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The American Society of Civil Engineers is cracking down on researchers who post their own articles on their personal websites. The publisher, which owns dozens of highly cited journals, claims that the authors commit copyright infringement by sharing their work in public. To make their work easier to access, many researchers host copies of their work on their personal profiles, usually hosted by their university. Interestingly, however, this usually means that they are committing copyright infringement.
While many journals allow this type of limited non-commercial infringement by the authors, the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) clearly doesn't. The professional association publishes dozens of journals and during the past few weeks began a crack down on "pirating" researchers.
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(Score: 3, Informative) by maxwell demon on Sunday May 18 2014, @03:40PM
One of the conditions journals have for publication is that the material is not yet published anywhere. And yes, that is about the content, not the exact form. Anything already published will not be accepted for publication at the journal.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by morpheus on Sunday May 18 2014, @05:38PM
Of course, `published' has a rather vague definition and usually means `published in another professional journal'. Also, it does not preclude you from publishing another version later.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Sunday May 18 2014, @06:04PM
My comment was directed at "Also, self-publish your version first." I probably should have cited that sentence.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by Oligonicella on Sunday May 18 2014, @07:06PM
Given. Keep the detailed version you start with and self-publish later then. Timing, not concept.