Ministry of Science and Technology (Published by Springer)

Copyright Holders: Ministry of Science and Technology (Published by Springer)

Self-archiving policy

Conditions

Accepted version:

X

Published version:

    12 months embargo

Remarks:

1. Who holds the copyright of the papers published in International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education?
Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan

2. Are we allowed to archive the published version of papers in International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education?
After publication, we have a 12-month embargo for published articles to be achieved in institutional repositories, like DR-NTU. After that, they can submit to DR-NTU freely.
1. Are we also allowed to archive the accepted version if desired?
No, the accepted version can be only achieved via authors personal websites, excluding scientific networks Mendeley and Research Gate
2. Besides International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, is the policy applicable to the rest of journal articles copyrighted by Ministry of Science and Technology and published by Springer?
Yes. The archiving policy is not affected by the ownership. Most journals by Springer follow the same policy.
Only applicable for papers published after 2013. For papers published before 2014, the copyright holder is National Science Council, please refer to 849.(verified by Zhao Yue via email)

Verification Date:

10.06.2014
02.02.2015