Page 172 - How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 8th Edition 8th Edition

Page 193

Figure 13.
Copyright transfer form suggested by the CBE Journal
Procedures and Practices Committee (1987).

kinds of library and educational copying (that is, copying that may be done without permission and without payment
of royalties), while at the same time protecting the publisher against unauthorized systematic copying.

To make it easy to authorize systematic photocopiers to use journal articles and to remit royalties to publishers, a
Copyright Clearance Center has been established. Most scientific publishers of any size have

Page 198

already joined the Center. This central clearinghouse makes it possible for a user to make as many copies as desired,
without the necessity of obtaining prior permission, if the user is willing to pay the publisher's stated royalty to the
Center. Thus, the user need deal with only one source, rather than facing the necessity of getting permission from and
then paying royalties to hundreds of different publishers.

Because both scientific ethics and copyright law are of fundamental importance, every scientist must be acutely
sensitive to them. Basically, this means that you must not republish tables, figures, and substantial portions of text
unless you have acquired permission from the owner of the copyright. Even then, it is important that you label such

file:///C|/...0208%20Books%20(part%201%20of%203)/How%20to%20write%20&%20publish%20scientific%20paper/31.htm[4/27/2009 1:26:12 PM]