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From Seizing the Moment: Scientists’ Authorship Rights in the Digital Age (report of a study by the American Association for the Advancement of Science), July 2002.

Traditional Full Copyright Transfer Agreements:

• American Geophysical Union
• American Meteorological Society
• Institute of Electronics, Information & Communications Engineers (Japan)

Transfer with Author Retaining Some Rights to the Work:

• American Physical Society (pdf)
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (pdf)
• America Society of Civil Engineers (pdf)

Author Retains Copyright and Range of Non-Commercial Uses:

• Internet Journal of Chemistry
• Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (pdf)

Author Retains Copyright and Unlimited Rights after First Publication in Journal:

Journal of Machine Learning (pdf)