Copyright Permission Policy
These guidelines apply to the reuse of articles, figures, charts and photos in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Molecular & Cellular Proteomics and the Journal of Lipid Research.
For authors reusing their own material:
Authors need NOT contact the journal to obtain rights to reuse their own material. They are automatically granted permission to do the following:
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- Reuse the article in print collections of their own writing.
- Present a work orally in its entirety.
- Use an article in a thesis and/or dissertation.
- Reproduce an article for use in the author's courses. (If the author is employed by an academic institution, that institution also may reproduce the article for teaching purposes.)
- Reuse a figure, photo and/or table in future commercial and noncommercial works.
- Post a copy of the paper in PDF that you submitted via BenchPress.
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- Only authors who published their papers under the "Author's Choice" option may post the final edited PDFs created by the publisher to their own/departmental/university Web sites.
- All authors may link to the journal site containing the final edited PDFs created by the publisher.
Please note that authors must include the following citation when using material that appeared in an ASBMB journal:
"This research was originally published in Journal Name. Author(s). Title. Journal Name. Year; Vol:pp-pp. © the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology."
For other parties using material for noncommercial use:
Other parties are welcome to copy, distribute, transmit and adapt the work — at no cost and without permission — for noncommercial use as long as they attribute the work to the original source using the citation above.
Examples of noncommercial use include:
- Reproducing a figure for educational purposes, such as schoolwork or lecture presentations, with attribution.
- Appending a reprinted article to a Ph.D. dissertation, with attribution.
For other parties using material for commercial use:
Navigate to the article of interest and click the "Request Permissions" button on the middle navigation bar. (See diagram at right.) It will walk you through the steps for obtaining permission for reuse.
Examples of commercial use by parties other than authors include:
- Reproducing a figure in a book published by a commercial publisher.
- Reproducing a figure in a journal article published by a commercial publisher.
Updated Nov. 30, 2009
