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Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Ethical and Publishing Issues

Theses : Print Electronic

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

ETDs

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Outline

  Copyright

  Patents

  Publisher Policies

  Access

  Self-Plagiarism

  Key Actions

  Credits

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Copyright

  Permissions to use previously copyrighted materials in thesis

  Automatic copyright assignment to thesis author

  Copyright registration with U.S. Copyright Office

  Creative Commons License

  Copyright transferred or license to publish agreements for chapters published as articles

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Copyright

http://library.stanford.edu/about_sulair/special_projects/stanford_etd_project_copyright_info.html

  “In most cases, your dissertation will incorporate previously copyrighted material, and you must ensure that your reuse is legal.

  Permission may be required to use your own work, if you assigned rights to a publisher.

  If material was jointly published, ensure your co-authors are aware of the reuse.”

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Patents

  Patentable rights in the work / other commercial potential

  Consult with faculty advisor about intellectual property rights for thesis content

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Copyright & Patents - Additional Resources

  ACS Style guide: Effective Communication of Scientific Information. Anne M. Coghill and Lorrin R. Garson, Eds. American Chemical Society, Washington, D. C. 3rd ed. 2006

http://pubs.acs.org/page/books/styleguide/index.html

  Learning Module: What Chemists Need to Know about Copyright. American Chemical Society Joint Board/Council Committee on Publications. Subcommittee on Copyright.

http://pubs.acs.org/page/copyright/learning_module/summary.html

  What Every Chemist Should Know about Patents. McLeland, Le-Nhung, ed. ACS Joint Board–Council Committee on Patents and Related Matters. Subcommittee on Education. 3rd ed. 2002.

https://portal.acs.org/portal/fileFetch/C/WPCP_006903/pdf/WPCP_006903.pdf

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Publisher Policies Transfer of Copyright or License to Publish

Publisher Transfer Copyright License to Publish

ACS Yes

Elsevier Yes

RSC Yes

Springer Yes

Taylor & Francis Yes

Thieme Yes

Wiley Yes

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ACS Publications Policies http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/index.html

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ACS – Publishing Agreement. Form A.

  SECTION II: Permitted Uses by Author(s)   1. Reuse/Republication of the Entire Work in Theses or

Collections:   “Authors may reuse all or part of the Submitted, Accepted or

Published Work in a thesis or dissertation that the Author writes and is required to submit to satisfy the criteria of degree-granting institutions. Such reuse is permitted subject to the ACS’ “Ethical Guidelines to Publication of Chemical Research“ (http://pubs.acs.org/ethics); the Author should secure written confirmation (via letter or email) from the respective ACS journal editor(s) to avoid potential conflicts with journal prior publication**/embargo policies. Appropriate citation of the Published Work must be made. If the thesis or dissertation to be published is in electronic format, a direct link to the Published Work must also be included using the ACS Articles on Request author-directed link (see http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/articlesonrequest/index.html).”

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ACS Journals Policy on Prior Publication http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/prior/index.html

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Publisher Information for Authors

  ACS   http://pubs.acs.org/page/policy/index.html

  Elsevier   http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/authorshome.authors

  RSC   http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rsc

  Springer   http://www.springer.com/authors?SGWID=0-111-0-0-0

  Taylor & Francis   http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/info/authors/

  Thieme   http://www.thieme.com/index.php?

option=com_content&view=article&id=87&Itemid=89   Wiley

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Access

  Distribution license   Alma mater   Proquest

  Open access to full-text

  Embargoed access to full-text   6 months   1 year   2 years

  Google indexing and display   OA or embargoed   Snippets or full access

  Library Catalogs

  Databases and web sites

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Access – Selected Resources for Discovering Theses

  WorldCat.org > 8 million records   http://www.worldcat.org

  Dissertation Abstracts Online > 2.2 million records   http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/databases/detail/dai.shtml

  PQDT (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses) Open   http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/

  Networked Digital Library of Theses > 1 million records and Dissertations

  http://www.ndltd.org/

  SciFinder 497,147 records ( as of 3/28/11)   http://www.cas.org/products/scifindr/index.html

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Self-Plagiarism

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Self-Plagiarism

‘ The available literature on self-plagiarism is concerned with four major problems: The publication of what is essentially the same paper in more than one journal, but without any indication that the paper has been published elsewhere (i.e., redundant and duplicate publication), the partitioning of a large study which should have been reported in a single paper into smaller published studies (i.e., salami-slicing), copyright infringement, and the practice of text recycling ’

Source: Miguel Roig. 2009. Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing. p. 16. URL: http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/

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Self-Plagiarism – Selected Resources

  Miguel Roig. 2009. Avoiding Plagiarism, Self-Plagiarism, and Other Questionable Writing Practices: A Guide to Ethical Writing.   http://ori.dhhs.gov/education/products/plagiarism/

  When is Self-Plagiarism OK. Posted by Jef Akst. The Scientist – Magazine of the Life Sciences. [Entry posted at 9th September 2010 02:19 PM GMT]   http://www.the-scientist.com/blog/display/57676/

  Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE)   http://publicationethics.org/case/self-plagiarism

  CrossCheck at CrossRef   http://www.crossref.org/crosscheck.html

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Key Actions for Students

  Prior Publication: Embargo thesis content so that journal article is first place research is published

  Reuse Permissions: May have to request permission to reuse content in thesis or chapter from journal article in thesis.

  Proper Attribution: Must cite journal article in thesis and include DOI or URL from publisher

  Copyright: Once IP rights for articles are transferred to publisher, you should not get a Creative Commons license later for thesis

  Consult: To help insure permissions and access choices are okay for thesis author, faculty advisor, and for other lab group members, review choices/actions with faculty member and university copyright staff.

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Acknowledgements & Image Credits

Acknowledgements Jack Ochs, ACS Publications; Mimi Calter and Lauren Schoenthaler,

Stanford University; Frank and Michelle Dennis

Image Credits

  Lock with Copyright Symbol   U.S. Energy Information Administration. Copyright and Reuse.   http://www.eia.doe.gov/about/copyrights_reuse.cfm

  Light Bulb   “Protecting Ideas.” Leadership Journal Archive (U.S. Department of Homeland

Security). July 10, 2008.   http://www.dhs.gov/journal/leadership/2008_07_01_archive.html

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Image Credits for Book Covers

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  Who Owns This Text?   Plagiarism, Authorship, and Disciplinary Cultures   http://www.usu.edu/usupress/books/index.cfm?isbn=7285

  Pragmatic plagiarism : authorship, profit, and power   http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/4562957 (from Google Books)

  MY WORD!   Plagiarism and College Culture   http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5308

  Original Copy   Plagiarism and Originality in Nineteenth-Century Literature   http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199296507.do