AJCL - author self-archiving policy
This policy sets out the ways in which American Journal of Comparative Law authors may self-archive versions of their work on their own webpages, on institutional webpages, and in other repositories.
Author’s Original Version
On publication of your Article in the American Journal of Comparative Law you are not required to remove any previously posted AUTHORS ORIGINAL VERSIONS from your own personal website or that of your employer or free public servers (specifically including Social Science Research Network (SSRN)) or websites available on a temporary basis to attendees of conferences where your paper will be presented and / or discussed, provided (1) you include a link (url) to the VERSION OF RECORD on the Journal’s website (in the case of temporary posting on a websites not within your control, this obligation is limited to a good faith request to the parties in charge of the website; AND (2) the Journal is attributed as the original place of publication with the correct citation details given.
Accepted Manuscript
You may post the ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT of the Article (but not the published version itself) onto your own website, your institution’s website and in institutional or subject-based repositories (specifically including, inter alia, SSRN), PROVIDED THAT it is not made publicly available until 24 MONTHS after the online date of publication, and that: (1) you include a link (url) to the VERSION OF RECORD on the Journal’s website; (2) the Journal is attributed as the original place of publication with the correct citation details given.
Abstract
You may at any time post the ABSTRACT of the Article on your own personal website, that of your employer, or free public servers containing articles (including without limitation SSRN), provided (1) you include a link (url) to the VERSION OF RECORD on the Journal’s website, AND (2) the Journal is attributed as the original place of publication with the correct citation details given.
Open Access
Authors who have agreed to publish their article on an Open Access basis, and who have paid any associated fees, are entitled to make their article publicly available according to the terms of their selected licences.
CC BY-NC-ND
Authors who have published under a CC BY-NC or a CC BY-NC-ND licence may share and distribute their article on non-commercial websites and repositories immediately upon publication.
CC BY
In addition to the reuses set out above, authors who have published their article under a CC BY licence may also share and distribute their article anywhere including commercial repositories immediately on publication.
When posting, distributing or reusing Open Access articles, the journal and OUP should be clearly attributed as the original place of publication and correct citation details should be given. Authors should also deposit the URL of their published article in any repository, in addition to the Version of Record.
When making their article available according to the terms of their Open Access licence, we strongly encourage authors of Open Access papers to deposit the version of record. This will guarantee that the definitive version is readily available to those accessing your article from such repositories, and means that your article is more likely to be cited correctly.
Definitions
- Abstract: the ‘abstract’ section of the article, a brief overview of the article’s scope and conclusions.
- Author's Original Version:an unrefereed manuscript version of the article, as submitted for review by a journal.
- Accepted Manuscript: the final draft author manuscript, as accepted for publication by a journal, including modifications based on referees' suggestions but before it has undergone copyediting and proof correction.
- Version of Record: the final published version of the article.
Free Link to Published Article
On publication of your article, you will receive a URL, giving you access to the version of record on the Journal website, and information on use of this link, which you are free to distribute to individual interested parties, or on your personal or institutional webpages, providing the link is not mass distributed (e.g. via social media networks).
Right to Re-Use Retained by the Author
- The author retains the following rights regarding the re-use of the Article after publication in the journal:
- The right, after publication by the Journal, to use all or part of the Article and abstract, for their own personal use, including research and educational purposes;
- The right, after publication by the Journal, to use all or part of the Article and abstract, in the preparation of derivative works, extension of the article into book-length or in other works;
- The right, after publication by the Journal, to include the article in full or in part in a thesis or dissertation;
These rights are retained providing that a full acknowledgement is made to the original publication in the Journal with the correct citation details given, and that the material is not used for commercial purposes. Commercial purposes do not include the Article’s inclusion in a case book edited by the author.
Further Information
For detailed instructions as to how to obtain permission for a commercial re-use of material, and for other information, which is not incorporated in the terms of this License, please see this page.
