[GOAL] Re: question about co-authors and self archiving

2013-02-05 Thread Arthur Sale
Stephen That used to true a long time ago, but may not be still. Two concepts have developed, at least to me here in Australia. The first is the 'corresponding author'. This is the person that the journal corresponds with, and the journal requires that person to acquire all signatures and

[GOAL] Re: question about co-authors and self archiving

2013-02-05 Thread Pippa Smart
Hi Yes, you are correct. Joint authors share copyright ownership (unless it is ceded to the journal) (and unless one author was specifically responsible for a discrete part of the article - which is unusual), and therefore joint rights. This means that if the journal (or the funding mandate) grant