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In November 2010, the PSPB approved changes to Section 8.1.9 of the IEEE PSPB Operations Manual that more clearly define for IEEE authors which version of their papers are appropriately available for their own reuse. These policy revisions enable IEEE to exercise better control over its intellectual property, while still offering authors substantial rights to reuse their own created works. The changes now bring IEEE policy up to date with current practices of other scientific and technical publishers by clarifying authors’ rights to post on their personal sites and their institutions’ servers, but only the accepted versions of their papers.
These expanded policies now comprise a new section of the IEEE Copyright Form called “Author Online Use.” This section provides authors with clear guidance on their rights to reuse the accepted but not published versions of their IEEE-copyrighted papers in various online scenarios, such as:
- On the authors’ personal web sites or on servers operated by the authors’ institution
- In the authors’ own teaching or training duties, or those of their institutions (e.g., course packs, e-reserves etc.)
- On pre-print servers where authors had submitted draft versions of their papers prior to submission to IEEE
- On funding agencies’ publicly accessible repositories
The new section also clarifies that rights to post IEEE-copyrighted articles without IEEE’s permission extend only to authors and their employers.
Information for authors
- FAQ on Authors' Posting of Accepted IEEE Papers (PDF, 105KB) presents questions and answers about the revised IEEE policy.
- IEEE Copyright Form (PDF, 42KB) must be submitted to IEEE by authors along with their manuscripts. The Copyright Form also provides information about author retained rights, including online use.
- Policy on Electronic Dissemination from Section 8.1.9 of the IEEE Publication Services and Product Board Operations Manual, which details the full policy on author posting of accepted papers.
- PSPB Operations Manual (PDF, 1.3MB) provides publication policies of the IEEE as set by the Publications Services and Products Board and approved by the IEEE Board of Directors.
Questions?
If you have questions or would like additional information about the revised policy, please contact:
IEEE Intellectual Property Rights Office
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: +1 732 562 3966
