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If my paper is accepted in a Springer journal, can I submit my version of the manuscript to arXiv immediately after acceptance?
I have read the Springer copyrights and self-archiving policy, but they are a bit confusing. For example in the first of them, you may find this:
Author may self-archive an author-created version ...
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How can Springer and Wiley put a 12 month embargo on posting post-review revisions to the arXiv and similar?
This question was inspired by the recent question on posting to Academia.edu.
The general copyright policy for Springer, as listed on SHERPA/RoMEO, is that one can post a pre-review version to the ...
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Is it legal to upload CC BY papers to academia.edu? Terms of Use are vague on this
There have been discussions regarding academia.edu's Terms of Use (https://www.academia.edu/terms) and some responses have stated that it is impossible to upload published papers to academia even with ...
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Can I upload my open access publications on researchgate.net or academia.edu?
Maybe my question is naive, but:
If my paper was publish as open access (for example in Springer - http://www.springer.com/gp/open-access), could I upload the paper in researchgate.net and similar ...
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Do any scientific publishers have a stated commitment to authors regarding copyright infringement?
Within the debate of whether science should move to an Open Access / CC-license scheme, or remain with a more traditional scheme where the authors transfer copyright to the publisher, one argument ...
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Why does academia.edu reserve the right to sell, modify, and "exploit" my papers if I post them there?
In academia.edu's terms of service, it says
By making available any Member Content on or through the Site or Services, you hereby grant to Academia.edu a worldwide, irrevocable, perpetual, non-...
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How tightly enforced are open-access embargoes?
Many academic journals have copyright policies which forbid authors (possibly for a finite embargo time) to make their papers (either preprints, accepted manuscripts, or camera-ready versions) freely ...
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Releasing one version of a Scientific Paper under an Open License
I am going to release a Technical Report that will be archived and made available online by the university's library. An abridged version of the work was accepted by a peer-reviewed conference and ...
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