Copyright-
In most countries of the world, authors enjoy protection of their intellectual property that appears in books, journal articles and parts thereof, such as illustrations, plans, tables and animations. Protected works include literary and scientific works, such as writings, speeches and computer programs. Only personal intellectual creations are protected.The person who writes one of the aforementioned works is defined as the creator/author. Co-authorship applies if two or more persons create a work together.Notice of Copyright is printed in general on the verso of the title page of a book or on the header or footer of a journal article. Notice of Copyright provides information regarding the date of first publication of the work and the holder of copyright. Proper notice of copyright helps to protect the integrity of the work and to fight copyright infringement.
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Permission and/or Licensing-
The author / customer is responsible for obtaining permission necessary to quote from other works, to reproduce material already published and to reprint from other publications. Sometimes a publisher, approached to grant permission, will demand a nominal payment: it is the author’s / customer’s responsibility to see that such payment conditions are met. Although publishers generally hold the copyright of works appearing under their imprint, it is also courteous to request permission from the author of the piece concerned; publishers often grant permission subject to the author’s approval also being obtained.
If you wish to use copyrighted material for the following purposes, queries must be sent to the copyright holder: photocopies, distance learning, course (package), translation, visually impaired readers, expansion of article, rewrite article, thesis, republication, conference, annual report, repository, reprints, e-book, intranet, internet, homepage/website.For further information you may follow the links below or directly go to the Copyright Clearance Center or RightsLink.
- For Springer authors who want to use material from a non-Springer publication
- For authors/customers who wish to use Springer material
For more information, please visit RightsLink, Copyright Clearance Center, and the Licensing Page of the publisher.
Publishing Integrity-
In order to safeguard the quality of its publications, Springer has developed a new policy on Publishing Integrity. In line with the philosophy of the Committee on Publishing Ethics (COPE) we follow the principle that we have a prime duty to maintain the integrity of the scientific record. By providing Springer’s Policy on Publishing Integrity we aim to optimally assist Springer Publishing Editors as well as Editors-in-Chief, Editors, Reviewers and Authors with this heavy task.
In Springer’s Policy on Publishing Integrity the following can be found:
- Clear definitions of what violation of Publishing Integrity is.
- A manual on how to identify such a violation (in the document referred to as an Act of Misconduct).
- Clear (COPE) examples of what such an Act of Misconduct looks like in practice.
- Clearly defined actions which have to be undertaken by the Editor and Springer when such an Act is a clearly proven fact.
- Q & A – a useful list of Questions and Answers on the definition of Publishing Integrity.
To access the full policy, please click here.
Support for Journal Authors-
If you desire more information about Springer’s standards of excellence regarding copyrights, permissions, licensing, and rights of authorship, please visit Springer’s online resource database. Any and all inquiries regarding these issues should be directed to the publisher.