Provisions

Sharing with peers via e-mail or list serve

• unlimited rights of electronic distribution, and the right to licence the work to other publishers, once the article has been published by the publisher. After first publication the author's only obligation is to ensure that appropriate first publication credit is given to the publisher;
• royalty free permission to make limited distribution of all or portions of the article prior to publication;
• to distribute copies of the articles to colleagues, but only for non-commercial purposes;

Self publishing/Posting on own web site or departmental web site

• to post and update the article on e-print servers and elsewhere as long as files prepared and/or formatted by the publisher are not used for that purpose. Any such posting made or updated after acceptance of the article for publication shall include a link to the online abstract in the journal where the article is published or to the entry page of the journal;

• with effect from the date when the article is accepted for publication a personal licence to use all or part of the article and abstract of the article, without revision or modification, in personal compilations or other publications of the author's own works, including the author's personal web site, and to make copies of all or part of such materials for the Author's own use for lecture or classroom purposes, provided this is for non-commercial use and that the first page of such use or copy displays the citation information and the publishers copyright notice;
• to use the author's own article (provided the author acknowledges the published original in standard bibliographic citation form) in the following ways, as long as the author does not sell it in ways which would conflict directly with the publisher's commercial interests. The author is free to mount his/her article on his/her institutions web site; post it to free public servers of preprints and/or articles in their subject area;
• to post a copy of the article on the author's personal website, departmental website and/or the university's intranet, provided a hyperlink to the article on the publisher's website is included;

• to post a copy of the article on the author's web site after publication of the printed edition of the journal provided that the author also gives a hyperlink from the this to the journal's web site;
• to post a copy of the article on the author's own/personal homepage for non-commercial distribution provided the publisher's copyright notice is attached to the personal copy along with a notice regarding the definitive version of the article;
• after publication by the publisher, to use all or part of the article without revision or modification, including the publisher's formatted version, on the employer's web site;

Depositing in an institutional or national digital repository or centrally organised repositories

• to post a pre print version of the article on a public electronic server connected to the world wide web;
• to post a pre print or reprint of the article on an internal or external server controlled exclusively by the author or employer provided that such posting is non-commercial in nature and the article is made available to users without a fee or a charge and if the following statement appears on first page or screen of the paper as posted on the server:
  
  
  This article was (will be) published in <> and is made available as an electronic reprint (preprint) with permission of the publisher. One print or electronic copy may be made for personal use only. Systematic or multiple reproduction, distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means, duplication of any material in this paper for a fee or commercial purposes, or modification of content of the article are prohibited;
• to post and update the article on non-publisher servers (including e-print servers) as long as access to such servers is not for commercial use and does not depend on payment of access, subscription, or membership fees. Any such posting made or updated after acceptance of the article for publication shall include the citation information and copyright notice, and should provide an electronic link to the journal's web site;

• to self-archive an author-created version of his/her article on his/her own web site and his/her institution's repository, including his/her final version; however the author may not use the publisher's PDF version which is posted on <> without permission
  The author may only post his/her version provided acknowledgement is given to the original source of publication and a link is inserted to the published article on the publisher's web site. The link must be accompanied by the following text: 'the original publication is available at <> ';
• to post and update the article on e-print servers as long as files prepared and/or formatted by the publisher or its vendors are not used for that purpose unless permission has been obtained. Any such posting made or updated after acceptance of the article for publication shall include a link to the online abstract in the publisher's journal of to the entry page of the journal;
• upload the author's accepted manuscript PDF ('post-print') to institutional and/or centrally organized repositories but must stipulate that public availability be delayed until <> months after first online publication in the journal;
  
  When uploading an accepted manuscript to a repository, the author should include a credit line and a link to the final published version of the article. This will guarantee that the definitive version is readily available to those accessing your article from public repositories, and means that the article is more likely to be cited correctly
  
  
  This is a pre-copy-editing, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in [insert journal title] following peer review. The definitive publisher-authenticated version [insert complete citation information here] is available online at: <> [insert URL that the author will receive upon publication here];

• to post an electronic version of the final publisher's file of the article on the author's current institutional internet server for limited non-commercial distribution, provided that proper notice of the publisher's copyright is included and that no separate or additional fees are collected for access to or distribution of the article apart from the internet access fees which may be paid to an internet access provider;