RNA -- Terms and Conditions for Use (original) (raw)

RNA

  1. All articles in RNA are accessible online free of charge 12 months from the full-issue publication date, except for articles that carry the journal’s Open Access icon, which are made freely accessible online upon publication in return for a fee paid by their authors.
  2. Authors of articles published in RNA retain copyright on their articles (except for US Government employees) but grant the RNA Society exclusive right to publish the articles. This grant of rights lasts for 12 months following full-issue publication for all non-Open Access articles and includes the rights to publish, reproduce, distribute, display, and store the article in all formats; to translate the article into other languages; to create adaptations, summaries, extracts, or derivations of the article; and to license others to do any or all of the above.
  3. Authors of articles published in RNA can reuse their articles in their work as long as RNA is credited as the place of original publication. They can also archive the published PDF version of their article with their institution, immediately on publication if it is an Open Access article and 12 months after publication if it is a non-Open Access article.
  4. Beginning 12 months from the full-issue publication date, articles published in RNA that are not designated as Open Access are distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 4.0 International License (CC-BY-NC), as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/. This license permits non-commercial use, including reproduction, adaptation, and distribution of the article provided the original author and source are credited. Articles that carry the Open Access designation are immediately distributed under one of two Creative Commons Licenses (based on author selection and in response to funding agencies’ policies): (a) CC-BY-NC (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) or (b) Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC-BY) (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The CC-BY license permits commercial use, including reproduction, adaptation, and distribution of the article provided the original author and source are credited.
  5. The RNA Society will deposit articles in PubMed Central where they will be released to the public 12 months following the full-issue publication date (with the exception of Open Access papers, which are made freely available in PubMed Central immediately upon full-issue publication).
  6. Preprint servers: Conference presentations or posting un-refereed manuscripts on community preprint servers will not be considered prior publication. Authors are responsible for updating the archived preprint with the journal reference (including DOI), and a link to the published article on the RNA website upon publication. Submission to the journal implies that another journal or book is not currently considering the paper. Submitted manuscripts are subject to press embargo.

Warranties

This publication is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

In no event shall Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press or the RNA Society be liable for any claim for damages including but not limited to any special, incidental, indirect, consequential damages, damages resulting from loss of use, data, or profits or any damages which are claimed to arise from or be in connection with the use or performance of any information published in RNA.

Descriptions of, or references to, products or publications do not imply endorsement of those products or publications by the RNA Society or Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.

RNA is under continuing development and changes may be made to this Notice at any time.