A recent survey by the (UK) Association of Learned and Professional Society
Publishers showed that a majority (about 70%, from memory) of the journals
surveyed did not insist on outright transfer of copyright; they mostly
asked for it, but would not refuse to publish a paper if the author
insisted on granting only a right of first publication.
Fytton Rowland.
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Fytton Rowland, M.A., Ph.D., F.I.Inf.Sc., Lecturer,
Deputy Director of Undergraduate Programmes and
Programme Tutor for Publishing with English,
Department of Information Science,
Loughborough University,
Loughborough, Leics LE11 3TU, UK.
Phone +44 (0) 1509 223039 Fax +44 (0) 1509 223053
E-mail: J.F.Rowland_at_lboro.ac.uk
http://info.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/staff/frowland.html
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