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. ********************************************************** 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: [email protected] http://info.lboro.ac.uk/departments/ls/staff/frowland.html **********************************************************
