University | Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
12 Oxford Street, Room M113 | Cambridge, MA 02138
(617)-384-8188 |
http://aspuru.chem.harvard.edu
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From: ACS Publications <pubsupdates(a)acs.org>
Date: Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 7:46 PM
Subject: ACS Introduces New Publishing Agreement for Journals
To: aspuru(a)gmail.com
New ACS Journal Publishing Agreement Expands Author
Rights & Clarifies Responsibilities
This month, ACS Publications will replace the ACS Copyright Status Form with
a new publishing agreement that expands ACS author rights and clarifies
author responsibilities.
The new ACS Journal Publishing
Agreement<http://c.acs.org/conpc/278237/69/94435/2607/0/S/0/0/hqwg.pdf&g…;(JPA),
is a result of ACS’ ongoing efforts to provide the best possible
publishing experience for our authors. That author experience includes
efficient online manuscript submission; rapid, responsible peer review and
publication; global distribution; the award-winning ACS Web Editions
Platform; and now, extended author use rights.
There are several key points of difference between the new JPA and the ACS
Copyright Status Form:
- The new agreement specifically addresses what you can do with different
versions of your manuscript – e.g. use in theses and collections, teaching
and training, conference presentations, sharing with colleagues, and posting
on websites and repositories. The terms under which these uses can occur are
clearly identified to prevent misunderstandings that could jeopardize final
publication of a manuscript. *(Section II, Permitted Uses by Authors)*.
- The new agreement clarifies that the transfer of copyright in
Supporting Information is *nonexclusive*. You may use or authorize the
use of Supporting Information in which you hold copyright for any purpose
and in any format *(Section I, Copyright)*.
- The new agreement extends key terms of use to your *previously
published* work with ACS – as long as the same conditions of use are met
*(Section III, Retained and Other Rights)*.
- Behaviors expected of ACS authors are more fully addressed throughout
the agreement *(Appendix A, Section I: Author Warranties and Obligations)
*.
The JPA shines a spotlight on two programs already available to ACS authors.
The first, *ACS
AuthorChoice*<http://c.acs.org/conpc/278237/70/94435/2608/0/S/0/0/hqwg.h…ml>,
provides you or your funding agencies the opportunity to sponsor immediate,
unrestricted online access to your final published article. The other is *ACS
Articles on
Request*<http://c.acs.org/conpc/278237/71/94435/2609/0/S/0/0/hqwg.html&g…ml>,
which allows convenient, free distribution of your journal article via
author-directed links provided to you when your article is published on the
web.
The JPA is a direct result of the extensive review and consultation process
undertaken by a task force consisting of ACS journal authors, editors,
librarians, governance members, and legal counsel.
The rollout of the new agreement will occur October 11 - 25, 2010. Please
see the JPA Rollout
Schedule<http://c.acs.org/conpc/278237/63/94435/2610/0/S/0/0/hqwg.html&g…
dates for specific journals. Additional information and tools to help
you better understand the changes can be found at the ACS Author & Reviewer
Resource
Center<http://c.acs.org/conpc/278237/64/94435/2611/0/S/0/0/hqwg.html>
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