Washington University Customized Copyright Addendum

The Washington University Copyright Addendum form will generate a customized PDF that authors can attach to a journal publisher’s copyright form to retain specific rights that are not expressly stated by the publisher. Any combination of these rights may be selected. Please note that the WU Addendum allows authors to retain rights to the peer-reviewed manuscript version; not the final published article. The peer-reviewed manuscript version reflects all the changes made as a result of the peer review process.

WU authors are NOT required to use the WU Addendum. It is a tool for authors to use if they wish to retain rights that are not expressly stated in journal publisher’s copyright form. For more information on rights for authors please see Authors and Copyright.

Specific rights that authors can select from include:

1. Comply with the NIH Public Access Policy
2. Comply with funding agency policies for public access
3. Post the work on an institutional or laboratory website
   Archive the work on an institutional repository
4. Present the work at conference or meeting and give copies of the work to attendees
   Retain oral rights to the work
   Post the work on Reserves
   Use all or part of the work as a basis for a future publication
   Use data or images in a future publication
   Send copies of the work to colleagues

Instructions for Completion of the WU Addendum:

1. Complete the form as indicated.
2. Select the “Specific Rights” boxes for the rights you want to retain. See the icon after each right for more information.
3. Review carefully and select “Submit.”
4. Select “Click Here to view PDF” to review the PDF.
5. Save the PDF form that is generated.
6. Print the addendum, sign and date it.
7. Beneath your signature on the publisher’s copyright form add “Subject to Attached Addendum.”
8. Staple the WU Addendum to the publisher’s copyright form.
9. Retain copies of both forms.

	Enter the full title of the article, as it will appear in the published version
Manuscript Title:
	Enter the full name of the journal in which the article will be published. Do not use abbreviated titles.
Journal Title:
	Enter the full name (first name, middle initial, last name) of each author, as it will appear in the published version. Enter each name on a separate line.
Author Information:
	Enter the name of the publisher of the journal in which the article will appear. This name can usually be found in the copyright agreement provided by the publisher or on the masthead of the publication.
Publisher:
	Select one or more of the following specific rights. Check all that apply.
Specific Rights:		Comply with the NIH Public Access Policy
		Comply with funding agency policies for public access
		Post/Archive the work on an institutional or laboratory website and/or institutional repository
		Present the work at conference or meeting and give copies of the work to attendees, and/or Discuss publicly at any forum, and/or Post the work for use on Reading Reserves for teaching, and/or Use all or part of the work as a basis for a future publication, and/or To use data or images for a future publication, and/or Send copies of the work to colleagues

 

Contact Cathy Sarli if you have any questions about the Washington University Copyright Addendum form.