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2. According to the recommendations in the “ISSMGE
Publishing Policy and Terms of Use”, authors of
publications shall retain full copyright. Publishers are
given the right of exclusive publication.
3. An Exclusive Publication Agreement form has been
prepared, based on the Publishing Policy document. If
endorsed by the ISSMGE Board, this form could be
used as guidance document by ISSMGE members when
negotiating with publishers of journals.
4. If deemed appropriate, the ISSMGE Board may wish to
discuss the Publishing Policy document with ISSMGE
sister societies in order to harmonize the publication of
technical information.
The present report by the Task Force has addressed
publication of articles within the ISSMGE domain.
It is proposed that the Terms of the Task Force are extended
to address in the next phase how ISSMGE can contribute
actively to the electronic publication of journals or books.
This report is respectfully submitted by the ISSMGE Task
Force on Copyright.
Bromma, June 27, 2013
APPENDIX A
ISSMGE PUBLISHING POLICY AND TERMS OF USE
1 GENERAL
It is the intention that readers have access to the widest possible
range of content and that this content can be shared to enable
the most effective research, study, teaching, and practice of
geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering and associated
fields of application. Efficient dissemination of published
information is in the interest of the geo-engineering profession.
The three main players have – sometimes – conflicting
interest in the publication and information dissemination
process. The primary interests are briefly outlined below:
Author  Retain full copyright to published material
 Publication by reputed publisher, giving exclusive
publishing right
 Review of manuscript prior to publication
 Publication in print and in electronic format
 Permission to post his/her manuscript on own web
site
 Partial re-use of his/her published information in
subsequent publications
 Ability for others to use excerpts of published
information (figures, tables, text excerpts) at no cost
and without administrative burden
Publisher  Obtain complete and exclusive copyright to
publication
 Limit cost for producing publications
 Restrict free access to information
(commercialization)
 Sale of publications (books, journals etc.) in printed
and - increasingly also - electronic format
 Avoid duplicate publication
Geo-
profession
 High quality of publication assured by review
process
 Facilitate dissemination of information
 Limit cost for producing publications
 Limit cost for acquiring publications
 Ability to reproduce published material
 Avoid duplicate publication
The author(s) of a manuscript is usually not aware of the
rights and limitations when submitting manuscripts to
publishers.
This document outlines the Publishing Policy endorsed by
ISSMGE and intended to provide a compromise for producing
future publications.
2 RIGHTS OF AUTHOR
The rights of Author(s) are intended to help in their academic
and professional work and are subject to the following
conditions:
a. these rights may not be used for commercial purposes;
b. these rights should not be used in a way that involves
duplicate publication that will compete with the
Publisher’s own publications; and
c. each use must contain an acknowledgement to the
journal/book as the original source of publication in the
form: “[Journal/Book] [Volume/Publication Year]
[URL of the item as published by Publisher] [Year].”
Ownership of the copyright contained in the Manuscript
(“the Material”) remains with the Author(s) who retain the
following rights:
1. to post copy of their submitted Manuscript (Pre-print)
on their own Web site, an institutional repository, or
their funding body's designated archive;
2. to post copy of their accepted Manuscript (Post-print)
on their own Web site, an institutional repository, or
their funding body's designated archive. Authors who
archive or self-archive accepted Publications must
provide a hyperlink from the manuscript to the Journal's
Web site;
3. Authors and any academic institution where they work
at the time may reproduce their Manuscript for the
purpose of course teaching;
4. to reuse – as stated in paragraph 3 - part of the
Manuscript in other works created by the Author(s),
provided the original publication is acknowledged
through a note or citation in a format acceptable to the
Publisher;
5. to prepare derivative works from the publication.
Permission must be sought for uses other than those defined
above. Other than the use outlined above no publication may be
captured or downloaded electronically into any format without
the Publisher's and Author’s specific written permission.
3 PUBLISHING CONDITIONS
The Author(s) retain copyright but assigns the Publisher the
exclusive right to publish the Material.
The substantial investment made by the Publisher in
protecting and enhancing the quality of the content is
recognised. It is necessary, therefore, to impose the following
conditions on the use of published Material.
3.1 General Rights
Corresponding Author and contributing Authors grant full and
exclusive publishing rights of their Material to the Publisher. In
assigning exclusive publishing rights, the Author is not
forfeiting the rights to use the contribution as stated in
paragraph 2.
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