Copyright and Permissions in Your ETD
Information concerning the use of copyrighted materials
Publisher Index
The links below will help you get to the part of your publisher's policy that talks about your use of your published article in your ETD. To obtain the information you need for your permissions appendix:
- follow the instructions provided by the publishers, or
- if use in an ETD is specifically granted on the site, take a screenshot/print the page to include in your ETD.
All listings in the index are color coded for ease of use. Green checks 
mean use in an ETD is allowed without request. Yellow question marks 
mean you will have to submit a formal request. Red x marks 
indicate that use of a whole article in an ETD is not permitted. Policies are subject to change; make note of the date the policy was checked.
Electrochemical Society
- ECS Current Author Rights Policy
ECS's allows authors to "include the Final Published Version (all or part) in a research thesis or dissertation provided it is not published commercially" Use must adhere to the terms of the Transfer of Copyright Agreement. Checked 03/11/20. - ECS Journals ListList of Journals Published by the Electrochemical Society.
Elsevier
- Elsevier Journal Author RightsIn Elsevier's Journal Author Rights, personal use includes: using "in a thesis or dissertation (provided that this is not to be published commercially)." Checked 12/14/2016.
- Elsevier Journal ListList of journal titles published by Elsevier.
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
- Hindawi Publishing Author GuidelinesHindawi journals publish Open Access, which "permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited." Checked 12/14/2016.
- Hindawi Journal ListList of journals published by the Hindawi Publishing Corporation.
INFORMS
- INFORMS Rights and Permissions
INFORMS grants permissions but requires that permissions be obtained for authors that wish to include their articles in their thesis/dissertation. Checked 1/31/2024
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- IEEE Electronic Author Rights and Responsibilities
"You may reuse your published article in your thesis or dissertation without requesting permission, provided that you fulfill the following requirements:" listed on this page. checked 5/16/2022 - IEEE Journals ListList of journals published by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. publishers Terms and Conditions for Use of All Self-Archived Article VersionsMary Ann Liebert, Inc. allows authors to use either their article original submission or accepted version in a dissertation (under ‘Terms and Conditions for Use of All Self-Archived Article Versions’ of the 'Preparing Your Manuscript for Submission' guide. Checked 12/13/2023
- Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers Publications ListList of journals published by Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers.
Materials Research Society
- MRS Instructions for ContributorsThe MRS Transfer of Copyright Agreement found on this page states that authors retain the right to "reproduce the paper or adapted version of it in any volume of which they are editor or author." Use should adhere to instructions in the Transfer of Copyright Agreement. Checked 12/14/2016.
- MRS Journals ListList of materials published by the Materials Research Society.
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
- MDPI Information for AuthorsAuthors publishing with MDPI retain all copyrights and are able to reuse their published material without permissions.
- MDPI Journals ListList of journals published by the Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) International
- CORROSION Authors | Preparing Your Manuscript
During publication authors are asked to sign a transfer of copyright. For permissions to re-use materials from CORROSION journal or other NACE international Society Publications, click on the 'Request Permissions' button. Checked 12/3/2024. - NACE Journals ListList of journals published by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers.
Nature Publishing Group
- Nature Publishing Group Reprints and Permissions"...provided that, when reproducing the Contribution or extracts from it, the Authors acknowledge first and reference publication in the Journal, the Authors retain the ...rights to reproduce the Contribution in whole in or in part in any printed volume (book or thesis) of which they are the author." Checked 12/14/2016.
- Nature A-Z indexList of journals published by the Nature Publishing Group.
Public Library of Science
- PLOS one Licenses and Copyright"PLOS applies the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license to ...works we publish. ...Anyone my copy, distribute, or reuse the content as long as the author and original source are properly cited." Checked 12/14/2016.
- PLOS JournalsList of journals published by PLOS one.