Copyright for Chemists: How to Free Your Supporting Information
This article explains how to make the most of those rights.
Why Supporting Information Matters
Supporting information is a strange, magical beast in chemistry. During manuscript preparation, the compilation of supporting information is often regarded as a necessary, unpleasant chore. Yet after publication, the content of a well-written supporting information package can become far more valuable than the published paper itself.
Chemists value the ability to repeat, modify, and adapt an experimental protocol almost as highly - if not more so - than the ability to read the author's summary and interpretation on the subject.
For proof, look no further than BlogSyn, for which the reproducibility of synthetic organic procedures plays a central role.
ACS Publications and Supporting Information
The transfer of rights to your publication begins and ends with a copyright transfer form. The ACS copyright transfer form (Journal Publishing Agreement) has this to say on the subject of supporting information:
2. Supporting Information: The copyright ownership transferred to ACS in any copyrightable* Supporting Information accompanying the Submitted Work is nonexclusive. The Author and the ACS agree that each has unlimited use of Supporting Information. Authors may use or authorize the use of material created by the Author in the Supporting Information associated with the Submitted or Published Work for any purpose and in any
format.
*Title 17 of the United States Code defines copyri...
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