Dear Jorge, I've found this information - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctions_against_Iranian_scientists. Apparently editing or publishing scientific manuscripts from Iran violates the US trade embargo on Iran. I know that the behemoth Elsevier circulated a letter (available here <http://academia.stackexchange.com/questions/12369/elsevier-actions-following-us-sanctions-on-iran>) but emphasized that restrictions applied only to scientists employed by the government.
There seems to be some ambiguity though as highlighted in this letter - http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2813%2961693-1/fulltext This nature editorial gives more info on how publishers are dealing with this. - http://www.nature.com/neuro/journal/v7/n11/full/nn1104-1163.html As highlighted in the editorial, the level of modification brought forth to the paper by copy editors or the editor/reviewers plays an important role. Best, Alex On Wed, Jul 23, 2014 at 12:47 AM, Jorge A. Santiago-Blay < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Ecolog-Listers: > > >From time to time, editors of scientific journals headquartered in the USA > get papers written by authors located in Iran. If the paper is accepted for > publication after peer-review, do you know whether it is OK within US law > to charge those authors page charges and charges for hard copy reprints > they may want? If you think you know the answer, please kindly refer me to > the pertinent piece of legal information. > > Sincerely, > > Jorge > > P.S. Apologies if you have received this message more than once. > > Jorge A. Santiago-Blay, PhD > blaypublishers.com > http://blayjorge.wordpress.com/ > http://paleobiology.si.edu/staff/individuals/santiagoblay.html > --
