November 2012

Publication Rights

To publish a manuscript, the American Physical Society (APS) must ensure that it has obtained all the necessary rights. In the majority of cases the standard APS Transfer of Copyright agreement completed by the corresponding author will continue to be sufficient. If, however, one or more authors are employed by a government agency or the authors choose an Open Access publication option a separate 'license to publish' agreement may also/instead be required. To help manage this process, the APS has developed an online, interactive service that guides the completion of the agreement(s) appropriate for any given manuscript. Authors will be directed, via email, to this service after their manuscript has been accepted for publication. Authors should be aware that accepted manuscripts will not be prepared for publication (copyedited or formatted) until APS is in receipt of all the agreement(s) associated with them.

For additional information,

• Copyright Policies FAQ
• APS Transfer of Copyright Agreement, terms and conditions
• Publication Rights FAQ
• APS Grant of Publication Rights Agreements, terms and conditions (appropriate for)
• Australian Government Employees
• Canadian Government Employees
• New Zealand Government Employees
• UK Government Employees
• APS U.S. Government Employees Statement, terms and conditions (appropriate for)
• U.S. Government Employees - Employees of national laboratories, e.g., Brookhaven National Laboratory, are not U.S. Government employees
• APS Creative Commons Publication Agreement, terms and conditions

If you need advice or help, please send an email message to [email protected].