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Self-archiving policy

Conditions

Accepted version:

12 months embargo

Published version:

X

Remarks:

“Preprints” – the un-refereed version of the Article;
“Author Generated Postprint” – Your personal copy of the revised version of the Article as accepted by Us;
“Definitive Published Version” – the citable version of the Article produced by Us after peer review, copy editing and print and electronic production.

You retain copyright in the Article. However, You authorise Us to act on Your behalf to defend Your copyright in the Article should anyone infringe it, and to retain half of any damages awarded after deducting Our costs.

c) In relation to the Author Generated Postprint only, You are free to: post it on Your personal or institutional web site and load it onto an institutional or not for profit repository once accepted for publication (access to the full text on a repository will be embargoed for 12 months from publication of the Definitive Published Version)

Delayed free access:
Articles more than 12 months old (biological sciences) and 24 months old (physical sciences) are freely available to all. This excludes articles in the Digital Journal Archive published between 1944 and 2004.

Verification Date:

22.05.2013
04.05.2015