Consent to Publish/Transfer of Copyright

Consent to Publish & Transfer of Copyright

Under the Copyright Law, the transfer of copyright from the author should be explicitly stated in writing to enable the publisher to publish and disseminate the author’s work to the fullest extent.

NAME OF JOURNAL:                                                                                                                                                         

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AUTHOR(S):

PART A - COPYRIGHT TRANSFER FORM AND WARRANTIES

Note:   If article was prepared as part of the writer’s duties for his/her employer (a work for hire), this agreement must be signed by the employer as Author.  If article was prepared by a government employee as part of his/her official duties, please refer to Part B.

1. The undersigned author or authors (Author) of the above article (Article) transfers and assigns exclusively to MetaScience Press^® (Publisher of MedNEXT Journal of Medical and Health Sciences) all Author’s right, title and interest in the Article, including, without limitation, the copyright therein. These rights include without limitation mechanical, electronic and visual reproduction; electronic storage and retrieval; and all other forms of electronic publication or any other types of publication including all subsidiary rights.

 

2. In return for said rights, Publisher grants to Author the following rights.

 

1. All proprietary rights relating to the Article, other than copyright, such as patent rights.

 

1. The right to use, after publication, part or all of the Article in subsequent works of Author, provided that written permission is granted by Publisher, and that proper acknowledgement is made to the source and to the Publisher.

 

1. The right to make oral presentation of the material in any form.

 

1. In the case of work performed under Government contract, Publisher grants the Government royalty-free permission to reproduce all or portions of the Article and to authorize others to do so for Government purposes.

 

3. Any other use or reproduction of the work requires a fee and/or permission from Publisher.

 

4. In the event that the Article is not accepted and published by Publisher, this agreement becomes null and void.

 

5. Author warrants that the Article is original work and has not been published before in any form and that it does not infringe upon any copyright, contains no libelous or otherwise unlawful statements, and does not otherwise infringe on the rights of others, and that any necessary permission to quote from another source has been obtained. (In some journals, articles that have appeared in conference proceedings are acceptable; therefore, if this is the case, Author should annotate this agreement by including the date and name of the conference at the bottom.)

 

6. The Author declares that any person named as co-author of the Contribution is aware of the fact and has agreed to being so named.

 

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Author’s Signature  (or signature and title of responsible party)                                                       Date

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